What camera do you RVer's use?
Not exactly a RV question, but we will be retiring next year and heading out in our RV for 6-8 months at a time. Heading to Alaska in 2018. RVer's know equipment. I want to buy my wife a nice camer...
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bobkatmsu - For $1,000 you can get a Nikon D5500 with the 18-55 kit lense + 55-200mm medium telephoto. You can stop there or if you want a really nice low light lens you can get the 35mm f1.8. I have this exact same set up. Plus I have 4 other older SLR high quality cameras. And I have the latest iPhone.
You said you will be heading to Alaska. For that you should have a good landscape camera and the ability to take shots from wide angle to get all the mountains in, to telephoto to catch a shot of Eagles or bears. You need to be able to do that with optics and not an iPhone or similar smart phone. I have an iPhone. It is great for people shots, video, and some landscape shots. But to get great pictures you need an interchangeable lens DSLR. Nikon and Canon are the most common ones. I know Nikon but do not know Canon. I personally think the Nikon D5500 is a stelar light DSLR. Maybe Canon has one as good. I don't know.
Pocket cameras have similar limitations to iPhones. Tiny sensor.
I have looked at all the latest cameras and could afford to spend 3 times what I spent on the D5500. I am not trading it in until Nikon comes up with a successor that is a lot better.
You said you will be heading to Alaska. For that you should have a good landscape camera and the ability to take shots from wide angle to get all the mountains in, to telephoto to catch a shot of Eagles or bears. You need to be able to do that with optics and not an iPhone or similar smart phone. I have an iPhone. It is great for people shots, video, and some landscape shots. But to get great pictures you need an interchangeable lens DSLR. Nikon and Canon are the most common ones. I know Nikon but do not know Canon. I personally think the Nikon D5500 is a stelar light DSLR. Maybe Canon has one as good. I don't know.
Pocket cameras have similar limitations to iPhones. Tiny sensor.
I have looked at all the latest cameras and could afford to spend 3 times what I spent on the D5500. I am not trading it in until Nikon comes up with a successor that is a lot better.
