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Digital SLR cameras
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I want to buy a DSLR camera, I am looking at a Nikon D40, a Pentax D110 and
a Olympus E400, these choices are due to price but I think they are all
reasonable cameras, does any one have any opinions on any of these cameras?
".........does any one have any opinions" in UKRM? Silly question I know !
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I have Canon 350D and it`s excellent. As this has been superseded by
the 400D you may well find one at a heavily discounted price if you look
around.
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I replaced my Nikon D70 with a Samsung GX-1L kit, a lot smaller than
the nikon, but the pictures are just as good. I'm no pro, but I do know
how to use one.
the kit is very good value, it has an 18-55 & a 60-200mm lense kit too.
Worth a look.
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If you fancy a used Nikon D70 (body only, or I could let it go with a
50mm f1.8), as new, about 1.5 years old, spare battery, all accessories
it came with as new, boxed, owned by me from new, ?225 will secure it
(?275 with the 50mm).
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Or for £300 you could have a D100 body (spare battery, boxed, lads, etc
etc) from me.
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I thought you decided to keep it?
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^^^^^^^^^^
Is the lad there to hold it for naughty personal photoshoots?
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How much would a lens be?
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Check on fleabay - outoffocus Nikon lenses are plentiful there.
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How long is a piece of string?
Top quality Nikon one, or aftermarket Sigma or Tamron (both pretty
good).
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FWIW I just got a brand new Tamron 55-200 f4-5.6 for under =A380 at=20
Jacobs, everywhere else seems to be selling them at almost double that. =20
Nice crisp image even wide open, and focus is quick enough for bike=20
photos too. Bargain, I reckon.
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Not bad, but the reason it's cheap is that limited aperture. Still, for
nice fine days, a bargain, as you say.
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True. But with the flexibility of adjustable ISO settings and the fact
that most dSLRs give decent results at higher settings I don't think
wider apertures are as important as they used to be. Still desirable
though, obviously.
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In the sense that "you can never have too much power (or RAM)" Agree
absolutely.
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If you figure out where I can buy a decent wide angle lens for a good
(and cheap) price, let me know.
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If it's new Canon or Nikon stuff you're looking for this site seems to=20
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Deffo. But it'll certainly tide me over until I reach it's limits and=20
can afford / justify some nice fast 'L' glass. Then I could punt out on=20
ebay for most of what I paid, or more likely it'll be kept for holidays=20
as it's light and no bigger than the kit lens.
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Oooh, nice. Cheers.
Shame the £3800 lense I fancy is only £3750 though.
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be quite useful.
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If you want a good lens, with good optics, and a wide aperture, it is
always going to cost. Unless you buy used, of course.
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Unless you need specific features that only a new lens can fulfill, I
don't see any sensible reason for buying anything but very good used
lenses.
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Hmm, I know. Any recommendations for good used places? Apart from ebay,
of course.
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My 350D has just thrown a hissy fit at my Sigma 28-200. :(
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What can an old Mercedes do to annoy a lens?
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Try lightly cleaning the contacts on both the lens and the camera using
a pencil eraser. It *might* work..
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Tried and failed. Still, it works on the EOS 50.
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What length?
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No idea. Is there such a thing as a 'starter' lens?
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New or used?
Which part of the country are you in? Mileage? (Oh sorry, wrong thread)
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Harlow, 7200
And it's blue....
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sorry to post a (possibly) useful response but..............
do you have an SLR lenses already ? - if not then its a clean sheet
approach.
Buy DP and read the reviews, try them all - and do include the Canon EOS
400 (it gets top marks for a reason) - see which one suits you best.
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Oly is light and everyone raves about the lenses. The choice is
limited but the lenses that exist have a very good reputation. Check
that your hands get on with the -400, as it's tiny. Consider the -500
as well.
Nikon and Pentax take SD-cards, so you can use Sandisk UltraPlus cards
with the built in USB port. The Pentax can use legacy lenses better
than the Nikon - the D40 is crippled in that respect. One of the
Pentaxes (D100 or D110, cant remember which) has anti-shake, which is
usefull.
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Thanks to you all, offering the S/H gear but I do want a new camera. The
water was muddied further today, wen I saw a Nikon D50 in Dixons in
Moorfields, to clear at £299, and now I see that Jessops are doing a Pentax
D100 ( the one with image stabilisation) for £299 as well. An assistant in
Jessops then told me that the Pentax has poor battery life as it uses AA
cells wheras the Nikon as a Camcorder style Lithium battery.
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I'd be very wary of anything that a Jessop sales weasel tells me and
that includes the time of day.
For example, the Minolta digital compact I bought off them was labelled
as having poor battery life on account of needing four AA cells.
With a set of rechargeables you can take about 300 pictures on a single
set of rechargeables if you don't use the flash. Poor battery life
indeed.
Check some of the better review sites on t'Internet before you go
believe anything that spotty yoof at Jessop tells you, because they're
often not overly bothered by cluefulness.
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That's a very good reason for avoiding the Pentax.
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I am coming round to that, spesh as I have just seen the D40 at DigitalDepot
in Stevenage for £335
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Decisions Decisions...
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Unless there is one thing that clinches the deal, buy the camera that
feels best in your hands, as the diferences are quite small.
Johannes "Waiting for the Olympus E-510" Gerber
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