Having never owned a camera other than a few cheap digital ones before my phones superseded them, I would like to buy a decent camera primarily to take product images and case studies of installations, but secondary to this I travel a lot with work and some jobs lined up over the winter include Scillies (very dark skies, coastal), Swiss alps and North Scotland.
Trying to capture some shots of the sky at night with milky way etc visible, northern lights, and mountain ranges all interests me, as do dawn/dusk and wildlife.
My budget is hundreds, but not thousands.
I would like to get at least 3-5 years use from the camera, imagine any lenses would have an indefinite lifetime if well cared for, so am prepared to consider spending more on these as required in the future, especially for some night sky stuff and maybe surfing or wildlife shots too with so much time spent on the coast.
I stress again that I am a complete novice, so want something I can learn with and have the versatility to experiment with a lot, but perhaps with an interface that allows me to save presets that I can come back to if I'm trying out similar shots weeks/months apart.
I would like the ability to shoot in 1:1 aspect ratio too so it's obvious to me how I'm framing a shot, as that is how most of my product photos will be displayed.
Thank you!
Trying to capture some shots of the sky at night with milky way etc visible, northern lights, and mountain ranges all interests me, as do dawn/dusk and wildlife.
My budget is hundreds, but not thousands.
I would like to get at least 3-5 years use from the camera, imagine any lenses would have an indefinite lifetime if well cared for, so am prepared to consider spending more on these as required in the future, especially for some night sky stuff and maybe surfing or wildlife shots too with so much time spent on the coast.
I stress again that I am a complete novice, so want something I can learn with and have the versatility to experiment with a lot, but perhaps with an interface that allows me to save presets that I can come back to if I'm trying out similar shots weeks/months apart.
I would like the ability to shoot in 1:1 aspect ratio too so it's obvious to me how I'm framing a shot, as that is how most of my product photos will be displayed.
Thank you!