Digital SLR

mc.willz · Posted: Nov 22, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: Digital SLR

hey sup everyone, im looking to get a decent slr for christmas and i was wondering wat ones should i really look into for under 1000 dollars?

RUSSIAN · Posted: Nov 22, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

This is not really the best place to search for advise on a camera, but I'll help ya. Check dpreview for very good reviews of almost all cameras. Having said that, you need to do some research on lenses and figure out what "system" you want to buy into. My choice was Canon, when I went digital because I already had some canon lenses from my film camera. IMHO Canon makes the best wake lens with the 70-200f4L, the price is much cheaper then f2.8 version and the f4 is much lighter. Unfortunately Nikon does not make an f4 version of this focal length, and for me that would be a selling point.
Now for the hard part, quality lens' are not cheap, And you will no doubt spend far more on your lens collection then on one single body. The lens I mentioned above is over $600 new and the top dog 2.8 IS version is $1600 Shocked

.
Another real good thing to do is go to your local best buy and play with all the cameras(or a camera shop if you have one around) A big part of a camera is how it feels in your hands and they all feel different.
With a $1000 budget I would buy a 30d with kit lens, a 50mm 1.8, two 2gig ultra 2 cf cards(on sale at staples for $15 on black friday Wink

) and some kind of bag. If any money is left I'd put it towards a decent tripod, then start saving for the 70-200.
But there are many options and that is just one of them.

dylo · Posted: Nov 22, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

Russian is pretty much spot on.
I started out shooting for a wake magazine last year after i saved up for a 10d and 70-200mm F4L. Its alot of money trying to earn that much with no job and being 16.

mc.willz · Posted: Nov 23, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject:

RUSSIAN, dude thanks soo much

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

RUSSIAN has the knowledge!

JAM · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 604 City: nOtown

RUSSIAN, has some good info. On dpreview you can match up cameras side by side for comparison. Also, if you want to save some money I would check ebay for a decent canon 20d. It has just about the same features as a 30d. The only major difference is that the 30d can take a 50 shot seq compared to like 30, and the screen on the back is bigger. That way you could spend maybe 800 on a fairly decent 20d and still have some money left towards a lens. Either way, I would choose one of these just because they are very decent cameras and they can shoot 5 frames per second(very good for sequences). If you spend that much on a nikon you wont get the 5 frames per second. I think their best in that price range can only do 3. Hope that helps mang.