What Digital SLR - sorry
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I realise this is probably asked every third post, but that makes it harder to read unfortunately... sorry.
I am selling my 6ish year old Nikon D60 with kit lens which I bought second-hand as a beginner 'teach myself' camera and I'm ready for the next step. Doesn't have to be a wildly more expensive step up, but would be interested to know where to go next. I photograph lots of landscapes but also people on occasion. Basically I'd class myself as lower intermediate. I reckon on a budget of maybe £600 ish for the body and lens, but it would be good to have a more flexible lens than the basic 18-55. I've seen the Nikon 5300, but the bundles seem to vary hugely in content and price.
Some help and advice would be great please
thanks
I am selling my 6ish year old Nikon D60 with kit lens which I bought second-hand as a beginner 'teach myself' camera and I'm ready for the next step. Doesn't have to be a wildly more expensive step up, but would be interested to know where to go next. I photograph lots of landscapes but also people on occasion. Basically I'd class myself as lower intermediate. I reckon on a budget of maybe £600 ish for the body and lens, but it would be good to have a more flexible lens than the basic 18-55. I've seen the Nikon 5300, but the bundles seem to vary hugely in content and price.
Some help and advice would be great please
thanks
It's nice spending other people's money so here's my stab at it. I would always put more emphasis on lenses rather than the camera.
All prices from MPB for good, guaranteed used gear.
Nikon 18-70 £79 (highly underrated lens, a great walk around)
Nikon 50mm 1.8 £74 (will work well for portraits and general low light stuff)
Tamron 70-300 VC £204 (Superb telephoto that will also work well for portraits outdoors)
Nikon D90 £249 (modern enough without paying a daft premium for the latest gadgets)
I've gone £6 over budget but maybe you can haggle a little!
In all seriousness though, to me the above will offer you far more options and output quality than simply buying the latest tech camera and kit lens and paying through the nose for it.
All prices from MPB for good, guaranteed used gear.
Nikon 18-70 £79 (highly underrated lens, a great walk around)
Nikon 50mm 1.8 £74 (will work well for portraits and general low light stuff)
Tamron 70-300 VC £204 (Superb telephoto that will also work well for portraits outdoors)
Nikon D90 £249 (modern enough without paying a daft premium for the latest gadgets)
I've gone £6 over budget but maybe you can haggle a little!
In all seriousness though, to me the above will offer you far more options and output quality than simply buying the latest tech camera and kit lens and paying through the nose for it.
Gad-Westy said:
It's nice spending other people's money so here's my stab at it. I would always put more emphasis on lenses rather than the camera.
All prices from MPB for good, guaranteed used gear.
Nikon 18-70 £79 (highly underrated lens, a great walk around)
Nikon 50mm 1.8 £74 (will work well for portraits and general low light stuff)
Tamron 70-300 VC £204 (Superb telephoto that will also work well for portraits outdoors)
Nikon D90 £249 (modern enough without paying a daft premium for the latest gadgets)
I've gone £6 over budget but maybe you can haggle a little!
In all seriousness though, to me the above will offer you far more options and output quality than simply buying the latest tech camera and kit lens and paying through the nose for it.
Looks like a pretty good list. Only thing I'd change would be to swap the telephoto for a wide-angle since the OP shoots a lot of landscapes.All prices from MPB for good, guaranteed used gear.
Nikon 18-70 £79 (highly underrated lens, a great walk around)
Nikon 50mm 1.8 £74 (will work well for portraits and general low light stuff)
Tamron 70-300 VC £204 (Superb telephoto that will also work well for portraits outdoors)
Nikon D90 £249 (modern enough without paying a daft premium for the latest gadgets)
I've gone £6 over budget but maybe you can haggle a little!
In all seriousness though, to me the above will offer you far more options and output quality than simply buying the latest tech camera and kit lens and paying through the nose for it.
Mr Will said:
Looks like a pretty good list. Only thing I'd change would be to swap the telephoto for a wide-angle since the OP shoots a lot of landscapes.
The 18-70 offers wide angle. I've never been a fan of going much wider than that for landscapes but if an ultra wide is needed a Sigma 10-20 could probably be substituted in for not too much more £. Gad-Westy said:
Mr Will said:
Looks like a pretty good list. Only thing I'd change would be to swap the telephoto for a wide-angle since the OP shoots a lot of landscapes.
The 18-70 offers wide angle. I've never been a fan of going much wider than that for landscapes but if an ultra wide is needed a Sigma 10-20 could probably be substituted in for not too much more £. Mr Will said:
Gad-Westy said:
Mr Will said:
Looks like a pretty good list. Only thing I'd change would be to swap the telephoto for a wide-angle since the OP shoots a lot of landscapes.
The 18-70 offers wide angle. I've never been a fan of going much wider than that for landscapes but if an ultra wide is needed a Sigma 10-20 could probably be substituted in for not too much more £. damianmkv said:
theres a couple of d7000 on TP - one is £320 I think, one is c£360..
great camera BUT not a great step up in terms of IQ from the d3100 etc. Functionality, yes as the d3100 doesn't have a BIM so you'd need AF-S lenses if you went entry level
Depends on what you define by 'IQ'great camera BUT not a great step up in terms of IQ from the d3100 etc. Functionality, yes as the d3100 doesn't have a BIM so you'd need AF-S lenses if you went entry level
The D7000 has an extra 2.6EV of dynamic range, better low light performance and higher colour depth.
If going 2nd hand then I'd still go for the D7000 + 18.105mm and get yourself a 50mm 1.8. Run with that setup for a while and see how you find it. You might find, like me, that you love the 50mm 1.8 and want more primes rather than zooms
cornet said:
Depends on what you define by 'IQ'
The D7000 has an extra 2.6EV of dynamic range, better low light performance and higher colour depth.
If going 2nd hand then I'd still go for the D7000 + 18.105mm and get yourself a 50mm 1.8. Run with that setup for a while and see how you find it. You might find, like me, that you love the 50mm 1.8 and want more primes rather than zooms
I was just talking in terms of my experience - I was expecting big things when I upgraded. In reality, you'd be hard pushed to see the difference unless you're printing big. The D7000 has an extra 2.6EV of dynamic range, better low light performance and higher colour depth.
If going 2nd hand then I'd still go for the D7000 + 18.105mm and get yourself a 50mm 1.8. Run with that setup for a while and see how you find it. You might find, like me, that you love the 50mm 1.8 and want more primes rather than zooms
I agree with the primes - it's a slippery slope once you go down that path. I've just got an 85mm 1.8g and it's awesome
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