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A question for experienced photographers...
Replies: 15Last Post June 20 10:33am by orangeacid
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What is better: An ok camera body with a good lens OR A good camera body with an ok lens?

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Why dont you get a good camera body with good lens?

But I;d say out of those Good camera body with bad lens

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good body and an ok lens.
the body is everything unless you have a shit lens.

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i would have thought a good body was better.

but im not expreienced photographer.

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Post edited at 3:17 pm on June 18, 2008 by ii rock

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If you're buying one you should go with a better body because you can always get a better lens when you come across some extra cash.

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Personally id go with a lense myself

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im not aware of many experienced photographers on here

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Quote: from Syber at 6:16 pm on June 18, 2008

Why dont you get a good camera body with good lens?

But I;d say out of those Good camera body with bad lens


I don't have enough money for both. I have a bad camera body with a bad lens right now and I wanted to upgrade one of them.

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The lens is always the priority! The body just holds a few odd parts; it's the lens that determines how sharp, accurate and detailed your images are going to be. One body may offer some feature or other over another, but always put the money into quality lenses.

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If you really can't spare money for a great body, then definitely get the better lens. In photography the lens means everything, and having a worse body but a better lens is certainly worth the tradeoff.

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Quote: from Duke at 6:19 pm on June 18, 2008

The lens is always the priority! The body just holds a few odd parts; it's the lens that determines how sharp, accurate and detailed your images are going to be. One body may offer some feature or other over another, but always put the money into quality lenses.

yeah, I'm going to agree with this poster.
I work at a photo lab, and my brother is a professional photographer [I'm not by any means] and he seems like it's all about the lens.
Not to mention he has a Canon XTi, and drops 300-400 in each lens.
Considering the camera is only 700-800 itself, eh.
well I guess you can decide.

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Quote: from Hass at 6:22 pm on June 18, 2008

Quote: from Duke at 6:19 pm on June 18, 2008

The lens is always the priority! The body just holds a few odd parts; it's the lens that determines how sharp, accurate and detailed your images are going to be. One body may offer some feature or other over another, but always put the money into quality lenses.

yeah, I'm going to agree with this poster.
I work at a photo lab, and my brother is a professional photographer [I'm not by any means] and he seems like it's all about the lens.
Not to mention he has a Canon XTi, and drops 300-400 in each lens.
Considering the camera is only 700-800 itself, eh.
well I guess you can decide.


He's a pro with a XTi? Cool, thats the same camera I have.

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Hint: instead of clogging up the board with 3 topics, post all questions in the same one... Especially since they're all about photography and cameras.

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lens lens lens.  it's all about the lens.

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Go for the better lens. Camera bodies don't vary between models half as much as lenses do. You might get a few more megapixels or a few more focussing points with a better body, but lenses can really mean the difference between a great and poor image. You can get stabilised lenses, macro lenses, telephoto lenses, etc. The wider variety of lenses you have, the more photographic situations you are equipped for - a better body won't give you that.

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