Which would you buy?

[RosscoPCole]

Looking at buying a camera for under £400. Looked at Jessops and saw these two:

Nikon D3200 + 18-55mm VR Lens + Tamron 70-300mm Lens £379
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Dig...

Sony A58 +18-55mm Lens + Sony 50mm f/1.8 SAM Lens + Sony DT 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Lens £399
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Dig...

Which is best?

[RosscoPCole]

ExPat2B said:

It's an interesting question.

In summary, Sony is very much the underdog in the budget DSLR world and to unseat the established players of Canon and Nikon they are trying to introduce disruptive technology to tempt consumers away. The translucent A mount camera was a bit of a swing and a miss, it looks good on a spec sheet but in the real world it is just not as good a DSLR system as the D3200, which is why they are showing up very cheaply now. The new E mount dual pixel autofocus mirrorless camera like the A7 and A7R are very interesting, and if I was going to invest in Sony that is where I would put my money.

Thank you. A very good argument for and against each camera. What atteracted me to Sony was the three lenses. It came with a 50mm f1.8. But I could get one for the Nikon in future quite inexpensively. Do people use prime lenses a lot?

[RosscoPCole]

I've ordered the Nikon. Just waiting for it to arrive.
Even though the Sony came with more lenses. The choice for later purchases was not as good as what is available for the Nikon.
Hopefully it will be here for Saturday.