Samsung NX30

Thanks Genoma, one of my customers is a professional wildlife photographer and rang me up earlier (needs his PC fixing). He advised me that a good choice would be a second hand Canon 7D which I think you can get for around £4-500 and that he'd be able to lend me his 100-300 lens for when I go to Formula 1. Thoughts? Or would a 700D be just as good a bet?
 
Okay well I need a camera which will be mostly used for portrait shots, my sons Jenson and Ethan and every day things, landscape shots and day trips/Holidays mainly.

I only attend one or two Formula 1 events per year, usually one but sometimes two if I decide to attend one abroad so that would only be for two weekends of the year.

Photo finish wise I'm not after anything pro standard - just good high quality photos but they don't have to be to a pro / impeccable standard, just a lot better than a camera phone can do would be a good start. The kind of thing you could frame where the car is centred, in focus but probably wouldn't be able to sell is the standard I guess I'm after, although I do realise that everyone's standards vary from person to person.

At F1 events I'd usually have general admission tickets giving me the opportunity to free roam the circuits and stand as close to the fence / track as possible or away from it, sometimes it could be in the stands but sometimes on ground level or a grassy bank elevated slightly above the track (think Kemmel straight at Spa)...

But yeah for the other 50 or so weekends of the year it'd just be for taking photos of my boys, landscape and general every day things.
 
Budget wise as little as possible :D but seriously i think 400 would be ok. Could stretch to 550 tops i think.

Theres a fantastic eos700d bundle on ebay with 18-55 and 100-300 lens with two tripods and about 20 other accessories on the bay for 550ish, all brand new.

Seems a good deal? That way i could take better photos at f1 than the nx30? and have a brilliant everyday camera and landscapes / portraits etc. First landscape shoot will be iceland.
 
The cheapest nx30 i can find is around 460 so for a bit more and all those accessories the 700d seems a good deal to go for?
 
Hi D.P,

My mistake, it was a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens.... but anyway, after writing that post last night I did some searching on ebay and came to exactly the same conclusion... all of the bundled stuff is bottom of the barrel cheap stuff, like the tripods, flash guns, camera case etc.

I had a look last night and found much better quality gear, I think I'll go for the body with a Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Camera Lens, unless I should go for another lens?

That would set me back about £350, and then I'll get a camera bag and any other things I need, then next Spring/early Summer I'll get a decent zoom lens for F1 and get practicing at taking some shots, Donington isn't far from me so that could be a good place to practice. Thanks for the advice!
 
Thanks for the advice :) Now after having done some reading on the Nikon D3300 I'm wondering if that would be better for me than the 700D...has 11 point AF system compared to 9 on the Canon and a 24mp camera as opposed to 18, but the ISO low level performance is better on the Canon... flippin eck it's hard work figuring all this out! :p
 
Just bought the following

Canon EOS 700D Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm IS STM Lens
Manfrotto Advanced Gear Backpack, SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro 95MB/Sec SDHC Card + £50 Wex Voucher

For £539 reduced to £489 with Canon £50 Winter cash back, reduced to £467 with Quidco and linked paypal cashback.

Thanks for the advice guys!
 
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