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Old September 14th, 2008, 19:14
Fernando Nigrete Fernando Nigrete is offline
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Default What kind of airline photography equipment do I need to start out with?

I would like to start a small photography business...nothing major as I am an amateur photographer and am not sure of myself/skills yet. I do think that I take pretty decent photos and have a great passion for photography but don't really know how to begin. What kind of fairly inexpensive camera is a good start? I do have a Sony Digital Camera and a Canon SLR 35mm. Also, what other kind of equipment is imperative when beginning-just to look like you know what your doing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Old September 23rd, 2008, 20:57
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I suggest the Panasonic Lumox DMC-FZ7 or DMC-FZ50 cameras. Both are point and shoot but they have excellent telephoto lens features, and the quality of the images is superb.

All of the photos I have uploaded on this website were taken with the older Lunix FZ7 and I swear by that camera.

Have a look at my photos:
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You can get these cameras for about $300 and they are superb value, and the results are top notch.
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Old October 1st, 2008, 22:15
King F. Hui King F. Hui is offline
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Since you have Canon lens already, I highly recommend a low end Canon DSLR body that you can use existing Canon lens.

Any DSLR is better than point-and-shoot. DSLR also gives you a lot faster (near instantaneous) "response time" to catch those fast moving planes.
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