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Good choices. You'll be pretty set for a while. At some point, you'll want a telephoto for portraits, but you don't need to buy one now. You'll can crop a little bit (portraits start to look really...

I've always been in the opposite position. People would offer me money, and I'd offer to do it only if it was for free. Most people turn me down, but I did shoot a wedding once (with very good...

Hi Aleksdanger,  24mm-equivalent is no harder on APS than it is on full frame.  If you were to take a 24-75mm full-frame lens, and shrink it by 30% in each dimension, you'd end up with a 17-53mm...

Picture that you had a 1mmx1mm sensor at 1 megapixel, and a 10mmx10mm sensor at 100 megapixel. With f/2.8 50mm lenses, the light-per-pixel as well as the per-pixel noise would be identical. Looking...

@Barney

At least, nominally, APS-on-full-frame gives a few advantages. First, you're not stuck with the 3:2 aspect. You can go 1:1 and gain resolution, or 16:9 with less resolution loss. Second,...

And mention I've gone down this shopping path before as well, and save you a bit of time by seconding bunyarra's sentiment. For architecture, you want tilt-shift. Canon has, by far, the best...

Too late to be useful, but my experience:  High quality cell phone camera. This gets the most usage. Sony RX100 or similar. Close runner-up, and gives the most best photos. RX10 would have been...

If you can afford it. To get wide angle, I believe your options are: Canon full frame (original 5D is even fine) or Sony NEX+Speedbooster or Lensturbo Canon 24mm TS lens, or Rokinon 24mm TS...

At f/2.8 11mm APS, you are in focus from 3.3 feet through 31 feet. This is okay for most realty shots (see  http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html). It's really hard to get narrow DOF at wide angle.

It will work with any of Sony's Alpha line (not NEX, without an expensive adapter). Your best bet is a used Sony a33/a35/a37/a57, or maybe even an older a200/a230/a290, if you can find a good price...

The Tokina 11-16mm is a fantastic lens, both for your purposes and in general. f/2.8 aperture makes it usable hand-held in poorly lit rooms. IQ is excellent.

Two bits of advice: The best lens for learning is one very good quality prime. Fewer, higher-quality lenses beats many lower-quality lenses. You are unlikely to ever need more than 2 or 3 lenses...

I'd suggest you go for an interchangeable lens camera with an electronic viewfinder. Best type of camera to learn on. You see white balance and exposure before you shoot, and you can accurately...

If you compare the RAW files from the camera postprocessed with good software to the out-of-camera JPGs, the difference will be disappointingly minimal, assuming you have white balance and exposure...

That was unclear. I'll make them crystal clear, in that case.  If you would like similar-looking images between cameras:  Multiply aperture by crop factor Multiply ISO by crop factor...

> Am I mistaken in assuming that, regardless of photography skills, a bigger sensor + wider aperture = sharper images? This is absolutely a mistake. You can get perfectly sharp images out of a good...

ND filter is worthwhile if you do this regularly. An alternative is to do it in software. Instead of one 1-second exposure, take ten 1/10s exposures. Average in post-processing. If this is a...

The D7100 is a very sound choice. For your prime, when and if you get one, I would recommend the Sigma 35mm f/1.4. This is slightly longer than you would like, but: It's probably the...

I can find no criticisms of those choices. Camera won't hold you back in any way. Lens is one you'll want in the long term regardless. Only thing I'd add to the initial purchase is a $2 gray card.

Hi Aleks,  A person takes photos using a camera. The choice of camera matters much less than the photographer, and you can take excellent photos with any camera. Your G10 will take photos...