Camera for college student course?

[Footyslayer]

Hi everyone,

my daughter started college last September to learn photography. I am looking to get her a decent camera with a few lenses. I want to surprise her so cant ask too many questions but a the college they use Canon cameras but I dont know which lens.

Would anyone have any ideas or recommendations on what I could buy her, a camera budled with lenses, doesnt have to be brand new but in good condition. Ideally £500 to £750.

Thank you for any help.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Hi everyone,

my daughter started college last September to learn photography. I am looking to get her a decent camera with a few lenses. I want to surprise her so cant ask too many questions but a the college they use Canon cameras but I dont know which lens.

Would anyone have any ideas or recommendations on what I could buy her, a camera budled with lenses, doesnt have to be brand new but in good condition. Ideally £500 to £750.

Thank you for any help.

If you want her to be able to use the same lenses at college. You need to find out which mount they use, older EF or newer R mount.

Although even if it’s EF….you can adapt it using an adaptor anyways so I would get a used Canon RP. Full frame.

You could get a new body but you will only stretch to cropped.

I would advise not get older DSLR because kids these days are used to shoot with the screen on their phones so a touch screen is natural to them and most do the older DSLR don’t have a touch screen. Not to mention focusing systems are much better now since they moved over the EVF. There’s face detect, eye af and all sorts and all capable of shooting decent videos.

 

[Footyslayer]

If you want her to be able to use the same lenses at college. You need to find out which mount they use, older EF or newer R mount.

Although even if it’s EF….you can adapt it using an adaptor anyways so I would get a used Canon RP. Full frame.

You could get a new body but you will only stretch to cropped.

I would advise not get older DSLR because kids these days are used to shoot with the screen on their phones so a touch screen is natural to them and most do the older DSLR don’t have a touch screen. Not to mention focusing systems are much better now since they moved over the EVF. There’s face detect, eye af and all sorts and all capable of shooting decent videos.

Thank you for the advice, i'll try to find out more.

But I would assume either way something newer would be better in any case. I was looking at some ebay Canon EOS 90D models for sale, 2nd hand of course, is this a good purchase if I find the right one or much higher spec than needed?

 

[Raymond Lin]

Thank you for the advice, i'll try to find out more.

But I would assume either way something newer would be better in any case. I was looking at some ebay Canon EOS 90D models for sale, 2nd hand of course, is this a good purchase if I find the right one or much higher spec than needed?

90D, whilst it came out in the same year as the RP, the 90D is DSLR and cropped sensor.

I can't comment on using them or know much about the detailed spec but the 90D is base on older tech in focusing and in terms of "what's in the body", it is more a consumer camera so in terms of the "ladder" of products, the 90D is a much lower ranked in Canon's product list.

Fundamentally, to learn photography, they will all do the job, but if you get the 90D, and then the college have RF mount lenses..then she won't be able to use them.

RF is newer. RF can adapt to use OLDER EF lenses.

Not the other way around. An older EF camera cannot use a newer RF lens.

I say this so it saves you money because she can then borrow and use lenses from the school, and not ask you to buy her lenses....your £750 budget for the camera will only the beginning if she comes back for a new lens every 6 months lol

 

[Footyslayer]

90D, whilst it came out in the same year as the RP, the 90D is DSLR and cropped sensor.

I can't comment on using them or know much about the detailed spec but the 90D is base on older tech in focusing and in terms of "what's in the body", it is more a consumer camera so in terms of the "ladder" of products, the 90D is a much lower ranked in Canon's product list.

Fundamentally, to learn photography, they will all do the job, but if you get the 90D, and then the college have RF mount lenses..then she won't be able to use them.

RF is newer. RF can adapt to use OLDER EF lenses.

Not the other way around. An older EF camera cannot use a newer RF lens.

I say this so it saves you money because she can then borrow and use lenses from the school, and not ask you to buy her lenses....your £750 budget for the camera will only the beginning if she comes back for a new lease every 6 months lol

Ahhh that is fantastic advice,

thank you very much. Im open to buying a bubdle that has a couple of lenses with it, but if I am honest I dont know how many lenses would be needed in the future. Ive seen a few bundles with 2 lenses attached to the bundle.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Ahhh that is fantastic advice,

thank you very much. Im open to buying a bubdle that has a couple of lenses with it, but if I am honest I dont know how many lenses would be needed in the future. Ive seen a few bundles with 2 lenses attached to the bundle.

An RF mount canon + and adaptor and let her borrow lenses from the college.

That's where I would go. I guess it doesn't matter even if the college have EF mount older cameras.

Or you can just get a RF body, like the RP, wait until you find out what Canon the school have before getting the adaptor. If they have newer RF mount lenses then you can save the money on the adaptor.