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Hello. I was going to get a Canon EOS 1100D but ive had a good chat to a family member and I have a question about a different camera. If I was to get a 1100D it would set me back £350 + the money for case / memory card etc. The problem is I am currently on job seekers allowance (ive put in for voluntary work for web design and im waiting to hear back) therefore im pretty skint.

Im wanting to get pictures up for sale on canvases/ in frames. Ive noticed a few fujifilm camera's which have good ratings but will they produce good enough images to go on the canvases and sell. Im aware I will also need to buy materials to produce the canvases and I only have an A4 printer so I will need to upgrade this in order to produce bigger canvases at a later date.

So the big question, are there any Fujifilm cameras worth getting for my requirements?

-Thanks
 
I think you might be trying to run before you can walk here...

Unless you have some reason that people would particularly want to be buying pictures from you... like say, your Brother is Justin Bieber. I think you will find that you will struggle to be selling prints from the off.

Obviously I'm going on assumptions, but given that you are looking at Canon's entry level DSLR, do you have much in the way of Photographic experience? More to the point, that the images you can create would appeal to somebody to buy?

I'm not trying to have a go or anything, but Photography, like any other business, relies on you being able to put in a significant investment first. The old adage, you've got to spend money to make money is certainly true. Further to that though, Photography is an art form and even if somebody has the best kit going, doesn't mean they will be able to take pictures that people will want to buy.
 
I dont have much experience with photography but thats what I want the camera for. Ive taken a few photos on my phone (HTC Desire HD). Obviously I won't be trying to sell photos straight away but I will be putting in the practice. Im also familiar with a few image editing software packages. What camera would you recommend then dude? I do find myself looking at things and thinking "oooh, that would make a good picture!", lol.

Just seen a 400d which may be a good idea?

PS. When I get the camera im going to enrol on photography courses. They will have to be the free evening ones but its still learning.
 
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When you say Fuji Film, I'm assuming you mean their compacts or bridge cameras. Fuji haven't made an SLR for a while (and they had to borrow most of the bits of Nikon). You will get much better image quality from an SLR since they have much larger sensors. I'm not too clued up on Canon, but I haven't heard anything bad about the 400D.

As for printing, you're probably better off getting it done processionally. I'm not even sure you can print canvass with a domestic printer and since you need spare material round the edge to stretch round the edge of the frame you won't even be able to print A4.

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Never look at photography or anything like this as something you want to make money off of especially not your living. If you have the passion and skill it may well end up funding itself but photography as a market is so saturated that you'll be in it for many years before even the best social marketer could get you making a living off of it.
 
The most money you will make from your photography is by selling your camera.

Not trying to be a ****, just realistic :)
 
Yeah im not doing it for a main stream photographer. Im looking at doing local landscapes etc, making calenders etc. My mum is well in to crafts etc and knows a few people through this who will be interested. It won't be a living know but ide be happy to make the money back that I paid for the camera.

May settle for a Sony Alpha A200. There is one on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Alph...lCameras_JN&hash=item4ab4543bb0#ht_8509wt_821

If I do go the ebay route I can get a few different cameras for £250. 400d/1000d/sony A200W
 
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K.C. Leblanc said:
Do you actually understand the difference between a bridge camera and a dslr?
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Yeah I do. I have done some research as my mum seems to think I don't need a DSLR. She photographs jewellery and she brought a point to shoot camera and it photographs it fine. She has had advice from a photographer and they said "jewellery is one of the hardest things to photograph" and because her camera does it fine she can't see why I would need a DSLR. I want one because I love landscape photography and I will be photographing motorsports as well but not at this current time (in future when I will be upgrading my lenses).
 
You can't upgrade the lenses on a bridge camera...

Landscape photography needs sharpness which bridge cameras don't provide, particularly for prints.

Jewellery is hard to photograph because of the lighting challenges it presents, not because of a particularly challenging set of circumstances for a camera.

The problem here is you even thinking about money as part of the equation, the only time money comes into it is when setting a budget, at least for the first few years of shooting.

A bridge camera could well be the camera for you, but it won't make you any money and you should know that from the start.
 
I'm not sure I'd agree either that Jewellery is one of the hardest things to Photograph, it's being done in a controlled environment and with Digital, you can't really go wrong.

Event type Photography is probably the most difficult area (Sports, Weddings, Concerts, Public Events) as if you miss the shot, or don't have the right settings then you've fluffed it, and there in lies the pressure.

I think you should just get yourself a decent camera that you can afford, you could certainly look at second hand options for DSLRs. You need to think of it in the sense that the £250 you spend or whatever is gone, you aren't realistically going to be making that back through the use of the camera.

If you actually get hooked on it, then you will likely end up spending a lot more on kit, way before you start to make anything back to cover that outlay.
 
Like I say im not going main stream its going to be a local thing. Calenders etc with local landscapes would sell well here. Quite a few oldies around, haha

The guy selling the 450d sold it to someone else :(

Im stuck between a Canon 300d/350d / Sony A200. I looked on flickr at some photos taken with the 300d and they look pretty good. Should be ok for me at the moment and I could just get a better lense for it?
 
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