Really entry level DSLR
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Well the xxxD range from Canon, so the 350D, 400D or the 450D which is out pretty soon, though will be more expensive. From Nikon, the D40 cameras are roughly equivalent, as above. She could get a lot more camera if you'd consider second hand or refurbished ones, though.
Im pretty sure this is already out, hense the £30 drop in the 400D at a certain store in town which i visit to keep my head on the idea of getting one!
I saw it on a few sites for around £450+
No, it's due to be released on April 21st. Any store you can find online or on the highstreet can only do pre-orders at the moment. However, as you say, it's announcement has already brought other cameras in the range down in price a bit.
Oh i see.
Ha i was wrong.
Cheers for clearing it up for me, hopefully it drops again within the next few weeks before i buy the 400D.
Probably when it finally does get released then stores will drop the 400D (and 350D if they still sell them) prices a bit more, though you can't expect a massive amount more to come off. Factor in that you've also got the Canon cashback scheme to look forward to - £45 for the 400D.
Buying from the auction site so im hoping that is still possible.
Btw, a store i know says that the 350D is now discontinued in most places.
Well it was discontinued when the 400D came out, so it is now double-discontinued. You can still pick them up, though, as some retailers still have stock left that they're trying to get rid of.
You can claim the cashback as long as it comes with a valid UK receipt. You will have difficulties if you're sourcing from some ebay sellers or abroad. I buy by stuff from Kerso, and I've never had a problem claiming cashback with his receipts.
This store i went to said the had 1 but it was unboxed, he looked on the system and said they were discontinued so i assume he either didnt know they had been discontinued for 3 years(?) or they had only recently been discontinued.
The one they had was silver, but after having a look and feel i relised that i wanted the 400D anyway
So i then have to save an extra £150 just because of preference
Well, I don't know for sure, but it doesn't make sense to me that they would continue manufacture of both at the same time.
If your looking for a new camera then you can still pick up Canon 350D and Nikon D40 for just under £300 in a few places. Otherwise if you go second hand you could knock about £100 of these prices. I would then also consider the Canon 20D, Nikon D50 and Nikon D70.
If you go second hand i would ask how many photos have been taken as most of the camera the shutter is only designed to take 30,000 exposures. This sounds like a lot but with digital it easy to take a lot of pictures.
If you go second hand i would ask how many photos have been taken as most of the camera the shutter is only designed to take 30,000 exposures. This sounds like a lot but with digital it easy to take a lot of pictures.
it wasn't in the same way that Canon are still running the 400D when the 450D is out, it just shunts down to the bottom at a cheaper price.
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Maybe if it's going to be her first camera with any kind of "real" manual controls, why not start her off with a bridge camera like the fuji s6500fd to get her going and to stop you forking out too much cash on her only to find out that she's gotten bored with photography after a month or two?
It's a little more basic than say a D40 or 350D but you can pick them up for about £170 and they come with a fairly decent 17-300mm lense and have a basic manual focus and almost all of the usual settings you'd find on an entry level dSLR.
It's what I did as it helped me find out whether it was really what I wanted to get into and whether I wanted to spend more. As soon as I found that it [photography] was awesome and that the camera (after about 7-8 months of heavy usage) was limiting my abilities a little, I decided to sell it and upgrade to a D40x which I managed to pick up with the kit lense for £350 (or £250 if you minus the £100 I got for the s6500).
However if she's been into photography for a while and knows what she wants, ignore everything I've just said
It's a little more basic than say a D40 or 350D but you can pick them up for about £170 and they come with a fairly decent 17-300mm lense and have a basic manual focus and almost all of the usual settings you'd find on an entry level dSLR.
It's what I did as it helped me find out whether it was really what I wanted to get into and whether I wanted to spend more. As soon as I found that it [photography] was awesome and that the camera (after about 7-8 months of heavy usage) was limiting my abilities a little, I decided to sell it and upgrade to a D40x which I managed to pick up with the kit lense for £350 (or £250 if you minus the £100 I got for the s6500).
However if she's been into photography for a while and knows what she wants, ignore everything I've just said
you need to take her along to a shop and try it, the handing, ergonomics and menus.
personally when i tried the canon out i found the menu to be overly complicated and to change everyday basic setting you had to dig into the menu where as the nikon had dedicated buttons.
each to their own but nikon have the better menu system
personally when i tried the canon out i found the menu to be overly complicated and to change everyday basic setting you had to dig into the menu where as the nikon had dedicated buttons.
each to their own but nikon have the better menu system
Were they still produced during this time, though, or were they just running on stocks?
I recon running on stocks.
I think Discontinued is a mixture of stock and production, if neither is available then its discontinued.
afaik still in production - they would have to have a huge amount of stock to last for 18 months & that wouldn't be good management to have that much $$ tied up in stock for so long.
