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Looking into getting my first DSLR. Will have about £400 max to spend on it.

 

Ones i'm looking at are:

 

Nikon D3100

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

Pentax K-r

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

Sony a290

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

 

Nikon looks maybe the best quality and has 1080p video

 

Pentax looks awesome because it's white :p and has good features

 

Sony is dirt cheap! But no video....

 

 

Any suggestions, or maybe other cameras.... I can't decide how important video is to me :? Possibly not that important....

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Looking into getting my first DSLR. Will have about £400 max to spend on it.

 

Ones i'm looking at are:

 

Nikon D3100

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

Pentax K-r

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

Sony a290

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

 

Nikon looks maybe the best quality and has 1080p video

 

Pentax looks awesome because it's white :p and has good features

 

Sony is dirt cheap! But no video....

 

Any suggestions, or maybe other cameras.... I can't decide how important video is to me :? Possibly not that important....

 

I went for a bridge camera to get used to using different modes etc before going for a dslr, just incase I spent lots on a dslr and didnt use it. I got a fujifilm s4000.

 

Theres much cheaper places than jessops btw.

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I have a Fuji bridge camera now.. Time to step up :)

 

....and Jessops actually have great prices atm ;)

 

I saved over 120quid not buying from jessops on my bridge camera

 

 

edit:blunder doesnt have lens :bangin:

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I would go with the Nikon out of that lot, but then I do love my D90 :cloud9:

 

Go and have a play with the cameras first and see which one feels 'right' to you in use. I had a choice between the D90 and the equivalent Canon (god knows which one it was now) and I plumped for the Canon purely because I found the controls far easier to use, and since there was technically nothing between the two bodies it made the choice fairly simple.

 

Don't get hung-up on the video aspect: It's a nice gimmick to have, but if it's video you want to shoot then get a specialised video camera. I can count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times I've videoed anything on my camera.

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What about these lads: http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

?

 

They look awesome B) Do they do everything a DSLR does?

 

I really am a bit clueless about this lot :headhurt:

 

That Sony is an amazing camera!! It's very highly rated in most magazines! If I wasn't canon mad, I would get one! :thumbs:

 

I have a canon 7D and a G11 :thumbs:

 

Oh and yes, the Sony does everything an SLR does

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What about these lads: http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

 

?

 

They look awesome B) Do they do everything a DSLR does?

 

I really am a bit clueless about this lot :headhurt:

 

That Sony is an amazing camera!! It's very highly rated in most magazines! If I wasn't canon mad, I would get one! :thumbs:

 

I have a canon 7D and a G11 :thumbs:

 

Oh and yes, the Sony does everything an SLR does

 

I have that very Sony and it's awesomeeeeeeeeeeee. :D

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All non-SLR cameras are compromised by their speed.

^^^ This.

 

I've had a few digital cameras over the years but was always irritated by their lack of instant shot, as you'd push the button, the camera would auto-focus, then it would stop and have a cup of tea, then a biscuit, then finally it might get round to taking the actual photo eventually. Not a huge issue if you're only ever taking shots of still things, but for anything moving they're utterly useless and you get by on luck alone. My missus has one still and it's fine for her but it does my head in, and for that reason alone my DSLR purchase has more than justified itself over the last few years. :)

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All non-SLR cameras are compromised by their speed.

^^^ This.

 

I've had a few digital cameras over the years but was always irritated by their lack of instant shot, as you'd push the button, the camera would auto-focus, then it would stop and have a cup of tea, then a biscuit, then finally it might get round to taking the actual photo eventually. Not a huge issue if you're only ever taking shots of still things, but for anything moving they're utterly useless and you get by on luck alone. My missus has one still and it's fine for her but it does my head in, and for that reason alone my DSLR purchase has more than justified itself over the last few years. :)

 

+1

 

at the same event (goodwood) me and my mum are taking pics.

 

i have the DSLR Canon EOS 500D and my mum a top range Panasonic Lumix.

 

we were taking the roughly the same pics and my mum was struggling to get just one car in view.

 

i have loads of pics on the day and the quality is so much better that her camera.

 

the Canon was about 500 and the Lumix was about 250-300. however was well worth the extra money.

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That's not what were talking about, it's the time from the second you press the button to the time it takes the shutter to open and close. On an SLR it's instant, on a compact/bridge there's a delay which can make you lose the shot. All very well saying that you could just press the button earlier and get multiple shots, but that's not practical for many things.

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TIt aint no bridge camera :p If there was a shutter delay you wouldn't get 7 frames per second would you... ;)

What? Of course you would, once the shutter is going (and as long as the transfer speed of the memory card is of a sufficient speed) it can carry on all day if it likes, but the initial lag following the autofocus and processor think-time will still be there.

 

If it does do instant-shot just like an SLR then that's great and is a real step forward, but I've never found a single camera that wasn't an SLR that did that. As Sparky said, even the Lumix range (which is superb for a compact) can't do that.

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TIt aint no bridge camera :p If there was a shutter delay you wouldn't get 7 frames per second would you... ;)

What? Of course you would, once the shutter is going (and as long as the transfer speed of the memory card is of a sufficient speed) it can carry on all day if it likes, but the initial lag following the autofocus and processor think-time will still be there.

 

If it does do instant-shot just like an SLR then that's great and is a real step forward, but I've never found a single camera that wasn't an SLR that did that. As Sparky said, even the Lumix range (which is superb for a compact) can't do that.

 

My G11 has a quickshot feature and it's pretty rapid! It has the same DIGIC 4 processor as the (not 100% sure here) as the 40D (maybe 50D too). I'm not saying that it competes with an SLR but it's not far off.

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All non-SLR cameras are comprimised by their speed.

 

The Sony gets a nice dpreview.com review but if you ever want to shoot fast things (cars/kids/animals) or in low light, you'll wish you bought the Nikon.

 

 

The Sony does 7 frames per second....

 

But will those 7 frames track a dog or child running towards you in a diagonal ziz-zag in low light using 39 focus points in a 3-D matrix up to ISO 25,600 and keep all 7 frames in focus?

 

If it does then I'm selling my D7000 and buying one. :thumbs:

 

Not crticising your choice as it looks great but if you want SLR functions and speed, you'll need an SLR. Sony wouldn't produce an SLR-killer when they've spent millions (billions?) acquiring Minolta and producing some fantastic SLRs over the last few years.

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