What DSLR cammera do you recommend ?
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I'm planning to buy a digital photo camera, but I'm a little confused because all this technology change and such a big offer, but so little information.
So, I'm opening this thread, hoping for some advices, suggestions, your experience... what to buy, what is to be avoided...What I want:
%(#808000)[1. Digital SLR (i hate those electronic viewfinders - I want to actually SEE what I shot)
2. NOT expensive
3. Manual focus on lens barrel
4. Zoom control on lens barrel]obs: It can have compact or exchangeable lenses, it doesn't matter.
It doesn't have to meet all 4 conditions, but are placed in preference order.
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Whats your budget mate?
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@chango70 said:
Whats your budget mate?
I didn't considered a fixed budget. I'd like to see some options and choose the best balanced one.
The cheaper, the better
But as a guide, I'm not considering to go over 1000$. -
This http://www.dpreview.com/ will give you a good idea of what is around but this http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/best-digital-slr-under-1000.html probably cover the maket you are in.
Mike
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BTW, you might consider checking out ebay as I find that originally expensive cameras a few years old can be picked up in good condition at low money.
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Had a quick look!
If you go this route, check that the seller will send to your country BEFORE bidding. On the other hand many shops sell on eBay a fixed prices. My choice would be a Nikon, its what most of the pros use.
Mike
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A good listing, with links to reviews:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/WB/WB.HTMTake a good look at the Canon T1i
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For really thorough reviews with comparative photos shot with the camera and very detailed specs of the cameras I recommend looking at "Steves Digicams" reviews- link below.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/
I have tried a number of cameras and from my experience and from recommendation of two professional photographers I know well, I agree with Paul Miller for you to look at the Canon line. They have a better color rendition than Nikon and have a good range of function and prices. Almost all of the SLR variety will allow manual focusing-but you need to disengage the auto focus. Manual zoom is a given. The Canons' have 10 and 12 megapixel cameras that should fit in your budget of below $1,000.00us The TI1 Paul mentioned earlier is a 15 megapixel with the features you are looking for including the budget
( with some shopping) live action screen and it will shoot videos. I have my sights set on one of these to replace my old Canon EOS RebelGood luck and let us know what you come up with.
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In summer, I had a much more limited budget for a DSLR camera so I ended up with a Nikon D40. I am quite happy with it as I still consider myself to be a beginner at photography and I guess its capabilities will be quite enough for me for a good while.
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Thanks you all! I am sure this will help me a lot to take a decision.
I will inform you about my decisions. -
It's a shame you hate electronic viewfinders. I have a Lumix G1. I use it for photographs for a local community newspaper. Its electronic viewfinder is very accurate and extremely high resolution. I have absolutely no problems with it. I also have a Nagoaka 5x4 view camera, for most of my architectural work, but that is another story.
I would recommend the Lumix LX3, because of its size and handiness. The Lumix also has a Leica 24mm f2 lens fitted to it. It's the next camera I will buy. Perfect for SketchUp!
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I personally would recommend you the Olympus E3. A top end model for Mid-range price.
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@chango70 said:
I personally would recommend you the Olympus E3. A top end model for Mid-range price.
If I would find it on e-bay fitting on my budget, I wouldn't wait an other chance
But as I can see since now, just the body is more than 1000$ -
Yes forgot about body only... I have some four third lenses so when I check for prices I always just look at body only. Sorry about that.
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I will recommend either Nikon D40/ or D60 based on your dscription. shoot what you could see. But personally i will go With Nikon D90.. it s very good camera, most of my students are using D90 and i envy them.. I have at the moment sony DSLR with viewingscreen but i dont really use it that much after i had the NikonD60 which was my price for the recetn podium contest. I honesltly say Nikon is much better than my SOny, even i could preview what i could see immediatelly what i see in this screen. but comparing Nikon D60 and D90, i will go for D90 because of the efficiency of it when buying lenses. with D60 there are indeed some lens that you can even use the AF function, because it doesnot have a built in BODY AF like the one with d90.. ALSO IN d90 even I go with higher ISO, traces of noise were so minimal.
on the other hand if you are worried about the price, just akwe the basic D40 or D60 then and just invest with different lenses(macro or zoom lenses) later.
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the nikons suggested here are great. so is the olympus evolt e-500 which i own. when buying make sure to check the prices at B&H Photovideo. i have bought many things from them at great prices, including my olympus.
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Edson the Olympus E-500 have been discontinued. Its lasted incarnation is the E-620. I also Recommend the E-30.
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@chango70 said:
I also Recommend the E-30.
Indeed! Olympus E-30 seems to be a very good option ! I must compare it with Nikon D90.
Slowly but sure, something gets contour here -
a good place to find reviews and comparisons is c-net.
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http://www.dpreview.com/ is probably the best review site for the pro/prosumer digital camera market- they go into great detail (10+ pages) on cameras that have been around for a while and still give excellent reviews on new released cameras.
http://www.cameralabs.com/ is also very good, very detailed consistent reviews aimed more at the advanced amateur market.
After months of research I've actually decided away from buying a DSLR as my next camera, think I'll go for a top-end compact instead: either the Ricoh GR Digital III, Canon PowerShot G11 (drool) or maybe the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. The reality is I use my camera mostly for photographing materials for using as render textures so I need to be able to have it with me most of the time and for architectural photography used with a tripod so I don't need the ultra-low-noise large or full-format sensors which DSLRs offer. At "normal" light levels any of the above cameras will produce results as good as the lower end prosumer DSLRs so they only trade-off is not being able to upgrade lenses in the future. The brand new Canon PowerShot G11 is said to have much improved light-sensitivity; equivalent to 2 stops, which is very impressive. These compacts (which many journalism photographers carry as a backup) are generally more robust too. They're definitely a serious alternative to lower-end DSLRs.
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