Fil

gone shopping

dont really need one, but now and then are tracks and stuff would be handy as the compact are poo for distance


now just looking at jessops online.

they have a Pentax K100D + 18-55mm lens @ £300

im sure with pentax slrs you can use there 35mm slr lenses ?? so could pick up a 200mm second hand?

or

a Nikon D40 Silver + AF-S DX 18-55mm Lens @ £350

dixons

Canon EOS350D 18-55mm @ £375

nikon D40 @ £340

nikon are doing £60 cash back

so £280 FROM DIXONS




right anything to consider as im off to the shops now ( will brouse pf on my phone )

im going to mk tonight, and will be at rockingham friday, nothing like last min camera buying


both the nikon and pentax take sd cards, with i have a good selection of.

Graceland

I'd got for a Canon EOS400d personally, Jessops will do a price match and throw in goodies to encourage you to buy from them too

STUCOS

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got a pentax isdt had it for 3 yrs,vg camera, till y old man bought a nikon d80,far better camera,buy the best you an afford, try fleebay for some good deals

cheeRS stu

Fil

getting on for £500 tho, i know you get what you pay for, but £200 worth of difference that i wont use? i dont know?

Chip

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Ive got a D50 and its excellent for a beginner

Fil

as said last min panic buying need by 7pm tonight if im going to get one ! going shopping now

Paulo P

That's what I just bought and I'm happy with it

Stu @ M Developments

iTrader: (12)

Canon or Nikon.
Stick with those two and they are a great base forever that you can build on. I would personally buy a 400D with your given budget.

Andreas

Im a Nikon guy myself but would stay away from the D40 as it dont have its own servo motor for the lens focus ie you have to buy a lens with internal focus motor.

Any older, good, used lens is out of the question as it wont work unless the lens got a built in servo.

If you are happy with that and dont want to use an older lens im shure its a good camera. Got a D50 myself and love it but it lacks some features that in the long run will make it highly annoying. Like a backlit LCD on the top of the camera ie you have no idea what settings are used since you cant see them.

tabetha

FUJI FINEPIX S9600, 28-300mm lens.
I got one can't fault it at all, apart from a bit greedy with batteries.
I had the previous 6900, this is a massive improvement, from turn on to ready is less than 1/4 second whereas the old one was wait a day or two and miss all the shots, also does RAW, and takes two types of media, and you can have both types in camera at same time, movie mode is as good as my Sony Camcorder easily.
tabetha

Fil

thats not an slr is it? do i really need an slr?

want to get some decent pics of cars from distance excedding 100mph etc

Also long distance, slower shots, horse ridding etc

tabetha

Bugger did not see SLR, don't know what is it ?
I have done shots at snetty with cars going much faster and always perfect on the right setting.
tabetha

Kev.H

Canon I have the 350 it rocks

Fil

dam it, didnt buy one, too much differences dont know what i need

SMc

You wont go wrong with the Canon.....

The value for money with entry level Canon SLRs is fantastic (350d, 400d etc).

Get the Canon, you'll never look back!

Joris_FRST

If you take quite alot of shots when there is less sun about, go for the 350D instead of the newer 400D.

8Mp sensor against the 10Mp for the 400D,

bigger pixels on the same sensor size for the 350D, gets less "noise" on the picture when it's getting darker outside.

There are some improvements in the AF system for the 400D though,
it's not all that simple to choose, lol