OK, so this is the deal. My camera needs have changed.
I have gone from video, which I no longer do at all (no more plays, no more video basketball or soccer games, etc.) to camera, and camera at close-enough range. Soccer games my son plays are now all streamed online for me already, and daughter's plays can no longer be recorded because they take, you know, laws seriously and crap. Photography no longer requires a super-zoom, as I can get front row seats to any soccer game, but they do require stop-action photography, and low-light conditions under stadium lights for night games.
Don't think I'm going to get involved in photography as a hobby, but might want to play around with the concept a little. I'm just now figuring out what shutter speed, aperture/f-stops, ISO settings, etc. have to do with these action photos.
Here's the plan.
I'm going to pick up a super-old DSLR, like a Nikon D50 camera, hopefully with a decent lens already for next to nothing. (Just now figuring out that there are a lot of differences in lenses. Who knew? Oh, that's right--everybody else.)
I am in no hurry, and will gladly browse eBay until the right offering comes along. Can take several months and I'm ok with that.
Anyway, for decent, "at-home" usage, for posting on the internet, my wife posting on Facebook, etc., if I got the Nikon D50 camera or similar, is there an older lens I should look for with it for these needs, or is it just, "look at each one, because there's like 300 different lenses that fit and that's impossible to say otherwise?"
Should I try to find a lens with a maximum aperture of like f/2.8 at whatever zoom level, sort of as a minimum baseline? Or is that going to be too expensive for just a "trial" kinda thing? Seems so many of them have much smaller apertures...looking at one now with a 35-70mm lens, and a 3.3-4.5 aperture, which I don't think would be good for low light (and the 70mm might not be enough anyway, although I don't need super-zoom).
If I get something like this, play around with it enough--and I do know that I'll be frustrated unless the equipment is at least capable of doing what I want, which is why I'm looking for the right "set"--I may talk myself into a new hobby in a year or so, but for now, that's not what this is.
Anyway, general comments, ridicule and derision invited.
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