Hi, I’m 15 years old and have recently been saving up a lot of money. I have been looking in to buying a digital slr camera and taking a course in photography. I was just wondering what camera you would recommend I should buy with my £500 budget bearing in mind I need to purchase lenses and extra storage devices…
Depending on whether you feel comfortable chasing down used equipment or not, it is possible to get a pretty comprehensive selection of kit.
Used prices for a Canon 30D are around £250-300, which is a decent bargain for what you get. It’s not going to take your hand and lead your through how to take photographs like the most modern entry level SLRs, but it’s purposeful, fast, and dependable. This camera is quite well suited with the Canon EF-S 17-85mm lens for most normal purposes, this should bring your cost up to around £400. The next thing to get is probably the Canon 50mm f1.8 ‘Nifty Fifty’, and a reasonably strong tripod.
I would imagine that 4GB of storage is enough, but you do need a fast card, probably 30 MB/s or faster would be needed. I would also go for 2x 2GB, formatted in the FAT16 file system to squeeze some more speed out of it, and also allows you some flexibility if one fails or gets confiscated for some reason.
To be honest, with your budget, I don’t think you are going to get many ‘extras’ . You would probably only really get the main camera kit. That being said, you should get a good camera that you can use for years, possibly even life.
For my part, I have just bought myself a Canon EOS 450D, and I really like it, even though I will have to save up for a good telephoto lens to suit. I know this would probably take up your entire budget, but I would, however, suggest that you shop around for the best price, and also have a look at all the other cameras available, to see what suits you when you get one in your hands.
Good luck and happy shooting.
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Depending on whether you feel comfortable chasing down used equipment or not, it is possible to get a pretty comprehensive selection of kit.
Used prices for a Canon 30D are around £250-300, which is a decent bargain for what you get. It’s not going to take your hand and lead your through how to take photographs like the most modern entry level SLRs, but it’s purposeful, fast, and dependable. This camera is quite well suited with the Canon EF-S 17-85mm lens for most normal purposes, this should bring your cost up to around £400. The next thing to get is probably the Canon 50mm f1.8 ‘Nifty Fifty’, and a reasonably strong tripod.
I would imagine that 4GB of storage is enough, but you do need a fast card, probably 30 MB/s or faster would be needed. I would also go for 2x 2GB, formatted in the FAT16 file system to squeeze some more speed out of it, and also allows you some flexibility if one fails or gets confiscated for some reason.
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Check out Canon EOS Rebel T1i.
* New 15.1-megapixel CMOS sensor with DIGIC 4 Image Processor
* Includes Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
* Full HD video capture at 1920 x 1080 resolution; HDMI output
* 3.0-inch Clear View LCD; Live View Function for stills (Quick, Live and Face Detection AF modes) and video
* Capture images and video to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001XURPQS?ie=UTF8&tag=basebal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001XURPQS
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Hi,
You can find on amazon there you will get many digital cameras.
But i will suggest you Canon PowerShot G10 14.7MP Digital Camera which is only for £369.99.
It has following features:
Product Features
* 14.7 Mega pixels; Genuine Canon 5x wide-angle lens with optical IS
* Anti-blur technology;Exposure Compensation and ISO dials
* 3.0 Pure Color LCD II and optical viewfinder
* 26 shooting modes
* Dimensions: 109.1 x 77.7 x 45.9 mm; Weight: 350 g
* 14.7MP camera with 5x optical zoom and wide angle lens
* Image stabilisation, motion detection and auto ISO shift
* 26 shooting modes with full manual and custom settings
* Improved face detection and contrast levels
* RAW image recording
Just try for this.
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http://www.123discountshop.com/canon/slr-film-cameras.htm
the Canon 450D slr complete with lens is good buy at around £450-
£499, OR £560.70 with two lenses,got one myself and find it is pretty good .try searching the web for best prices.
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search on ebay for canon xsi/xti they are the foreign version of the 400d/450d and you will save £50-£80 over the uk version all settings and language is the same.
buy good secondhand rather than new as a lot of people just have to have the latest newest camera and this will help you get a bargain.
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