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new camera? Anonymous
Hey everyone, I was hoping you could give me some advice, I'm a second year Architecture student and I have been thinking about purchasing a new camera to photograph my models (as well as real, large scale buildings to put into my portfolio) My camera of choice at the minute is A Canon PowerShot A530 which was mainly a financial choice and it had an acceptable optical zoom and mega pixel amount.. I was hoping you guys could tell me if purchasing a new camera is worth my time to obtain some really nice shots? I'm quite the newb with photography on an art level, but it's a skill I need in the profession I've chosen, thanks in advance for anyone kind enough to post!
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>> Anonymous
Very creative.
But I hate glowing edges.
>> Anonymous
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I hear you, it was the main graphic for a competiton entry and the lecturers wanted it the image to "stand out" as much as possible.. this was the most visually appealing of a couple of photoshops I did of it, though I personally prefer this one, but it was a group project and I was outvoted heh. Stuck with another glow on it, they really like that for some reason.

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>> Anonymous
>>89968
What school do you go to?
>> Anonymous
If you want a point and shoot, go with either the Rioch GX100 or the Panasonic FZ18. Architectural photography requires wide lenses, and the GX100 has the widest currently available on a point and shoot, a lens that looks the same as a 24mm one would on your typical 35mm film. The Panasonic only has what a 28mm would, but it has a tremendous amount of zoom on it, so if you need to get detailed closeups of fixtures on buildings, it might be the thing to go with it.

An SLR really would be better, though, because you could get wider angles, perspective control lenses designed for architectural photography, and if you need to do the closeups, a cheap catadioptric lens. It will be more expensive, but your results will be much better.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>89979
Have you seen how much tilt-shift lenses cost? very expensive since its a small market.