any good recommendation on slr

chillidog · 9 Mar 2013 at 23:54

am coming into some money soon and so am looking to buy a new slr. i have had
a canon 350d and 400d in the past these to me took some really nice photo's specially the 350d,so am looking to go more modern and spend some where around £600-£700 may be more,am more into landscape,Portraits, and wild life may be a all rounder,so for the amount of money i got to spend what would your recommendation be and why please. am open to any make

theheyes · 10 Mar 2013 at 11:23

Do you have any Canon lenses?

chillidog · 10 Mar 2013 at 18:01

theheyes said:
Do you have any Canon lenses?

no i be starting from scratch,only becouse i sold all my old gear many months ago,so i will need to buy lenses as well. so i would need a good all round lense or lenses

Phal · 10 Mar 2013 at 18:49

D5100 will probably be the recommendation unless you particularly want another Canon

ShakenNstirred · 10 Mar 2013 at 23:33

Phal said:
D5100 will probably be the recommendation unless you particularly want another Canon

^^^

King Damager · 11 Mar 2013 at 10:02

Phal said:
D5100 will probably be the recommendation unless you particularly want another Canon

The 7D is currently available for close to that price I think. Although it is body only, it might be worth it if you are looking at Canon.

kd

Phal · 11 Mar 2013 at 12:22

You only look at Canon stuff if you're a contrary mofo and like going against everyone's advice here

King Damager · 11 Mar 2013 at 12:56

Phal said:
You only look at Canon stuff if you're a contrary mofo and like going against everyone's advice here

Not necessarily, but lets not have this debate now.

kd

chillidog · 11 Mar 2013 at 21:24

King Damager said:
The 7D is currently available for close to that price I think. Although it is body only, it might be worth it if you are looking at Canon.

kd

am quite open minded as to canon,nikon etc ,

JBuk · 11 Mar 2013 at 22:09

For your budget I'd get a d5100 and a couple of cheap(ish) primes or a zoom lens as a walkabout

I think price wise it offers better performance for the money than Canon does atm

King Damager · 11 Mar 2013 at 23:54

chillidog said:
am quite open minded as to canon,nikon etc ,

Probably go with Nikon at your budget then.

kd

shadow_boxer · 13 Mar 2013 at 00:10

Sorry for slight thread hijack but how would the Canon 650D (inc 18-55mm kit lens) compare to the Nikon 5100. Both can be had from uk retailers for a fairly similar price? Quite like the idea of the touch screen on the Canon but just can't help but think it's perhaps a but gimmicky. I've had a little play around with both instore, the Nikon is a tad smaller, which I like but the Canon handled well too. First venture in DSLR so any advice welcome. Reviews of the two both seem positive with pros and cons for either.

JBuk · 13 Mar 2013 at 05:26

They're both capable cameras but for the price I think the d5100 is better overall

One thing to consider is that you buy into a system so also need to consider prices of lenses , flash etc as you'll no doubt end up wanting better or different lenses in the future once you've found your feet

Phal · 13 Mar 2013 at 10:16

How is the touchscreen gimmicky? That's like saying phones with touchscreens are gimmicky

Ksanti · 13 Mar 2013 at 12:27

Phal said:
How is the touchscreen gimmicky? That's like saying phones with touchscreens are gimmicky

Because the only real use of a touchscreen on a camera is pressing where you want to focus, and in live view phase detect AF is still pretty much either non existent or pointless (as you won't have enough AF points on anything short of a pro body to be able to choose a point to focus on that's what you want).

King Damager · 13 Mar 2013 at 12:43

Phal said:
How is the touchscreen gimmicky? That's like saying phones with touchscreens are gimmicky

Because, who really uses the rear screen that much?

On a SLR, you should be looking through the viewfinder, not at the screen, and then you can control everything you need to most of the time (SS, AP, ISO) on camera. You don't really want to be taking the camera away from your face, and touching the screen to change settings.

Bit like the 6D's Wifi/app controllable feature - massive gimick unless you shoot wildlife I feel.

kd