Camera for beginner?

dbeckett · 27 Jun 2007 at 17:09

Im 17 years old and im interested in starting photographer, ive had a very basic digital camera in the past, I got it quite a number of years ago and i feel the need to upgrade now

The amount i want to spend is around £200 althought i could spend more if recommended, i was thinking of buying an slr, although thinking about it i reckon that it may be more suitable buying something along the lines of the canon a710is, as a slr isnt the easiest thing to carry around and im not sure if the difference in quality would be great enough to compensate for that, however any thoughts would be welcome

what alternatives are there to the 710is and what would you recommend me to get?

dbeckett · 27 Jun 2007 at 19:55

thanks for the advice, d40 is too expensive anyway, so that leaves the fuji 6500 or 9600, was looking at the 850is, decent camera although from what ive read (but i could be wrong) it has no manual features at all, so the a710 would be preferable to it

my brother has a a540 so i can guess what the a710 will be like as its similar, i was just wonderin, how big are the fuji 6500/9600, ive seen pictures of them but you cant really see how big its hard to imagine the size they are in real life, could they fit into a jacket pocket or would you need a carryin case if you wanted to carry them around?

dbeckett · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:45

thanks for the advice, im not too fussed on the extra pixels as i doubt ill be printing the images out bigger than a4 therefore 9mp aint really needed, so s6500 would be the most suitable, was thinking i could maybe even get the 5600 and gettin a compact basic digital camera on top, as itll prob be fine for basic shots and when i want to develop my skills i could use the bridge camera,
just wonderin is the canon s3 any good?

dbeckett · 28 Jun 2007 at 18:09

cheapest price im getting for the s6500 is £166 (inc postage, excl memory card) which is off a decent website (and its cheaper the bay) while s9600 is around £240 (on the bay)
if i do go down the bridge option, is it really worth payin an extra £70 for the s9600?