Suggestions on a digital SLR?
I'm looking for a digital SLR (duh). I really enjoy photography and want to step up from regular cameras. Any suggestions on something from I unno $500- $700?
I'm thinking about a Nikon D60 or D70 is this a flawless choice?
Answers: great choice
it's a really good camera for the price
The D60 is a fine camera, the D70 is very soon discontinued. The current model is the D90 which is very highly specified, at hand are reviews on the internet. Out of the current crop you cannot go wrong, Nikon, Canon, Olympus or Sony. But the Nikons probably have the fringe in picture quality. If you want a negotiate look for the Fuji finepix S5pro, which uses a Nikon body with the fabulous fuji SR sensor which has the greatest dynamic span of any camera in its class, now anyone sold at half price.
Just get one and start taking photographs.
Regards.
Recommendations for you at the VERY bottom with 2 asteriks, but you should read the slr part of my nonspecific recommendations.
Before i start let me remind you to buy from reputable online dealer such as beachcamera.com, bhphoto, buydig, adorama, ritz camera, J&R, amazon, etc. NOT ebay. Look around those to get the best price. Just remember to check resellerratings.com and BBB.org to see the reputation of the vendor. There are deeply of scam artists online these days.
REMEMBER, megapixels DON'T MATTER, it's a marketing tool. Any photographer will tell you megapixels enjoy nothing to do with carving quality.
If you want REALLY good zoom look at some of the prosumer point and shoot ones, they come beside 20x zoom while compact point and shoots usually have 3-4X. When looking at zoom ONLY LOOK AT THE OPTICAL zoom. Digital zoom means NOTHING. If you want to pocket another picture immediately after, prosumer point and shoots and dslrs are better than compact camera. So if you shoot a lot of moving things or sports, you may require a prosumer point and shoot or a dslr. However most compact point and shoots at the moment can do fairly well on that too, but no where on earth near as well as a dslr would.
Here are my broad suggestions in each extent of cameras, organized by 3 groups, compact point and shoots, prosumer point and shoots (basically higher end and bulkier point and shoots), and dSLRS.
Compact Point and shoot: Canon SD 880 IS (comes within gold and sliver), this is one of the best point and shoot cameras out so far and costs around $250 I believe.
Prosumer point and shoot: Sony HX1 or Canon G10 or Canon SX1IS. All three of these are excellent, you can compare them yourselves to see which one you like. These cameras hold out a lot more manual control than point and shoots and hold higher zooms. They are a bit more advanced than the typical compact point and shoot cameras. They'll also be more expensive, around 400-600.
dslr: These are your really serious cameras, near interchangable lenses. These will cost a lot! They have interchangable lenses and submission a lot of flexibility and creative control. When you buy these you buy a system and will build on it with duration by purchasing more lenses as you go, flashes, tripods, etc etc. Just one of the lenses alone will cost more than your point and shoot will, so they aren't cheap. Here are my recommendations for dslrs.
Entry even: Nikon D40, Canon Rebel XS (around 500 total with kit lens)
Mid height dslr: Canon XSi or the New T1i (700 for xsi, 900 for T1i with kit lens)
More professional models: Nikon D90 or nikon D300 or Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS 50D (1000 + )
Full frame: these are the most expensive cameras surrounded by the world and will run around as much as a car for the whole system, so i won't recommend these cuz if you be in the market for these I'm sure you wouldn't own asked any questions here on SLRFAQ.com, you'd be a professional taking photos for a living.
*NOTE: canon and nikon are the two biggest and best companies when it comes to cameras. Canon by far leads the agency when it comes to point and shoots. In SLR, it's debatable but I prefer Nikon SLRs
**I would not get a nikon D60, i dream up the Canon XSi is better in that range. I shoot nikon, but for the entry stratum sub 1000 slrs i feel canon is better! In your price range I would carry the XSi, it offers a lot more than D60.
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I'm thinking about a Nikon D60 or D70 is this a flawless choice?
Answers: great choice
it's a really good camera for the price
The D60 is a fine camera, the D70 is very soon discontinued. The current model is the D90 which is very highly specified, at hand are reviews on the internet. Out of the current crop you cannot go wrong, Nikon, Canon, Olympus or Sony. But the Nikons probably have the fringe in picture quality. If you want a negotiate look for the Fuji finepix S5pro, which uses a Nikon body with the fabulous fuji SR sensor which has the greatest dynamic span of any camera in its class, now anyone sold at half price.
Just get one and start taking photographs.
Regards.
Recommendations for you at the VERY bottom with 2 asteriks, but you should read the slr part of my nonspecific recommendations.
Before i start let me remind you to buy from reputable online dealer such as beachcamera.com, bhphoto, buydig, adorama, ritz camera, J&R, amazon, etc. NOT ebay. Look around those to get the best price. Just remember to check resellerratings.com and BBB.org to see the reputation of the vendor. There are deeply of scam artists online these days.
REMEMBER, megapixels DON'T MATTER, it's a marketing tool. Any photographer will tell you megapixels enjoy nothing to do with carving quality.
If you want REALLY good zoom look at some of the prosumer point and shoot ones, they come beside 20x zoom while compact point and shoots usually have 3-4X. When looking at zoom ONLY LOOK AT THE OPTICAL zoom. Digital zoom means NOTHING. If you want to pocket another picture immediately after, prosumer point and shoots and dslrs are better than compact camera. So if you shoot a lot of moving things or sports, you may require a prosumer point and shoot or a dslr. However most compact point and shoots at the moment can do fairly well on that too, but no where on earth near as well as a dslr would.
Here are my broad suggestions in each extent of cameras, organized by 3 groups, compact point and shoots, prosumer point and shoots (basically higher end and bulkier point and shoots), and dSLRS.
Compact Point and shoot: Canon SD 880 IS (comes within gold and sliver), this is one of the best point and shoot cameras out so far and costs around $250 I believe.
Prosumer point and shoot: Sony HX1 or Canon G10 or Canon SX1IS. All three of these are excellent, you can compare them yourselves to see which one you like. These cameras hold out a lot more manual control than point and shoots and hold higher zooms. They are a bit more advanced than the typical compact point and shoot cameras. They'll also be more expensive, around 400-600.
dslr: These are your really serious cameras, near interchangable lenses. These will cost a lot! They have interchangable lenses and submission a lot of flexibility and creative control. When you buy these you buy a system and will build on it with duration by purchasing more lenses as you go, flashes, tripods, etc etc. Just one of the lenses alone will cost more than your point and shoot will, so they aren't cheap. Here are my recommendations for dslrs.
Entry even: Nikon D40, Canon Rebel XS (around 500 total with kit lens)
Mid height dslr: Canon XSi or the New T1i (700 for xsi, 900 for T1i with kit lens)
More professional models: Nikon D90 or nikon D300 or Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS 50D (1000 + )
Full frame: these are the most expensive cameras surrounded by the world and will run around as much as a car for the whole system, so i won't recommend these cuz if you be in the market for these I'm sure you wouldn't own asked any questions here on SLRFAQ.com, you'd be a professional taking photos for a living.
*NOTE: canon and nikon are the two biggest and best companies when it comes to cameras. Canon by far leads the agency when it comes to point and shoots. In SLR, it's debatable but I prefer Nikon SLRs
**I would not get a nikon D60, i dream up the Canon XSi is better in that range. I shoot nikon, but for the entry stratum sub 1000 slrs i feel canon is better! In your price range I would carry the XSi, it offers a lot more than D60.
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