FAO TC OR WILLYWETEGG
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willywetegg
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Tony\'s yer man for that one Roy mate. As much as I love taking photograph\'s, all I have is a couple of Digital cameras. Marc might give you a few idea\'s also though, as I am sure one or two more on NESA might lol.
Jim.
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TC
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Roy, the Canon EOS 350D is an excellent choice and is good value for money.
Personally, I\'ve always used Nikon gear (since around 1980). An alternative to the Canon would be the Nikon D70s - in in the same price bracket and although only 6 Mpx (compared to the EOSs\' 8 Mpx), I\'d go for the Nikon - simply for reliability and previous years of experience with Nikon. Also - Nikkor lenses can\'t be beaten for quality - well, the old manual lenses anyway - can\'t speak for the digital versions.
Marc would be able to give you a better insight on the Canons as, where I use exclusively Nikons - he uses Canons exclusively.
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Personally, I\'ve always used Nikon gear (since around 1980). An alternative to the Canon would be the Nikon D70s - in in the same price bracket and although only 6 Mpx (compared to the EOSs\' 8 Mpx), I\'d go for the Nikon - simply for reliability and previous years of experience with Nikon. Also - Nikkor lenses can\'t be beaten for quality - well, the old manual lenses anyway - can\'t speak for the digital versions.
Marc would be able to give you a better insight on the Canons as, where I use exclusively Nikons - he uses Canons exclusively.
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mark
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NIkon, without a doubt
their pedigree is pretty much unbeatable, and Nikkor lenses are probably the best mass market optics in the world, and I\'d probably guess the extra 2 megapixels of a canon won\'t be noticable
the whole pixel thing can be misleading....when is a pixel not a pixel...when it effective or interpolated
I\'ve bought my other half a D50 for chrimbo, for just under 500 quid, with a grand budget, you\'ll get enough change to buy a good second lens to go with it.
their pedigree is pretty much unbeatable, and Nikkor lenses are probably the best mass market optics in the world, and I\'d probably guess the extra 2 megapixels of a canon won\'t be noticable
the whole pixel thing can be misleading....when is a pixel not a pixel...when it effective or interpolated
I\'ve bought my other half a D50 for chrimbo, for just under 500 quid, with a grand budget, you\'ll get enough change to buy a good second lens to go with it.
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TC
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Haven\'t gone over to digital yet (I know.....dinosuars & all that...lol).
Hoping to be moving into the 21st Century some time in the new year.
Been seriously thinking about this baby......
At £3,500 for the body only, the thinking HAS to be \"serious\"...lol
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Hoping to be moving into the 21st Century some time in the new year.
Been seriously thinking about this baby......
At £3,500 for the body only, the thinking HAS to be \"serious\"...lol
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Hi Ya,
I don\'t think there is really that much diference between the Canons and Nikons.
The only reason I chose the Canon was for the focus in low light and 8.5 frames a second on the 1D mkIIn. It seemed to be a little better than the Nikon D2X although the Nikon has one or two better features.
I bought two of theses...
I also bought a full frame 5D which is a cracking studio camera..
If your interested in a 350 heres a link for you to a review.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/
Have a look around here as well, loads of reviews, should keep you busy for a while
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/
Olympus do a nice DSLR as well. The E1 is selling very cheap at the mo as it\'s successor should be out sometime next year. 4/3 system...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse1/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/
I don\'t think there is really that much diference between the Canons and Nikons.
The only reason I chose the Canon was for the focus in low light and 8.5 frames a second on the 1D mkIIn. It seemed to be a little better than the Nikon D2X although the Nikon has one or two better features.
I bought two of theses...
I also bought a full frame 5D which is a cracking studio camera..
