Which camera would you recommend for a complete technophobe! Never really been bothered with fish pics before, but I recently caught a good un and was blown away by the pics my fishing neighbour took.
He started talking about the technical side of stuff and lost me after 20 seconds! I need the easiest to operate with better than rubbish images outcome please....
He started talking about the technical side of stuff and lost me after 20 seconds! I need the easiest to operate with better than rubbish images outcome please....
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What kind of dinosaur are we talking about? T-rex only has little arms so may struggle with some more compact cameras
What kind of dinosaur are we talking about? T-rex only has little arms so may struggle with some more compact cameras
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There are lots of good cameras out there for just trophy shots, a lot of older models of DSLR go for peanuts nowadays so if you break it you won't be too upset and if you don't like it, it won't break the bank. There are quite a few people on this forum who are quite knowledgeable re cameras but there are a few basics which need to be known 1st.
Are you looking for self take or is someone else going to be taking the pic?
Personally I bought a Canon EOS 400D new, early 0's maybe, I see no reason to replace it as I don't do self take....but never say never!
There are lots of good cameras out there for just trophy shots, a lot of older models of DSLR go for peanuts nowadays so if you break it you won't be too upset and if you don't like it, it won't break the bank. There are quite a few people on this forum who are quite knowledgeable re cameras but there are a few basics which need to be known 1st.
Are you looking for self take or is someone else going to be taking the pic?
Personally I bought a Canon EOS 400D new, early 0's maybe, I see no reason to replace it as I don't do self take....but never say never!
If you are a complete technophobe then possibly your phone is your friend. Most phones nowadays have a good camera, a simple gorilla tripod type thingy and download intervalometer, wink technology and you're away.
If you really want a camera, anything that's half decent will have settings which is not what a technophobe wants. Unfortunately the throwaway Kodak instamatic days have gone.
What about a ‘bridge' type camera? As the name suggests it's a bridge between a cheap instamatic type camera and a DSLR. I still have an old Canon G7 which I bought off here years ago. Does everything a DSLR will do ( within reason), flip around screen, loads of settings if you want to do real photography but if you are scared just set to auto. Compact size and with two lenses it will take excellent trophy shots. I have a Canon DSLR but a couple of years ago dug out the old G7 as it's a lot smaller and lighter and never looked back. Slightly older tech with bigger batteries and SD cards etc but still a seriously good camera.
If you really want a camera, anything that's half decent will have settings which is not what a technophobe wants. Unfortunately the throwaway Kodak instamatic days have gone.
What about a ‘bridge' type camera? As the name suggests it's a bridge between a cheap instamatic type camera and a DSLR. I still have an old Canon G7 which I bought off here years ago. Does everything a DSLR will do ( within reason), flip around screen, loads of settings if you want to do real photography but if you are scared just set to auto. Compact size and with two lenses it will take excellent trophy shots. I have a Canon DSLR but a couple of years ago dug out the old G7 as it's a lot smaller and lighter and never looked back. Slightly older tech with bigger batteries and SD cards etc but still a seriously good camera.
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Modern phones do most things the average photographer needs
Modern phones do most things the average photographer needs
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Totally agree, most of my pics post 2015 are phone based. Having said that a lot of basic older DSLRs have settings for the type of trophy shots anglers want, the bonus being if you want to take it further and experiment with settings you can.
None of my Android phones have been as intuitive, I'm not a technophobe and the settings are probably more easily accessed, I've never really tried in all honesty.
Totally agree, most of my pics post 2015 are phone based. Having said that a lot of basic older DSLRs have settings for the type of trophy shots anglers want, the bonus being if you want to take it further and experiment with settings you can.
None of my Android phones have been as intuitive, I'm not a technophobe and the settings are probably more easily accessed, I've never really tried in all honesty.
I have an i phone 12 and the pictures dont seem that great to me. Ive had people take pics with their samsung phones and they seem miles better.
Yeah, i need something i can do self takes with too
Yeah, i need something i can do self takes with too
In reply to post 2 - the small brained kind of dinosaur 🤣
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Sounds like me bud. Lol i personally find it easier theses days to use my phone, rather than my dlsr. I use a Samsung phone that has a higher pixel count than the phone...lol I've got a basic tripod and phone holder and use the whistle app. Very easy app to use. Ie cropping, enlargement.. etc.. 👍👍👍
Sounds like me bud. Lol i personally find it easier theses days to use my phone, rather than my dlsr. I use a Samsung phone that has a higher pixel count than the phone...lol I've got a basic tripod and phone holder and use the whistle app. Very easy app to use. Ie cropping, enlargement.. etc.. 👍👍👍
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Hi , try using portrait mode on the iPhone . Also just mess about with how close the phone is to you . Portrait mode works better when not to far away I found
Hi , try using portrait mode on the iPhone . Also just mess about with how close the phone is to you . Portrait mode works better when not to far away I found
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I've been using a 400d for years now and have always done self takes.
