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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 805433" data-attributes="member: 50197">Another important piece pf information is your budget. While the top of the line flagship camera bodies may have a lot of capabilities and ruggedness, they are not always the best fit for every photographer, regardless of the capability of their wallet. Are you a technically oriented person, or more artist? In my household there is a big difference between myself and my daughter. She has a very artistic bent and often comes back with some great images, yet she has little aptitude or interest in the technical aspects. I am just the opposite, with lots of knowledge and comfort with the nuts and bolts of photography, but lacking some of the artistic side. She really doesn't like my camera much, but rather prefers a more entry level body that has some of the presets for Sports, Landscape, Portrait, etc. I prefer to make the choices myself and tend to rely on manual, or aperture preferred modes. I would not be happy with her camera for very long, if I could afford an upgrade.Regardless of your preference in a camera body, don't skimp on lenses. A quality piece of glass will be a treasure for decades to come. Camera bodies come and go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 805433, member: 50197"] Another important piece pf information is your budget. While the top of the line flagship camera bodies may have a lot of capabilities and ruggedness, they are not always the best fit for every photographer, regardless of the capability of their wallet. Are you a technically oriented person, or more artist? In my household there is a big difference between myself and my daughter. She has a very artistic bent and often comes back with some great images, yet she has little aptitude or interest in the technical aspects. I am just the opposite, with lots of knowledge and comfort with the nuts and bolts of photography, but lacking some of the artistic side. She really doesn't like my camera much, but rather prefers a more entry level body that has some of the presets for Sports, Landscape, Portrait, etc. I prefer to make the choices myself and tend to rely on manual, or aperture preferred modes. I would not be happy with her camera for very long, if I could afford an upgrade. Regardless of your preference in a camera body, don't skimp on lenses. A quality piece of glass will be a treasure for decades to come. Camera bodies come and go. [/QUOTE]

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