Beginner Did I buy the wrong camera?

LeeRatters said:
I think you need to decide whether you want wider than your 50mm or longer than your 50mm you currently love using.

Personally, I would go wider. But everyone is different in how and what they like to shoot.

And you aren't going to get your shutter speed to match your ISO because every place and room you are in are going to have different levels of lighting.
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I have decided that I want to go wider. Per the advice on here, I was playing around with the camera the last couple days to see what my limitations were with what I have. The 50mm on my camera is really close up and there are instances where I'd like to be closer to the subject or have to be closer to get the angle/shot I want, but the lens is just too magnified to get the shot from that stance.

Ive beem looking more closely at:

35mm 1.8
35mm f/2
24mm f/2.8
28mm 1.8 - Ive seen reviews that the image quality from this isn't very sharp

I am really leaning towards the 35mm lenses at this point. Between the f/1.8 and f/2, I am wondering which is better overall?

Others Im considering:
Sigma 17-50 2.8
EF 28-135 3.5-5.6 USM
 
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A&N said:
Thank you. I have changed the setting to servo mode and will learn how to use back button focus. I haven't tried it yet but taking a quick look at the instructions above, I do have the * button to be able to do so. So I will take a closer look into that.
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If you have focus on both the * button and the shutter, then you’re asking for frustration, as the half press of the shutter undies your previous focus.
You need either choice 1 or 3 from the table in the manual.
 
A&N said:
What was the 23mm lens you used and how did the photos turn out?
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My guess would be that it's the fixed lens on his Fuji X100.
 
It was the 23mm lens built into my Fuji X100v, but I had similar results with the Fuji 23f2 lens on my other camera when my boys were that age. The photos turned out great, but not going to share as she isn't my child.

Here's one from when my son was a bit older taken with the Fuji 23mm f2 lens:

In the woods by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

You should be able to see if the focal length works for you by setting your kit lens to 23mm and seeing if the composition will work in your typical locations.
 
Suvv said:
After reading the above I've decided to stick with my Nikon D40, after 14 years I'm gradually getting used to it.
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Oh, now I can understand better my brother. He bought D40 in 2007. I'm looking a camera for myself now and `ve been trying to convience him to sell it to me, He said "1st. never call my camera "It". She knows and feels me better, than anyone. 2) I can use a lot of cameras, but the love is one " :love:
 
If you were given two unmarked camera's and didn't know what either was but one was a full frame and the other a crop, could you simply look through the view finder and tell which was which?
 
Willid1 said:
Not to really answer your question but watch this
View: https://youtu.be/LALtLUjSeJs


The legendary DonMcCullin being introduced to the wonder of digital autofocus cameras after years of film and manual focus

Enjoy

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What a great piece.

He said something like " I can frame a good picture and I see things before other people see it" For me thats what photography is about, seeing a good picture and taking it. Better to have a good eye and average equipment than good equipment and an average eye.
 
A&N said:
Thank you. I guess one of my concerns that I wasn't completely aware of (or failed to pay attention to) when I bought it was the megapixels. Again, I assumed as long as I had a good lens the camera didn't matter. I do worry about image quality suffering in that regard. What kind of things did you shoot with that camera and how did the images turn out?
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Just wondering, what do you call suffering image quality? I've never had a full frame digital, cloest to it would be my old SLR film cameras. And I suspect that if someone good takes a photo and shows it to a bunch of other good photographer's they won't know either. But then tell them and suddenly Ah Ha, that's what I though!
 
Don Fischer said:
Just wondering, what do you call suffering image quality? I've never had a full frame digital, cloest to it would be my old SLR film cameras. And I suspect that if someone good takes a photo and shows it to a bunch of other good photographer's they won't know either. But then tell them and suddenly Ah Ha, that's what I though!
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You have a very low opinion of others judgement. I can only guess the reason.

But unless you’re comparing a bunch of mediocre landscapes all shot at f8; then most ‘photographers’ can spot images taken on quality gear. Particularly when it’s close to their area of interest.
 
Don Fischer said:
If you were given two unmarked camera's and didn't know what either was but one was a full frame and the other a crop, could you simply look through the view finder and tell which was which?
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If it’s a traditional DSLR, yes.
 
Don Fischer said:
If you were given two unmarked camera's and didn't know what either was but one was a full frame and the other a crop, could you simply look through the view finder and tell which was which?
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Of course, unless they’re had been settings changed to purposely obfuscate.

Baffling that a ‘photographer’ would ask such a question.
 
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