price range of anywhere from 500 to 1500. I've been using my mums old Canon umm something... its manual but I'm looking for something digital cos film is Really expensive for it.
2007-08-04 14:50:22 · 13 answers · asked by lewelyn 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
I've been looking at the Nikon D40x 10.2MP Digital-SLR ... its gotten great reviews and its in my price range.
2007-08-04 14:58:17 · update #1
Check out What Camera magazine. They have lots of umm camera things.
2007-08-04 14:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Spotlight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok ok ok there are three classes of cameras:
1. point and shoot-easiest to use as a beginner
2. prosumer or bridge- fixed lens cameras that look like DSLR but are usually smaller, can do both full auto or manual, lens on the camera usually come between 10-18x zoom. Usually has the features that a DSLR has but also can do video while DSLR cannot.
3. DSLR - Avanced cameras that can have interchangable lens. usually the best picture taking although some prosumers are giving the lower end DSLR's a run for the money on pics.
now you say your an amateur but are you an advanced one looking to move up into the DSLR or do you still want more practice? Try the prosumer line is my advice... this way you can practice without going out and spending over $1000 easily on lens that can go upto 420mm...i have both the fujifilm finepix S9100 and the panasonic lumix dmc-fz50 and i love it that the fuji lens is a 28-300mm and the panasonic is 35-420mm and i only spent 350 for the fuji and 425 for the panasonic and i got a 9mp and a 10mp for those prices.
2007-08-06 12:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Michael V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three classes of digital cameras. The consumer class are most all "view finder" "fixed lens" type and range in price from $300 down. The next is the so called prosumer class and range from $ 1000 down. They are SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses and other accessories ( such as flashes, remote controls, etc. The last is the professional ones and start at about $1000 and go up - way up.
2007-08-04 15:05:18 · answer #3 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've read the reviews, then you're aware how good the D40 and D40x are. Very easy to use in auto modes, but vesatile enough when you take command. Consider the D40 and some lenses, such as the 55-200mm VR as that would cost about the same as the D40x alone. 6mp will yield very good photos and the flexibility you'll gain with the second lens is amazing.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40.htm
Hope this is helpful.
2007-08-04 16:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by George Y 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canon and Nikon have the best following (and with good reason) but please put a sum aside in your budget for a really high class lens. All digital camera bodies come with a 'basic' quality lens. Don't necessarily go for a lens of the same make as the camera, Sigma and Tamron do some fantastic lenses a the higher end. I was disappointed with my Canon DSLR until I bought a really good lens for it.
2007-08-08 07:34:21 · answer #5 · answered by Alan P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before considering any DSLR purchase, make sure you address the issue of "image stabilization/vibration reduction" since that feature will be most important when you decide to purchase a telephoto lens. The Pentax KD series is an award winning affordable camera systems which has image stabilization built into the camera body. And the Pentax K100D is comparable to the Nikon D40.
Good luck!
2007-08-05 06:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would alway reccomend Nikon, although Canon are doing some pretty good ones at the mo!
Go for something with at least 8 mega pixels.
Digital SLR
2007-08-04 14:55:26 · answer #7 · answered by noggintrude 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
d40x will be fine if you want a bit more control d80 is better but you don't say what you want to photograph though
i would suggest getting a prime lens and not just opting for zoom lens because a good prime lens will be faster and able to shoot at lower light which is an advantage when all is said and done its no good wanting to take a photo when it to dark.
2007-08-05 06:32:07 · answer #8 · answered by footy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mid range Fuji's are super. Nikon too. Anything with control really. Manual overrides are worth a lot when you need them. Loads of info on the net really.
2007-08-04 14:57:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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