Digital Entry level camera

[cliveh]

The other day I heard someone say they had bought an entry level camera. Can someone explain what that means? And is there an exit level camera?

 

[MattKing]

Entry level: In the context of a DSLR, a low priced model with a useful "kit" zoom lens.
Exit level: Sirius has said that he plans to be buried with his Hasselblads .

 

[Luckless]

Entry Level: Enough features to be useful and arguably 'better' than a modern cell phone, and priced low enough to tempt anyone with an interest and enough disposable income to consider it.

Exit Level: Whatever cameras you have at the time you get fed up for the last time and/or die with?

And I do hope that some future archeologist gets to enjoy experimenting with Sirius's Hasselblads.

 

[Ariston]

My wife's "entry level" D3300 has a better sensor than any of my DSLRs. But it is more cumbersome to operate because there are fewer dedicated controls. It also will not drive the AF for lenses without a built-in motor. It does not have the touch screen or tilting screen that some of the more expensive models have, either. I still prefer my D300 or D700. But I prefer my FE to any of them.

Things are left out of entry level cameras in order to save money, thus enticing a broader market to "enter" that system.

 

[Cholentpot]

Entry level means buying two models back used.

When I started doing paid work I got an entry level 6D MK1 used. I'm still using it for work.

 

[eddie]

Exit level: Sirius has said that he plans to be buried with his Hasselblads .

Does that mean I can get a few complete Hasselblad systems for the price of a shovel?

 

[juan]

Entry level means buying two models back used.
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Amen. When I bought a new digisnapper, I looked into selling my old one. The prices on eBay were so low, I decided to just keep it as my in-car camera.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

The other day I heard someone say they had bought an entry level camera. Can someone explain what that means? And is there an exit level camera?

I consider an entry-level camera a camera, which has all the basic manual functions but no electronic luxuries. they are perfect to learn how the variables hat make for a perfect exposure work together and give complete control to the photographer.

 

[Cholentpot]

Amen. When I bought a new digisnapper, I looked into selling my old one. The prices on eBay were so low, I decided to just keep it as my in-car camera.

Full Frame held it's price for the longest time. I think you can get full frames for under $600 used these days.

 

[Ariston]

Full Frame held it's price for the longest time. I think you can get full frames for under $600 used these days.

I’ve seen D700 bodies go for $300. Insane.

 

[Chan Tran]

I consider an entry-level camera a camera, which has all the basic manual functions but no electronic luxuries. they are perfect to learn how the variables hat make for a perfect exposure work together and give complete control to the photographer.

If that is your definition then you must be rich.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

It's a digital camera so expensive, you don't want to leave it in your will. You'll be buried with your camera. The NRA camera. They'll have to pry it from your cold dead hands.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

The exit camera is your first film camera.

 

[grat]

The exit camera is your first film camera.

.... I don't think so. My first film camera (back when film and flash-cubes were available for it):



Back to the OP's question, an entry level could be anything from a small point & shoot, to something like the Canon Rebel series. I personally don't see the "exit" equivalent-- digital cameras are perfectly good tools for image capture, they're just not always the right tool.

 

[Cholentpot]

If that is your definition then you must be rich.

Canon Rebel series.

 

[Chan Tran]

Canon Rebel series.

The Rebel don't meet Ralph's criteria. It has way too much bells and whistles.

 

[Luckless]

The Rebel don't meet Ralph's criteria. It has way too much bells and whistles.

Cutting edge luxury features of today have a way of becoming the same as the 'cut back and simplified options' of tomorrow.

Compare auto-focus features of Canon's rebel line to the nDx lines over time for example.

 

[blockend]

Entry level is any camera the owner is sufficiently insecure about, to trade for something that matches their opinion of them self.

 

[Bronson Dugnutt]

It's like riding the bus vs. hang-gliding. Both are performed with intention, but for entirely different purposes.

'Entry-level' means 'affordable' in modern marketing parlance.

 

[grat]

Rebel's a perfectly reasonable "entry" level digital camera. It can go from "Durr... what's an exposure?" levels of simplicity up to full manual control, with RAW output. It's small, it's light, it's usually available for cheap through used outlets, and even new, it's reasonably good. Any lens you buy for it will work with any other Canon interchangeable lens you might buy. In short, it's not too expensive, and it can grow as you learn photography.

 

[blockend]

Rebel's a perfectly reasonable "entry" level digital camera. It can go from "Durr... what's an exposure?" levels of simplicity up to full manual control, with RAW output. It's small, it's light, it's usually available for cheap through used outlets, and even new, it's reasonably good. Any lens you buy for it will work with any other Canon interchangeable lens you might buy. In short, it's not too expensive, and it can grow as you learn photography.

I agree, the Rebel series are great. The main advantage, and one I still miss mine for, is weight + grip. Cameras that have a good hold tend to be heavy, and ones that are light tend to have vestigial grips. You can bring a Rebel to your eye, shoot, and have it safely by your side in less than the time it takes to describe.

 

[rick shaw]

The other day I heard someone say they had bought an entry level camera. Can someone explain what that means? And is there an exit level camera?

Yes. After you have spent sufficient time behind cameras--in my case several decades--you finally realize it never was about the camera.
Exit through the gift shop.