Vista Bay Apartment

5th August 2010
Finding a hobby is sometime difficult for some people, especially people like me. I can't basically stick on something that I like for long since my interest always changing. One thing for sure, photography is something I like most, even in my early years. Each time I got a chance to hold a camera, my life would start to spin and NO, I did not mean the headache kind of spinning. I mean like when I got hold of a camera, I would start looking around to snap pictures and boy do I really snap. For a day with a camera in my hand, i can snap up to close 1000 pictures and this is with a compact camera. Imagine if I got hold of a DSLR camera.

Although I like to snap a lot of pictures, DSLR target still is out of my range. Not because I don't have enough skill to hold one but because of the price. It holds me back a lot and to tell you the truth, I don't even own one yet right now but that soon is going to change. In this modern era, DSLR is not categories as lucrative item anymore, it's become a hobbyist tool that people buy to enjoy themselves in something they like to do. It's a necessity if you are into taking nice pictures.

DSLR is actually a camera full of features that you don't normally enjoying with compact cameras. I'm not saying that the compact cameras don't have this features, just that, they don't really allow you to control them like how DSLR allows you to. In DSLR, you can control from one simple configuration like aperture control to the difficult one like white balancing or even bracketing. With this detail configuration, you can actually suite your taste to the color saturation or quality of picture that is coming out from your snapping process. This is fun and not to mention that they picture that comes out is like what you are looking at the time or even better.



From advice given by experts, you don't really need the best DSLR in the market to shoot a great pictures as the picture itself is the result of how you manage to take it. DSLR cameras is just a tool for you to do it but the art in you is the one doing all the work.

With all said and done, are you interested to buy one? Before you cheer for celebration, look at the price tag for it. The one I'm aiming alone cost RM3300 and with certain gadget that you would need to buy, it might as well add up to around RM4000. Don't fret as the one I'm mentioning with that price tag is sitting in the mid range of DSLR. What does it mean then. DSLR actually divided into 3 categories or so most of the people said. Beginner or Entry level, Mid or Intermediate level and the last one would be the Professional level. All these has its own camera levels as well as different price tag.

Beginner or Entry Level DSLR Cameras:

Nikon D3000
RM 1700.00 (Package)

Pentax K-m

Pentax K-x

RM 2650.00 (Package)

Sony A500
RM 2799.00 (Package)

Mid Range or Intermediate Level DSLR Cameras:

Canon EOS 550D
RM 2700.00 (Package)
RM 2300.00 (Body Only)

Nikon D90
RM 3300.00 (Package)
RM 2500.00 (Body Only)

Nikon D300s
RM 5500.00 (Package)
RM 4800.00 (Body Only)

Pentax K-7
RM 4000.00 (Package)

Sony A700






Professional Level DSLR Cameras:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
RM 10600.00 (Package)
RM 7230.00 (Body Only)

Canon EOS 7D
RM 7200.00 (Package)
RM 5200.00 (Body Only)

Nikon 3Ds
RM15888.00 (Body Only)

Nikon D700
RM 7950.00 (Body Only)

Olympus E-3
RM 7499.00 (Package)
RM 4699.00 (Body Only)

Sony A900
RM 10098.00 (Package)
RM 9999.00 (Body Only)

Remember, camera are only tools. Don't simply go for the most expensive one if you plan just to take normal picture with Auto Mode always.

To have fun in this hobby, one would need to go out and keep taking picture until you know how to take a good picture. To add spice into your soup, go out with many people instead, join a group who has the same hobby so that idea can be shared and many more. So, if anyone in Vista Bay apartment share the same interest, to email me or call me up so that we can share the moment together (crap.......sound like gay if u r a guy).