Used bulb release and foot pedal things until I finally took Yonny's advice and bought an intervalometer, so easy to set up and use.
I've been using a 400d for years now and have always done self takes.
Used bulb release and foot pedal things until I finally took Yonny's advice and bought an intervalometer, so easy to set up and use.
I really am no camera expert but I think any camera expert would say the key is light, followed by sensor size (not pixels number, they all have sensible resolution these days). You need to capture as much light as possible and whilst modern phones are good a reasonable camera with a good lens and a decent sensor size in the same situation will always be better.
Phones tend to over process pictures, bright colours etc so at least on a relatively small screen they look 'great'. That then raises the question how do you want to view them? If just on your phone then try and find some help in how to use it's camera better and you might find that good enough. Look for YouTube videos to help.
If you want to print some trophy shots then what is your budget? You don't need a flip around screen, I had one but my next camera doesn't and I can still use it fine. Just takes practice to learn the setup. Obviously a remote is very useful although a burst mode on self-timer can also work well.
Saying all that I love my 4/3rds camera with a couple of decent lenses that cost a lot more than the camera, it takes stunning images. 9 times out of 10 though it stays at home as I want travel light when fishing. Also I only catch bream these days so don't want any evidence of that!
Phones tend to over process pictures, bright colours etc so at least on a relatively small screen they look 'great'. That then raises the question how do you want to view them? If just on your phone then try and find some help in how to use it's camera better and you might find that good enough. Look for YouTube videos to help.
If you want to print some trophy shots then what is your budget? You don't need a flip around screen, I had one but my next camera doesn't and I can still use it fine. Just takes practice to learn the setup. Obviously a remote is very useful although a burst mode on self-timer can also work well.
Saying all that I love my 4/3rds camera with a couple of decent lenses that cost a lot more than the camera, it takes stunning images. 9 times out of 10 though it stays at home as I want travel light when fishing. Also I only catch bream these days so don't want any evidence of that!
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Another thought, do you also want to do landscape or scene pictures or just trophy shots? If both then really you will need two different lenses but that's starting to get complicated and expensive.
Another thought, do you also want to do landscape or scene pictures or just trophy shots? If both then really you will need two different lenses but that's starting to get complicated and expensive.
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I keep meaing to get round to that. I bought some new batts for the camera last year, it saddened me to see the camera going for £30 but tech moves on and that's a good thing if you want to play with cameras nowadays or just try them out.
To the op, my camera, and many others I guess, has a dial on the top and you can select modes which have 'standard' settings within, ie, you don't need to do anything else, until you want to that is. I used mine on the 1st general setting, then on sport for faster shutter speed as fish don't like to stay still that long.
You only really need one lense for trophy shots starting out and a lot of camera kits purchased new come with them so they're not too hard to find 2nd hand. If you're lucky they may include a foot flash but there are plenty of cheap light sources available now.
Don't get bogged down in the detail at 1st
EDIT, out of interest for those camera buffs reading this, what would you say is the best cheap older camera body out the now, say sub £150
EDIT , a lot of cameras have shutter counters, ie, how often it's taken pictures and general advice seems to be try and find a low count if poss..if a shuttered cam,
I keep meaing to get round to that. I bought some new batts for the camera last year, it saddened me to see the camera going for £30 but tech moves on and that's a good thing if you want to play with cameras nowadays or just try them out.
To the op, my camera, and many others I guess, has a dial on the top and you can select modes which have 'standard' settings within, ie, you don't need to do anything else, until you want to that is. I used mine on the 1st general setting, then on sport for faster shutter speed as fish don't like to stay still that long.
You only really need one lense for trophy shots starting out and a lot of camera kits purchased new come with them so they're not too hard to find 2nd hand. If you're lucky they may include a foot flash but there are plenty of cheap light sources available now.
Don't get bogged down in the detail at 1st
EDIT, out of interest for those camera buffs reading this, what would you say is the best cheap older camera body out the now, say sub £150
EDIT , a lot of cameras have shutter counters, ie, how often it's taken pictures and general advice seems to be try and find a low count if poss..if a shuttered cam,