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Nikon D3400
landscapes, macro, and
general photography.
For the time being, you
can invest in a +3 or +4
dioptre lens (close-up
filter, which may cost
you a couple of hundred
rupees) for macro work.
Later on, when you
collect some money,
you could go in for a
dedicated macro lens.
However, when it comes
to wildlife photography,
you will need a very
long focal length lens. A
lens that I recommend
Canon 1300D is the Sigma 150-
600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS
HSM Contemporary. An
alternative is the Sigma
Present and the Future 100-400mm f/5 - 6.3 DG
As I have started my career in OS HSM Contemporary.
photography, I am ready to own my
first D-SLR, but I am really confused Do keep in mind though,
between Canon 1300D and Nikon that there is no lens
D3400 as I am very low on budget. that can serve you well
My interests are in nature and in every photographic
wildlife photography. I know both situation. Also note that
cameras are good but I want to for wildlife photography,
know which camera suits my style one ideally needs a
and even for the future upgrading camera body that has a
of cameras (keeping budget in fairly large ‘buffer’ and
mind). I would like to know which one that can fire many
equipment I need as a beginner in frames per second. Both
my genre of photography and which the models that you
basic lenses I need which will help have mentioned will
me for the present and the future ? fall short in that region.
Sandeep M, via email
Smart Photography February 2018 As you clearly pointed out, both the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 mean that you can never
However this does not
do wildlife photography
models you mention are okay for a
with them, but you
have to understand the
beginner. Both the cameras, with their
DG OS HSM C
DG OS HSM C
78 18-55mm kit lens, will serve you for Sigma 100-400mm f/5 - 6.3 limitations.
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