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Please suggest me a camera for my father

Started Nov 20, 2015 | Discussions thread
jeffharris
jeffharris Forum Pro • Posts: 11,409
Re: Leaning towards to these options...

Yannis1976 wrote:

After reviewing all the available offers, I am starting to leaning towards these:

Yes, but what does your dad want?

What looks good on paper and in spec sheets may not be great in the hand.

If possible, it would be worth taking a trip to a well stocked camera store to let him try everything out and to decide for himself.

A good friend's daughter was looking for a "real" camera a couple of years ago for an extended trip to Asia. All her friends had Canon Rebels. She asked me for advice within her budget. I asked her how she wanted to use the camera and made a list… Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Canon. We met at B&H and she tried every camera on the list, plus a few more, while I explained features, sensor size, lens selections and sizes, etc.. I tried my damnedest NOT to try to steer her or to sell her anything.

She didn't buy right that day, but emailed me a few days later to tell me what she bought. It wasn't a Canon.

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