Wow, thanks guys. Have a lump in my throat after reading these messages. Quote:
Originally Posted by gd1418 While I agree with what Sharath said about avid photographers being finicky about their gear, it shall also do good to you if you can find out what brand she used. It is like once a Nikonian, always a nikonian and similarly for Canon & Olympians..
If she is/was a Nikonian, and you have no budgetary limits, then a D700 with a 80-200mm VR should be an ideal gift.. |
I am a total dodo when it comes to cameras. Unless you tell me, i wont make out a canon from a nikon or a sony. Going through all the links pasted here and on the net. But there are so many its mind boggling. Thanks for the suggestion. I am creating a list of recommended camera's in an excel sheet with all the various features mentioned. With features sorted as To Have, Good to Have and Not Really Required. I know its amateurish but but for a layman like me its the best i can do. Quote:
Originally Posted by Samurai Guru makes a good point. That would be a safe gift. Don't get her entry level stuff, she will find it inadequate fast enough. Make----------Big Budget-------Small budget
Canon----------5D Mark II---------40D/50D
Nikon-----------D700----------------D90
Minolta(sony)-----A900-------------A700
Just get her the body and let her have fun planning the lenses herself. |
Great suggestion again. Those numbers and models are slowly making sense to me. I have a medium budget hitting 40k might go over it, if i have to. Added those to my list of research sheet. Quote:
Originally Posted by tifosikrishna Very true.
Spitfire, do you by any chance remember what brand she was using? Or can you find out from someone who might know that. It will be great if you buy her the same brand.
There is a remote possibility that she might be able to reuse some of the old accessories, if she has anything leftover. |
Let me go and dig up the pics(only family pictures remain, all professional work can only be dug out from the clients she had worked for but dosent want to) she had taken and maybe i can make out from them. She had an amazing collection of manuals and lens and photographs, she had collected over time. They had even converted the garage of their house in Delhi into a dark room. Unfortunately all that was given away for free to friends and relatives. Nothing exists, everything has gone. They moved from Delhi to Mumbai to Coimbatore. Overtime everything just got lost.
Thanks again guys, i know it means a lot to her. Imagine going from being a pro photographer to a desk job as an HR Manager. There is not much she holds on to or talks about, that is related to photography. |