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SebC · 05-08-2014, 01:11 AM

My personal opinion: if you're not looking for background blur, and you're shooting in daylight, any camera with a zoom lens is fine, and manual exposure is nice. If you're looking to do nightscapes, you need manual exposure up to 30 seconds and a tripod.

If you're doing low light with movement, tracking fast subjects, or trying to get bokeh (background blur, typically for portraiture), then the camera/lens starts to matter a lot more.

I wouldn't want to travel with a single prime lens. I'd want a zoom!

05-08-2014, 01:11 AM	#13
SebC tromboner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: where the lattes are Exp:	My personal opinion: if you're not looking for background blur, and you're shooting in daylight, any camera with a zoom lens is fine, and manual exposure is nice. If you're looking to do nightscapes, you need manual exposure up to 30 seconds and a tripod. If you're doing low light with movement, tracking fast subjects, or trying to get bokeh (background blur, typically for portraiture), then the camera/lens starts to matter a lot more. I wouldn't want to travel with a single prime lens. I'd want a zoom! __________________ "You can't swing a cat on the internet without hitting a goaltender apologist." Last edited by SebC; 05-08-2014 at 01:34 AM.