One thing I would say about autofocus is that you have to tell it what to focus on.
CSC - compact system camera.
I think you want a body and a standard zoom to start with. Then maybe add a standard fixed lens, a 35mm or 50mm (that's 135 film terms - or equivalent if using a smaller format). It's always a good exercise to head out now and again with just one standard or just wide of standard fixed lens and shoot everything with it. Zooms make you lazy, stuck with one fixed lens you start working and thinking.
I went on holiday once for two weeks once with a film camera and just a 50mm lens. Came back with loads of nice shots. You don't necessarily need loads of lenses.
My GH3 Panasonic has the 12-35f2.8 stuck on the end of it - it's the only lens I take when I go out walking. Keep getting tempted to add a 7-14f4 but it's more stuff in the bag.
But seriously get a body and one lens (standard zoom perhaps) and start taking snaps.
Oh my finished photos I keep across three hard drives. The raw stuff I'm not fussed about, if the drive dies it dies.
Google is your geek;
Tiff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format
Jpeg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG
RAW - is the raw data from the camera sensor - each camera has it's own raw format.
I shoot raw and save the finished file as 8 bit TIFF (no compression)
I post JPEG on the internet. (compressed file) Some publications ask for jpeg others want TIFF. I print from TIFF files.
CSC - compact system camera.
I think you want a body and a standard zoom to start with. Then maybe add a standard fixed lens, a 35mm or 50mm (that's 135 film terms - or equivalent if using a smaller format). It's always a good exercise to head out now and again with just one standard or just wide of standard fixed lens and shoot everything with it. Zooms make you lazy, stuck with one fixed lens you start working and thinking.
I went on holiday once for two weeks once with a film camera and just a 50mm lens. Came back with loads of nice shots. You don't necessarily need loads of lenses.
My GH3 Panasonic has the 12-35f2.8 stuck on the end of it - it's the only lens I take when I go out walking. Keep getting tempted to add a 7-14f4 but it's more stuff in the bag.
But seriously get a body and one lens (standard zoom perhaps) and start taking snaps.
Oh my finished photos I keep across three hard drives. The raw stuff I'm not fussed about, if the drive dies it dies.
Google is your geek;
Tiff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format
Jpeg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG
RAW - is the raw data from the camera sensor - each camera has it's own raw format.
I shoot raw and save the finished file as 8 bit TIFF (no compression)
I post JPEG on the internet. (compressed file) Some publications ask for jpeg others want TIFF. I print from TIFF files.