What would be a good first digital SLR camara to buy?
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I'd go for a Canon 350D, not too expensive these days, or if you can get hold of one an old 300D, still a decent camera that you should be able to pick up second hand for about £100.
I wouldn't go mad and pay a lot till you decide if DSLR is for you or not, its one of those things that you can end up spending a small fortune on.
Sony A100
Forget it, I went to the camera store today and you know what I saw - a Leica digital camera!!!!! Wow, what a beauty, so small and sweet and perfect
I would go for either Nikon or Canon, because both are widely used and a large selection of lenses is available on the market, both new and second hand. The main reason for buying an SLR instead of a compact is that you can exchange the lens, so it's important to commit to the right brand in the beginning.
Obviously Nikon, Canon, & Olympus, perhaps Pentax and Sony/Minolta. If you don't have a film slr and lenses that you'd like to keep using, then it's an open market for you.
I would go to a brick and mortar store and handle a few. One or another may just feel better in your hands, or be easier to look through the viewfinder.
All of the above manufacturers make fine product. Canon and Nikon have a more extensive selection of accessories and lenses.
B&H Photo, Calumet, and Adorama are all good on-line vendors. Stay away from the very low price internet sites, they are always a scam. They will advertise a camera for hundreds less than B&H, but make you buy all the accessories that come in the box separately at a great markup and try to sell you a lot of crappy addons at greatly inflated prices. So stay with a reputable dealer
Also, don't forget to budget for imaging working software, (Adope Photoshop, Paint Pro, or Elements etc) additional media card, (at least 1gb), and maybe an external flash..
Good luck!
Canon makes a decent SLR camera. You never go wrong with Canon.
I personnaly bought an Olympus EVolt, which came with 2 lenses. For about 1000$CAD, I'm very happy with my purchase. Picture quality is great, and I'm FAR from using all the feature on my camera!
Get a Nikon D50. It has a few "consumer friendly" automatic modes, including a "child" mode, that make it very easy to use, but still offers total photographic control when you are ready to take charge. The "kit" lens is a decent lens optically, but you might want to upgrade to the Nikkor AF-S 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G ED DX lens. When you are ready to add lenses, the sky is the limit with Nikon.
Get a 1 GB memory card, such as the Sandisk "Ultra" for decent write speed. You can get these in the $35 range, after rebates.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/ni.
Circuit City has it for $700, with the lens.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/nikon-d50.
Walmart has it for $660.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d.
Okay, you didn't say anything about cost, so here goes! Canon 5D will give you an upgrade path with better than average resale value. You can use true wide angle lenses. Image quality is first rate.
This one will perform well for years to come and you'll be buying into a lens line which will continue and probably improve. It's all about the lens and sensor. This is a full frame sensor, no cropping factor! There are adapters which let you use classic manual focus lens also.
Why does a first SLR camera have to be a beginner body? Why not go whole hog and get the best you can afford! Any other camera is a stop gap which will be replaced as soon as you know what you're doing. But if you could afford this camera, I doubt you'd be asking for ideas on Yahoo.
I shoot Pentax and am upgrading to the new K10D. Which pound for pound (feature to feature) beats Sony Alpha A100, Canon Rebel XTi, Nikon D80, and puts up a good fight against Nikon D200 (at $700 less`!!)
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