January Sales? Jessops etc?

[rico]

T'is me again... another of the "should i get a dslr gang"

I had a great day with Ehasler and Trackdemon at the Hever Castle meet today and really enjoyed snapping away. I really am finding my normal digital camera limits me in a large way but i'm still skint as a very skint thing.

Do Jessops etc do big January sales?

300D is the camera i'll be getting as D70 etc is still out of budget. I'm in no real rush as the next key event is probably VMax in Feb time

Cheers

Rico

[Mad Dave]

Personally I would wait and get a D70, im told its a far superior camera.

If you really cant afford to go Digital, get a film SLR - I paid £66.90 on ebay for a Nikon F70 the other day - its a cracking camera which cost about 3-4 times that much new.

[rico]

The film SLR is not really an option as i much prefer being able to look at the pic straight away, instead of waiting for processing then forgetting what settings i used.

I'll wait till post christmas and see what deals are about

[simpo two]

rico said:

as D70 etc is still out of budget.

Try again next week!

But seriously, you could get over the initial hurdle by buying the body (£599 or £25mth here: www.warehouseexpress.co.uk/index.cfm?photo/digicameras/nikon.html)
... and getting a bargain second-hand 'D' or 'G' lens from eBay?
I'd never thought of buying second-hand lenses, but I was selling some of my old ones off and thinking, shit, these are virtually mint and boxed; someone's getting a heck of a bargain. So I turned the tables and just got one from the US: mint condition and half the UK price

[deckchair]

rico said:

T'is me again... another of the "should i get a dslr gang" I had a great day with Ehasler and Trackdemon at the Hever Castle meet today and really enjoyed snapping away. I really am finding my normal digital camera limits me in a large way but i'm still skint as a very skint thing. Do Jessops etc do big January sales? 300D is the camera i'll be getting as D70 etc is still out of budget. I'm in no real rush as the next key event is probably VMax in Feb time Cheers Rico

[deckchair]

hi rico deckchair here new member. jessops do have a kind of a sale in jan but its not mega as i work for them. i couldnt tell you if there is going to be a discount on the 300d or d70. but the prices do keep going down so i would wait if u want a dslr. keep an eye out. x

[ehasler]

New version of the 300D is rumoured to be announced at the PMA show early next year, so prices may drop a bit more as the 300D becomes obsolete.

Then again, supplies may dry up and you may not be able to get one at all if you wait too long!