DSLR for £250?

oliver2601 · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:56

I'm looking to do some photography here and there and thought I might as well get a DSLR as I doubt I would be upgrading for a long time.

Is £250 unreasonable? I think I'm going to buy used which should mean I've got a retail budget of around £320-ish?

Anyway, would be nice to hear what people recommend...

Btw, had a search around but couldn't find many recent posts.

Cheers,
Oliver

EDIT: I'm a complete beginner apart from using other people's occasionally.

oliver2601 · 15 Feb 2012 at 20:33

Thanks guys, I'm leaning more towards the 30D as I can't justify spending the extra money for a 40D, but that's just me. I'm going to go down a local camera shop later on this week so I can hold them, because I have to be comfortable with it.

oliver2601 · 16 Feb 2012 at 02:40

What about an A200 for £150 without a lens, that would give me a bit of money to buy a better lens? Would you recommend this?

oliver2601 · 19 Feb 2012 at 15:47

Managed to pickup a A200 with 18-70mm lens for £160 including P&P, good buy?

oliver2601 · 19 Feb 2012 at 22:38

VeNT said:
sounds good to me, if you're not going to get loads of lenses then really does it matter?
I'm looking for a DSLR and was thinking D60 or D40x but working it out from most places it would be about the same (like £80 diff) as a new D3100 or D3000!
problem is most sites sell the body only 2nd hand and the lenses are £100+ on top even for the most basic ones!

Fleabay is always a good place, and always bid if you're buying something expensive as you can sometimes save more than 20%

oliver2601 · 21 Feb 2012 at 15:20

Photo I took with it and 2 minutes editing.

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