If your interested in a 350 heres a link for you to a review.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/
Have a look around here as well, loads of reviews, should keep you busy for a while
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/
Olympus do a nice DSLR as well. The E1 is selling very cheap at the mo as it\'s successor should be out sometime next year. 4/3 system...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse1/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/
boblydon
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i use a Fuji S2 pro, fabuluos camera as it is designed on a Nikon chasiss, it also uses nikon lenses which are fabulous. About 4 months ago i purchased a nikon AF-S 24/120 zoom lense ,you cant beat it.............................all i can say is its all excellent kit, but the photographer is still crap
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TC
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Lol......This topic\'s startin\' to look like Jessops window 
SIXFOOTSTEVE
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Stop it lads ,I\'ve been itching for a new un for ages .....MUST RESIST
mark
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I know a couple of photographers that use the fuji S2, with nikkor lenses and they\'ve be very happy with them
flogged nearly all my Nikon film bodies, to make way for a D2, just waiting to see if the sales in the new year drop the prices at all...
Failing thst, I\'m gonna buy one in Hong `kong and get it shipped over, bought a few lenses direct from the far east and they\'ve worked at a almost half of the UK price
flogged nearly all my Nikon film bodies, to make way for a D2, just waiting to see if the sales in the new year drop the prices at all...
Failing thst, I\'m gonna buy one in Hong `kong and get it shipped over, bought a few lenses direct from the far east and they\'ve worked at a almost half of the UK price
:thumbup: Cheers for the info, i\'ve got a headache now looking at all those cameras.mickthefish
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tc , THREE AND A HALF GRAND FOR A CAMERA ?????????????
what the hell does it do? sprint to the coast and make lord of the rings movies ???
lol ! my mates got one for £30 and he gets free porn. ill try and get the name of it mate.
what the hell does it do? sprint to the coast and make lord of the rings movies ???
lol ! my mates got one for £30 and he gets free porn. ill try and get the name of it mate.
mickthefish
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nar seriously , i was looking to get mesel a little digital one of some kind at a budget price as it would be my first ever one( apart from me daft phone) but all you lads must be full time pros with them sort o prices !
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TC
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Lol Mick..........
Aye I make my living from my cameras.
As the \"newest\" camera I have (one of the Nikon F3HPs) goes back to 1982 and has served me well in all that time, I think it\'s time to put it into partial retirement and face the digital age......
The cost of digital cameras (digital everything, really), is always coming down. You can get very decent digitals at very reasonable prices.
This is a link to the Argos site.......I\'m sure you could get a decent camera for even less if you look around. Happy hunting - and don\'t forget to post your pix on the Board:-
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArgosBrowseLister?storeId=10001&catalogId=3801&zone=&giftFinder=&langId=-1&attrValue_0=&attrValue_1=&attrValue_2=&attrValue_3=&attrValue_4=&priceFrom=&priceTo=&attrName_0=&attrName_1=&attrName_2=&attrName_3=&attrName_4=&TOTrail=&categoryId=29389&Trail=C%24cip%3D29388%3EC%24cip%3D29389&previousperPage=10&perPage=10&currPage=1&sortBy=2&x=9&y=15
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Aye I make my living from my cameras.
As the \"newest\" camera I have (one of the Nikon F3HPs) goes back to 1982 and has served me well in all that time, I think it\'s time to put it into partial retirement and face the digital age......
The cost of digital cameras (digital everything, really), is always coming down. You can get very decent digitals at very reasonable prices.
This is a link to the Argos site.......I\'m sure you could get a decent camera for even less if you look around. Happy hunting - and don\'t forget to post your pix on the Board:-
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArgosBrowseLister?storeId=10001&catalogId=3801&zone=&giftFinder=&langId=-1&attrValue_0=&attrValue_1=&attrValue_2=&attrValue_3=&attrValue_4=&priceFrom=&priceTo=&attrName_0=&attrName_1=&attrName_2=&attrName_3=&attrName_4=&TOTrail=&categoryId=29389&Trail=C%24cip%3D29388%3EC%24cip%3D29389&previousperPage=10&perPage=10&currPage=1&sortBy=2&x=9&y=15
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boblydon
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at the end of the day Mick it all depends on what you want to use it for and the results you expect from it, if its just to take the occasional family holiday pic etc then it would be a waste of money buying the type of cameras mentioned above, but however if your wanting to experiment with photos and take loads of them with different lenses then its an expensive purchase, i personally think it is quite a cheap hobby to have after the initail purchaseof the kit