Posted by: Dignan
Trading up from a point and shoot - 01/09/2010 02:27
Here it is in a nutshell:
My wife and I are going to SF in mid-October. Currently, she and I use a Canon SD1000 and Canon TX1, respectively. We want to take better pictures on our trip than our PaS cameras can provide.
The struggle we're both having is deciding whether to get a mirrorless model or a standard full-body DSLR.
Here's my thoughts:
My wife and I are going to SF in mid-October. Currently, she and I use a Canon SD1000 and Canon TX1, respectively. We want to take better pictures on our trip than our PaS cameras can provide.
The struggle we're both having is deciding whether to get a mirrorless model or a standard full-body DSLR.
Here's my thoughts:
- the thing that attracts us most to the micro 4/3rds and the like is the small body, which of course will be a little easier on our trip
- the DSLRs would be more full-featured, and technically take better photos
- we're complete novices to real photography, so we might not ever take advantage of those extra features on a full DSLR
- we'd like to learn more, but there's no guarantee that we'll actually get into this as a real hobby
- we won't be spending more than $600-700 on the initial investment, and I don't see us affording additional lenses for at least a year