Best Digital SLR under $600

Geoff

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For those photographers out there, after getting back from my vacation earlier this month, I realized that almost all of my photos had some degree of noise. I'm guessing that my 6.0MP Canon S3-IS just isn't cutting it anymore.

I haven't looked around too much yet, but I was hoping some members here could give me some suggestions on what a good digital camera (SLR preferred), for under $600. But of course the cheaper the better. :)

Is the Canon S5-IS looking into at all, or is that basically the same just with a higher resolution?
 

4NGU$

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i sooo highly recommend this ive been useing mine for a year and its top notch i love it

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Digital-Rebel-XT-f3-5-5-6/dp/B0007QKN22

i know its not the newest one but its under $600 and its very good and easy to use

the noise you speak of in you image is the iso (light sensitivity of the sensor(the more sensitive it is the more grain/noise you will get) ) being automatic on you camera on most of the SLR this function is manual
and it is manual on the canon 350D/rebel XT

i have no experience with the nikon but again its under $600
http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Digital...d_ts_p_20/104-1479216-6127122?ie=UTF8&s=photo
 
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Geoff

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the noise you speak of in you image is the iso (light sensitivity of the sensor(the more sensitive it is the more grain/noise you will get) ) being automatic on you camera on most of the SLR this function is manual
and it is manual on the canon 350D/rebel XT

i have no experience with the nikon but again its under $600
http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Digital...d_ts_p_20/104-1479216-6127122?ie=UTF8&s=photo
Thanks for the link, i'll check them out when I get back from work tonight.

I can manually set the ISO, but I usually leave it on auto, and the noise mostly appears when I use the 12x optical zoom and it's getting dark outside.
 

4NGU$

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yeh that's because at the length of zoom the lens isn't letting much light in and if it getting dark too the only way for the camera to compensate is to hike up the iso to something like 1600 at witch point you do get grain

happy buying and dont forget to post picks from what ever you do end up getting :)
 

tidyboy21

Member
I might be worth looking in to the Nikon D40 or maybe the D40x. Both are great cameras. Here is some info on them: D40, D40X. There are some sample images to have a look at.
 

Geoff

VIP Member
It mainly shows up when I use the image as my background, or zoom in. I'm not sure you can see it that easily at a 1024x768 resolution, but here are some shots.

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