Melinda Marie
New member
Hi y'all! I'm a southern gal, mother of four kiddos and a lover of country music and all things chocolate. Four years ago I recieved a Fuji S5000 for Christmas; up until 3 months ago, I never deviated from the AUTO setting. After my fourth baby (and only boy) was born, I realized that the auto flash hindered photos of him--he kept understandably shutting his eyes. So the pictures were horrible! I went scrambling for the owners manual, played around with some other settings...and found a new love--photography! I now shoot many, many picts of my kids everyday!
I took a pj class in college and truly loved it...my prof just didn't love my pictures and really discouraged me from ever taking photos. With kids, I regained a love of photography and really hope to finally capitalize on all the skills I developed as a graphic designer.
I'll be buying my first dslr camera before the month is over (gotta love Christmas cash) and have narrowed my choices to the following 2 lens kits (of course, these probably won't surprise any of you):
I went to Ritz to look at and hold them. But I could really use some non-salesman advice, so I'm hoping you can help.
My pictures are divided between low-light indoors and natural light out of doors. My kids are quite busy so I get lots of active shots. I also have a springtime dance recital and large Christmas pageant that needs solid picts without a flash.
I really like the Oly because of the Live View. I'm short, so the lcd screen gives me a little extra height in composing shots when my kids are posed in trees or at an odd angle where I can't be crawling around on the floor for the shot. It's also much lighter than the Nikon, which is a plus for my small hands. But the sales guy didn't have a lot of positive things to say about this camera and he admitted that he'd never used it so he didn't know anything.
So, can you please give this newbie some advice?
Thanks.
I took a pj class in college and truly loved it...my prof just didn't love my pictures and really discouraged me from ever taking photos. With kids, I regained a love of photography and really hope to finally capitalize on all the skills I developed as a graphic designer.
I'll be buying my first dslr camera before the month is over (gotta love Christmas cash) and have narrowed my choices to the following 2 lens kits (of course, these probably won't surprise any of you):
- Canon Rebel xti
- Nikon D40x
- Olympus e510
I went to Ritz to look at and hold them. But I could really use some non-salesman advice, so I'm hoping you can help.
My pictures are divided between low-light indoors and natural light out of doors. My kids are quite busy so I get lots of active shots. I also have a springtime dance recital and large Christmas pageant that needs solid picts without a flash.
I really like the Oly because of the Live View. I'm short, so the lcd screen gives me a little extra height in composing shots when my kids are posed in trees or at an odd angle where I can't be crawling around on the floor for the shot. It's also much lighter than the Nikon, which is a plus for my small hands. But the sales guy didn't have a lot of positive things to say about this camera and he admitted that he'd never used it so he didn't know anything.
So, can you please give this newbie some advice?
Thanks.