A good Digital SLR to start with (1 Viewer)

[billygannon]

Thinking of getting a digital slr some time in the New Year.
Any suggestions? Around the £300 mark.

Looking for a good start-off SLR camera.

 

[ernesto]

im going to get this. been recommended it as a good starting model. though i wonder what others will suggest

 

[Goff]

im going to get this. been recommended it as a good starting model. though i wonder what others will suggest

Yep. That'd be a grand one.

Either a Canon or a Nikon. Except the Nikon D40. It's only 6MP. The D40x however, is 10MP and is a much better camera.

 

[flashback]

billy, have a look at your gmail account there.

 

[ernesto]

billy, have a look at your gmail account there.

a deal too good for me Flashback huh!?

 

[flashback]

Billy was my first love Ernesto.
He always has that special place in my heart.

Let's be honest here, you were never anything more than a casual casual easy thing.

 

[ernesto]

Billy was my first love Ernesto.
He always has that special place in my heart.

Let's be honest here, you were never anything more than a casual casual easy thing.

...you had me at casual

 

[RSJ]

That Nikon D90 looks alright. Even if you got a second hand D80 or something and spent some cash on good lenses. That said, i've no idea if any of these is avilable for 300 pound.

 

[Janer]

Canon 450D if you could stretch that far.

 

[ernesto]

Canon 450D if you could stretch that far.

difference between that and the 1000D?

 

[Space]

difference between that and the 1000D?

The 450d is an awful lot better but dearer too.

 

[ernesto]

The 450d is an awful lot better but dearer too.

howso young Mooso?

 

[Space]

howso young Mooso?

It's got a bigger screen, more pixels, 9 point focusing and spot metering. That said the 1000d is better than the 350d I use and think is grand.

 

[magicbastarder]

Except the Nikon D40. It's only 6MP. The D40x however, is 10MP and is a much better camera.

i thought they were essentially the same bare the sensor resolution?

 

[Goff]

The D40 feels like a toy, but otherwise yeah.

 

[Janer]

difference between that and the 1000D?

Of the top of my head..
9 focus points to 7
3" lcd screen to 2.5" ( def makes a diff IMO)
12mp to 10
3.5 fps to 3fps
It also has a nicer shutter.

While its dearer it def is worth an extra few weeks to stretch and get it.

/just seen Moose's last reply lol
I also left out spot metering which tbh is what I use most of the time now.

 

[ernesto]

Of the top of my head..
9 focus points to 7
3" lcd screen to 2.5" ( def makes a diff IMO)
12mp to 10
3.5 fps to 3fps
It also has a nicer shutter.

While its dearer it def is worth an extra few weeks to stretch and get it.

/just seen Moose's last reply lol
I also left out spot metering which tbh is what I use most of the time now.

it would have been a two month stretch to save the extra bit for a 450D so i went and got a 1000D with the 18-55mm IS lens. used my haggling skillz to da max yo!
pretty happy with it. gotta RTFM a few times now. any beginner advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[Janer]

I used to read my manual when I was in driving in work, traffic like.
Read the manual inside out.


Take lots of pictures, join flickr or pixie and look at other peoples pictures as I found I learned a lot that way.

This is a great site to simplify things for beginners.
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1B.html

Read lots on the internet too.

 

[Goff]

There's one of those magazines/book things in Eason' etc., about getting the most from your Canon DSLR at the moment. Well worth a grab and better and more "colourful" than the manual.

Probably about the fourteen euros mark.

 

[maims bond]

There's one of those magazines/book things in Eason' etc., about getting the most from your Canon DSLR at the moment. Well worth a grab and better and more "colourful" than the manual.

Probably about the fourteen euros mark.

thanks for the heads up, sounds good.