Camera about under $600

Tuffie · 09-13-2007, 03:24 AM

I want to get into photography but I don't really know what one to get..

The sort of stuff that I want is:

A pretty high quality image.

I want it to be able to take pictures quickly so I can make like sequences (Like where they you take like 5-10 shots of an action sequence and layer them together..?)

I don't really know what else I want in it but yeah...

Kent.

vroom_skies · 09-13-2007, 04:36 AM

Are you looking for a digital SLR?

Bob

Tuffie · 09-13-2007, 04:46 AM

Not to sound stupid, but uhh what's SLR?

Kent.

vroom_skies · 09-13-2007, 04:51 AM

In easy terms, it's the ability to change lenses.

SLR:

Non SLR:

Hope that helps

Bob

Tuffie · 09-13-2007, 04:56 AM

Wikid i'll go for SLR...

Kent.

vroom_skies · 09-13-2007, 05:01 AM

Alright then, here is a quick list of what you should be looking at:

Pentax:
- K100D
- K100D Super
- K10D (USED)

Canon:
- Rebel XT
- Rebel XTI (USED)

Sony:
- Alpha A100

Samsung:
- Digimax GX-10

Olympus:
- E-410
- E-500

Nikon:
- D40
- D40x, D50, D70, D80 (USED)

These are for NIB purchases. If you wanted to go the used route you could fit some nicer cameras in there. Also this is main models as of now, If you are willing to go last year models, you could save and few bucks and get a 'nicer' camera.

Hope this helps
Bob

Tuffie · 09-13-2007, 05:06 AM

Thanks, do you have any suggestions?

Kent.

vroom_skies · 09-13-2007, 05:18 AM

The biggest thing I could recommend is going to a store and actually holding the cameras. It doesn't matter if you have the nicest spec camera if you don't like to hold it.

I am bias towards Pentax, just like some people are bias towards Canon and Nikon, but the three models that I would be looking at highly would be:
Pentax K10D
Canon Rebel XTI
Nikon D80

Granted a little over budget, but all worth it.

Hope this helps
Bob

Tuffie · 09-13-2007, 05:30 AM

Thanks alot I will write them down now and go to the store some time.

Kent.

4NGU$ · 09-13-2007, 01:27 PM

SLR means single lens reflex

the other choice would be a point and shoot camera but you loose allot of options with that
(with point and shoot digital you tend to get more fun options like changing the colors in you image rather than in SLR were you get things like exposure compensation and fully manual settings with double dials for shutter speed and aperture )

as always i will recommend this
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Digital-.../dp/B0007QKN22
canon digital rebel XT /350D for around $600

09-13-2007, 04:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
vroom_skies Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT Posts: 1,629	Are you looking for a digital SLR? Bob __________________ My Photography Website My Flickr Winner of the photography tournament theme: Flowers, Sunsets, Water Scapes, Blurs 2.0, Lightning/Fireworks, Vivid, Flowers in an Abstract Art Form, Waterways & PC Inurds.

09-13-2007, 04:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
vroom_skies Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT Posts: 1,629	In easy terms, it's the ability to change lenses. SLR: Non SLR: Hope that helps Bob __________________ My Photography Website My Flickr Winner of the photography tournament theme: Flowers, Sunsets, Water Scapes, Blurs 2.0, Lightning/Fireworks, Vivid, Flowers in an Abstract Art Form, Waterways & PC Inurds.

09-13-2007, 05:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
vroom_skies Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT Posts: 1,629	Alright then, here is a quick list of what you should be looking at: Pentax: - K100D - K100D Super - K10D (USED) Canon: - Rebel XT - Rebel XTI (USED) Sony: - Alpha A100 Samsung: - Digimax GX-10 Olympus: - E-410 - E-500 Nikon: - D40 - D40x, D50, D70, D80 (USED) These are for NIB purchases. If you wanted to go the used route you could fit some nicer cameras in there. Also this is main models as of now, If you are willing to go last year models, you could save and few bucks and get a 'nicer' camera. Hope this helps Bob __________________ My Photography Website My Flickr Winner of the photography tournament theme: Flowers, Sunsets, Water Scapes, Blurs 2.0, Lightning/Fireworks, Vivid, Flowers in an Abstract Art Form, Waterways & PC Inurds. Last edited by vroom_skies; 09-13-2007 at 05:13 AM.

09-13-2007, 05:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
vroom_skies Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT Posts: 1,629	The biggest thing I could recommend is going to a store and actually holding the cameras. It doesn't matter if you have the nicest spec camera if you don't like to hold it. I am bias towards Pentax, just like some people are bias towards Canon and Nikon, but the three models that I would be looking at highly would be: Pentax K10D Canon Rebel XTI Nikon D80 Granted a little over budget, but all worth it. Hope this helps Bob __________________ My Photography Website My Flickr Winner of the photography tournament theme: Flowers, Sunsets, Water Scapes, Blurs 2.0, Lightning/Fireworks, Vivid, Flowers in an Abstract Art Form, Waterways & PC Inurds.

09-13-2007, 01:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
4NGU$ VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 1,943	SLR means single lens reflex the other choice would be a point and shoot camera but you loose allot of options with that (with point and shoot digital you tend to get more fun options like changing the colors in you image rather than in SLR were you get things like exposure compensation and fully manual settings with double dials for shutter speed and aperture ) as always i will recommend this http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Digital-.../dp/B0007QKN22 canon digital rebel XT /350D for around $600 __________________ Winner Picture Tournaments: Birds, Abstract, Shadows, Christmas, Not what it seems, Infinity and Lost "We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing,and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory" - Henri Cartier-Bresson Myspace Click! and add Xbox Live : Angus DC Charities: http://www.childsplaycharity.org/ http://www.bhf.org.uk/ http://www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk/

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