any camera experts

[paddy138]

ok a question for a few who knows there cameras or into photography, the woman is getting me a camera for my 21st, something ive wanted for a while now, now its not a crappy digital one, would be looking a semi professional one with adjusting lenses and cuntinuous shooting mode, basicaly im looking for some models to look for as a starter preferably under 500 euros, i seen a sony a240 in currys for 449 euro would that be a good deal, any info appreciated

[Mike]

SteL, Ade, Trackdaynova to name a few. PM them chap.

I use a Kodak Z612, very good at what it does, has lasted 3 years now without fail, only 6.1mpx but takes fantastic pics. Paid miniscule £125 new for it when its RRP was over £300

[Benn]

Cannon make some very good dslrs.



(Olz will says they dont tho..lol)

[paddy138]

ok, what should i look out for when looking one, i definitly want one with continuous shooting were it takes about 4-5 pictures per second,

[large_steve182]

if your planning on keeping it or getting really into it along the line, i would stay away from sonys and kodaks,

i would go for canons or nikons due to the vast amount of lenses and accessories available compared to the others,

canon and nikon both make great entry level dslr's so its personal prefference and price of which you want, but i would deffinately stick to those 2.

most dslr's will have continous shooting, as for how many frames per second im not sure, mines is something like 3.5fps which i find adequate for what i need, but you can get more,

try a canon 450d or 1000d, with them you usually get a 18-55mm lens which will get you rolling, then over time look at other lenses with bigger focal lenghts and lower aperature capabilities,

im not sure what the nikon cameras are maybe a d60 or that might be the expensive one.

[Stuart]

sony DSLR's are cak, I has one :( Mind you at the time the nikons had hateful user interfaces and I wanted to be different lol

[Tidy Max]

sony DSLR's are cak, I has one :( Mind you at the time the nikons had hateful user interfaces and I wanted to be different lol

damn your nerdy eliteness

[Jack]

now its not a crappy digital one
That confused me, are you looking at film cameras then?

[bmw156]

i use a nikon d50, DSLR

cant fault it, does take quick pics, but im not sure about 4-5 a second, i know you can play with the speeds, but not sure if its that quick lol.

i paid about 130 GBP for mine i think of ebay. with the standard lense.

[Jack]

D50 = 2.5fps burst

[Welsh Dan]

i use a nikon d50, DSLR

cant fault it, does take quick pics, but im not sure about 4-5 a second, i know you can play with the speeds, but not sure if its that quick lol.

i paid about 130 GBP for mine i think of ebay. with the standard lense.

The Nikon D50 is 2.5fps. (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/page2.asp)


The Canon 40D (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos40d/) (such as Ade and myself use) will do 6.5fps, and will fit into your budget, just.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm9BIreQpMo


Remember that you're not so much buying a camera, as buying into a system. Nikon has the high end stuff sewn up right now, but its easier to buy into Canon in my opinion. Nikon has DX (crop) and FX (full frame) fit lenses, some lenses will autofocus on some bodies and other silly rules to remember. Canon EF-S (crop) and EF (full frame) lenses will all autofocus, and a crop body like the 40D can use all of them. Also when it comes to buying more expensive lenses, Canon has gems like the 55-250mm IS, the 70-200 F4 L and so forth. But, I am biased :d

Get yourself on talkphotography.co.uk to do some research ;).

[Mike]

Steve, ive found you can get shed loads of lenses & extra parts for Kodaks TBH.

God knows what mine is FPS tho, never really looked into or needed to do photography like that, i only bought it as sh1tty point & shoot cams were circa £90 at the time, so for a few extra £10s was well worth it.

[paddy138]

yeah that canon d50 is something i will look out for, im not too worried about optional lenses and that yet, it all seems a bit confusing,
thanks for the info

am i better buying through the internet or would the likes of argos or currys be better

[Welsh Dan]

yeah that canon d50 is something i will look out for, im not too worried about optional lenses and that yet, it all seems a bit confusing,
thanks for the info

am i better buying through the internet or would the likes of argos or currys be better

Eh, D50 is a Nikon model, canon do it the other way around.

Argos and Currys would be awful. Try a London Camera Exchange branch, or online via warehouseexpress or a member called Kerso on talkphotography.

The 40D has just been continued, and you'd have to buy one second hand to be within your price range, but its well worth it. To put things in perspective, here's its replacement. (http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-canon-eos-50d-digital-slr-and-17-85mm-is-lens/p1028040)

[paddy138]

ah sorry, im not use to all the names yet, and holy sweet jesus thats a dear camera, would be looking one second hand,
will try them places you mentioned, but just while im looking would jessops be any good as i was looking at a few in there place,

[Welsh Dan]

Jessops staff have a tendancy to be useless, and their prices tend to be on the high side.

[Benn]

I found price wise they are getting very good. And will price match anything local. ^^

[Jack]

It might also be worth joining quidco, I bought my 450d via them from Pixmania and got £42 cashback - as well as the £50 Canon were offering at the time, end price was £329 for a brand new 450d kit which had only just been released. Happy days :d

[Ben]

ive got a 450d canon also and there will be more than enough on there for you tbh, think the 40d is a bit much.

[paddy138]

right ok, being doing a bit of looking and in currys i can get a nikon d3000 with 18-55mm lens, 4gb sd card, atlus camera bag and 3 years warranty cover for £495, if i was to buy the camera alone in the south its about 550-600 euro in the south, what do you guys think first is it a good camera and secondly what about the price

[Welsh Dan]

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=nikon_d3000

[paddy138]

anymore opinions on the nikon d3000

[Welsh Dan]

Do you have any friends with DSLRs?

[paddy138]

my brother in england does, thats the closest i got,

[Welsh Dan]

What brand has he got?

[paddy138]

his mate has a d40 and just said to try amazon, there reasonable enough on amazon, but there is no insurance or anything, i think i might just get the d3000 in currys and get the insurance and the whole lot, at least if anything goes wrong i can bring it back, and its not that bad price wise either