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By scottyp1214 | Published Jul 18, 2012 | Buying Guides

I have been getting into photography alot lately and have been using my parents regular digital camera. However I want to get my own. The use i will put my camera to will be, travling photo's, taking pictures of my nephews playing sports, taking pictures with skateboarding/snowboarding. I looked at the Cannon Ti3 vs. Nikon D5100. I am just trying to figure out what would i get the most of out and the best quality from. Also I was doing research and the lense i was looking at was the, Tamron 18-270 mm. I was just wondering if theres another lense out there like this or better. If anyone else has any other ideas of what other cannon or nikon camera is out there that can compare to these that would be appreciated. Again this pictures could be printed from 3x5 to a normal size picture frame for my wall. Thank You Again,

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You should also consider other camera marques such as Pentax, Panasonic, Olympus, Sony, etc. You may find that one of these other brands will deliver what you want for a much lower cost.

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Hi Scott

Ultimately comes down to how much budget you have and what types of photography you are planning to do. In essence, any DSLR can do the basics and all are about the same in terms of quality, features, image quality, etc, for a given price range and marketing segment. Yes, some brands may be a little better in one area over other brands, which in turn may have advantages in other areas. At the end of the day, it may just come down to what camera will give you the current best bang for the buck and who is doing the best deal on the high street.

It also comes down to what future plans you have for photography, that is, which area or areas are you going to get in to, nature, landscape, sports, action, architecture, formal portraiture, informal portraiture (street photography), etc. Whatever camera you get now, will use a proprietry lens mount system and as you add lenses with time, it becomes increasingly costly to change to another camera brand and their lenses.

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