my budget will be Ã,£300 but id prefer Ã,£200ish.
I want as good as i can get for that range, im a complete novice, never owned a camera before, except on a phone. But I want to learn, I want to be able to fiddle with cool stuff like exposure time etc.
As hard wearing as possible aswell please, im a bit accident prone!
any suggestions?
Tip: Max out your pixel count but beware of quotes of interpolated or effective pixels (thats just marketing bullsh*t). Go for true/actual CCD size in pixels. With a good enough camera, you can get a decent 30 inch x 20 inch print from a 2.74 Mb file (Nikon D1H).
Also, stick with the big names if you can - the lenses will be better.
A good buy would probably be a Nikon D100 or D50 but Im not sure what they go for s/h...
As ever, take a shufty through http://www.dpreview.com. They have yankee names but often list the Euro/Brit equivalent models.
:)
Quote from: EagleTip: Max out your pixel count but beware of quotes of interpolated or effective pixels (thats just marketing bullsh*t). Go for true/actual CCD size in pixels. With a good enough camera, you can get a decent 30 inch x 20 inch print from a 2.74 Mb file (Nikon D1H).
Also, stick with the big names if you can - the lenses will be better.
A good buy would probably be a Nikon D100 or D50 but Im not sure what they go for s/h...
As ever, take a shufty through http://www.dpreview.com. They have yankee names but often list the Euro/Brit equivalent models.
:)
get somat like my Fuji s5600. For Ã,£300 youll be very very close to a s9500.
All the fun of the fair just no lens changing. :D But does have a tilting screen which is vey handy
If you get a DSLR its gonna blow that budget away.
s9500 review:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms9000/Price Ã,£313:
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/135392/art/fuji/finepix-s9500-zoom.htmlthough you might find a better price TBH
Edit: Savastore Ã,£309
http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10284134&pid=45&tid=279
A guy who used to do Video and take pictures at work has a Fuji s5600 but he bought his straight from Fujis Refurbished Cameras. Ok there refurbished but there a lot cheaper
s9500 - Ã,£285
s7000 - Ã,£180
s5600 - Ã,£150
They seem to come with all the stuff you get from a brand new kit, its all been serviced by them so if there was any problems they should have been fixed.
http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/shop/refurb/shop.php
The Fuji site was ace, ended up getting the e900, was gunna get the s5600 but it disspeared the other day, but I decided I needed a compact anyway!
read a few reviews, all very good, very excited now, hopefully should arrive tomorrow.
Cheapest SLR would be the Nikon D50 @ about Ã,£350, personal preference would be the Fuji F5600 or the Panasonic FZ7 at this sort of price range