Recommend several entry-level SLR cameras

The entry method is also different, the entry machine or the mid-range machine entry, and the recommendation is different. I recommend several combinations that are most suitable for initial purchase from several angles:

One: buy an entry-level SLR recommended:

Pentax k-30: There is no entry-level SLR with the highest cost performance. Even if the k-50 is released now, the k-30 is still the best and most cost-effective entry SLR. Its fuselage performance is quite good, with the configuration of double impellers, pentaprism, waterproof and dustproof fuselage unique to other mid-range machines, and the picture quality is also very good (the photosensitive element and the matching 18-55 lens are of high quality). Now the price has bottomed out, and the cost performance is higher than in the past. If possible, buy a stand-alone camera with Pentax 18- 135 lens. One lens can basically meet the needs of various occasions. (Of course, it is only equipped with 18-55, which is absolutely enough at first, and the picture quality is comparable to the combination of entry machine and tauren in other countries. )

About the upgrade choice of k-30 after one or two years: Pentax k-3. I believe that k-3 will be reduced to a reasonable price in a year or two. High pixel, no low pass, all-metal body, excellent new focusing system. With excellent Pentax color optimization and lens, it is definitely the king of half-frame, and its imaging is absolutely not inferior to other full-frame cameras.

Two: direct purchase of mid-range SLR suggestions:

Canon 70d: 2000w new cmos with balanced pixel quality, excellent and reliable 19-point full cross focusing system, high-resolution rotating screen with megapixels, the fastest live view focusing speed in SLR, and continuous shooting speed of 7 frames per second. . . Except that the plastic body may make it look unprofessional, the other configurations are similar to those of the 7d, and it has the best live view focusing speed in the current SLR. Personally, I feel that the 70d is the most perfect mid-range SLR at present, with excellent configuration and control. The only fly in the ointment is the plastic body, but it has no effect on taking pictures, only psychological. (Compared with 70d, Nikon's d7000 and d7 100 direct films are not ideal in color, and the focusing system is unstable, while Pentax's k-5ii has a slower focusing speed. )

About the upgrade choice of Canon 70d in one or two years: 5d3 will drop to123,000 in one or two years, and 6d may even be lower than 8000, which will become an excellent upgrade choice. Canon is most worried about upgrading, and the choice of fuselage and lens is very large.

In addition: Nikon d7000 and Pentax k-5 are ideal choices for getting started in the middle, but overall they are not as perfect as 70d. Relatively speaking, I recommend Canon 70d.

Three: If you don't like Pentax, choose an entry-level SLR between Nikon and Canon:

Nikon d5200: The performance is not bad, the picture quality is excellent, the overall configuration is balanced, the price is cheap, and the cost performance is high. At the entry level, basically all the entry-level machines of Canon will be seconds away. With Nikon's cost-effective set 18- 105, it is a perfect entry combination. (d5200 collocation 18- 105, the analytical power is comparable to that of a bull's head). And Nikon has a lot of room for future upgrades. Both d800 and d6 10 are cost-effective upgrade machines, and Nikon's Quan Huafu is compatible with half of them and can be used interchangeably occasionally. (Canon half-width machine can use full-width head, full-width machine can't use half-width head)

Learning of SLR shooting;

Just watch the next tutorial, video or book. Recommend the basic courses of New York Institute of Photography. After reading it carefully, most of the basic knowledge can be understood, and after reading some practical teaching materials with practical use, it will soon be mastered. If you need teaching materials, you can leave your own qq mailbox. I have a lot here. I can send you some.

Don't report to class, most of them have no substantive content. And now there are many textbooks and videos on the Internet, and the self-study environment is very good. Make more friends who play photography around and go out to play a few times together, and you will learn a lot.