The wife and I are thinking of doing a bit of photography, possibly do a course on it, what's the best sort of camera to go for to get started without spending stupid money

Cheers

 

Personally with anything I'm buying like that nowadays I just google all the reviews of anything you could possibly want are out thier

 

Problem is I'm not even sure where to start so I was after some advise on a starting point, if someone can recommend what they have so I can google reviews etc

 

http://www.techradar.com/news/photog...inners-1251700

Good info

 

Either a Canon or Nikon or possibly a Sony, best going to a shop and holding them, i prefer the feel of a Nikon. Theres great entry level DSLR's out there. Dont worry and how many megapixels they are its more about low light capability.

 

What about something like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nikon-D330...item1e9aa6105e

Would I need everything?
Thanks for the help

 

You start with your maximum budget

used is a good option too

 

A Nikon D3300 really is a great choise but that bundle is just full of cheap crap, just buy a camera, lens, and a memory card. Thats all you need to get going. Have you got a computer?

 

Heres a what you need

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...FQQUwwodbjEJog

 

After various Canon's have died early on me I've stuck with Panasonic Lumix and have a number of different models, all of which are perfect for my very amateur needs.

 

Just got a lumix compact for my daughter for her to use on our holiday shock proof and waterproof to 8m was shocked how good the underwater pictures are kept thinking it was going to die every time we went snorkeling with it

 

Yeah I have a computer, it's not really been used but is only a few months old, I've checked the link you posted as well so my look into that one, thanks a lot for the input, I had no idea where to start and when you go in a shop they just try getting you to spend as much as possible so I wanted an idea first

 

also interested in knowing this, if you can update with what you end up with

 

No problem, what are you wanting to photograph exactly? I just adsumed it was a mixture of things.

 

Yeah a mix really, I've been off this week with the wife and kids and been to the zoo and on walks etc and thought it would be nice to have a better pic than an iphone gives

 

Agree with the post above, there looks like a lot of crap in that bundle and you'll probably hardly ever use most of it.

I've only been in to DSLR photography for the last year, before that I just had a point and shoot.

I'm lucky in that my father is into photography and after he upgraded I got his old Canon 7D and then purchased an 18-200mm lense. Other than a filter and a memory card, that is all I had for 9 months and then now I've added a tripod and a wide angle Tamron lense.

I didn't know what it was that I wanted, go and pick a few cameras up in your local shop, see what you like the look of or how they feel. Personally, I just liked the Canons (and my dad always had Nikon stuff as well). Neither is better or worse and especially for a novice like me, both will do what I need.

Whilst some of the entry level cameras on paper sound like a bargain, when I actually looked at some they did feel cheap so I'm glad I got a higher quality one as my camera will always be far too good for what I use it for and I won't need to upgrade for ages.

 

So I have bought the wife a Nikon d3300 dslr camera for Christmas, did a little research and for a beginner it looks like it should be ok,
Does anyone have this camera?

 

I haven't had that one, but a d5100 and a d7100.
The d3300 is good enough to get started, menu driven, but works well.
As you get on with photography you'll want more commander functions switching using dials and buttons along with user presets.
Just get used to holding and framing, you'll get into manual settings if you stick with it, where you'll benefit an upgrade.
My best tip on kit is get fast memory cards, having to wait for files to save can make you miss so much.

 

Sounds like good advice, I will be having a practice and see how it is,

 

San disk extreme pro i recommend with transfer speeds of up to 90mb/s read, 60mb/s write.
Makes a big difference with smaller buffers on non pro cameras.

 

Yes I ended up with one of them, I like it, it takes brilliant pictures. Just make sure its setup correctly. I found I had one of the settings wrong when I first tried taking some pictures. I could do with a better lens for it at some point soon