time for me to join the ranks in this particular part of the forum

syke · 9 Oct 2007 at 23:40

bringerofdecay said:
need an SLR for the course (although they say a film SLR in the prospectus i have yet to ask whether a DSLR would be alright, but i doubt it will be a problem)

You can pick decent enough Film SLR's up.

I'd definately look at the D40/X.

You can pick them up second hand for that budget.

Thats the way i would go.

vincent1989 · 10 Oct 2007 at 00:26

messiah khan said:
Even if its not ok, then id say get a DSLR for your own use and to practice on etc, and pick up a second hand 35mm SLR as they go for pennies.

syke said:
You can pick decent enough Film SLR's up.

I'd definately look at the D40/X.

You can pick them up second hand for that budget.

Thats the way i would go.

thats the plan atm been discussing it with raikiri over MSN

thanks for the help guys, any more is appreciated

Cookie-Monster · 10 Oct 2007 at 19:28

I have a 300D with kit lens for sale if you were interested, its a few years old, but a good entry level DSLR none the less.

Messiah Khan · 10 Oct 2007 at 20:19

Cookie-Monster said:
*snip*

Please keep any trading inside the Members Market.

vincent1989 · 10 Oct 2007 at 20:48

Messiah Khan said:
Please keep any trading inside the Members Market.

grats on underboss ship

no thanks cookie, i think the d40x is what i want

Messiah Khan · 10 Oct 2007 at 21:05

Cheers

How much have you got set aside for for lenses? And what are you after in terms of lenses?

vincent1989 · 10 Oct 2007 at 21:17

Messiah Khan said:
Cheers

How much have you got set aside for for lenses? And what are you after in terms of lenses?

oh, lenses i will buy as and when i need, and i wont be needing them till 2009 (in the last ten weeks of my course) which is when we'll be doing the individual products.

i'll probably just use the stock until then (although i am considering getting a macro lense(edit: and a wide angle) (which will be useful for the kind of photography i'm in to))

syke · 10 Oct 2007 at 23:23

bringerofdecay said:
oh, lenses i will buy as and when i need, and i wont be needing them till 2009 (in the last ten weeks of my course) which is when we'll be doing the individual products.

i'll probably just use the stock until then (although i am considering getting a macro lense(edit: and a wide angle) (which will be useful for the kind of photography i'm in to))

Depends what sort of Macro Photography you want to do.

The Sigma 10-20mm is the one to get for wide angle.

And Messiah will no doubt recommend his lovely Sigma 150mm Macro too

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