New digi camera £600 budget ...

[WouldBWelder]

What should I be ale to get for this kinda money?

Any particular make I should be looking at?

Want to do sports photography and cars (obviously) ie anything moving ... have currently got an old Sony DS9 (?) Cybershot which is Ok for headshots/family etc but the focus is shite (ie you have to wait for it to focus before taking). Looking for something a bit better ... can I achieve this within budget?

Anyone got anything around this level?

Any ideas appreciated.

[GetCarter]

Nikon D50 body only - 70-300 telephoto lens. Sorted. Check out Warehouse Express for prices.

Steve

[406tm]

Checkout the Classified adds on here. There are a couple of DSLR's that fit your budget - D70 & a D100

[havoc]

406tm said:

Checkout the Classified adds on here. There are a couple of DSLR's that fit your budget - D70 & a D100

Not with lenses they won't.

D50 / Dynax 5D / EOS300. EOS350 will be slightly over budget with a good lens but is a bit better.

[t0ny99]

Just noticed Microglobe have the D50, with 18-55, for £539! You can pick up the 70-300 G lens for sub-£100 most places now (including Microglobe themselves, £89!), that's not far off your budget.

Take a look here

Hope this helps.

[leebuchanan]

D50 plus lens kit for £390 here: www.digitalrev.com. Body only for £323 - best to check if there are any catches - I havent used these guys before.

Also some good prices here: www.parkcameras.co.uk

Cheers

Lee

[t0ny99]

leebuchanan said:

D50 plus lens kit for £390 here: www.digitalrev.com. Body only for £323 - best to check if there are any catches - I havent used these guys before.

...Plus shipping and duty: £400 for the body only, and £490 for the kit.

>> Edited by t0ny99 on Tuesday 17th January 13:49

[m12_nathan]

My D70 with 28-80 and 70-300G for £480 ONO and buy an 18-70 dx seperately secondhand to repalce the 28-80?

>> Edited by m12_nathan on Tuesday 17th January 17:41

[chris.mapey]

My D70 was £594 brand new (from Jessops when they used to pricematch) inc the 18-70 ED lens.

Reflash the operating system to the D70s version, and Bob's your mothers brother...

Chris

[_dobbo_]

D70 is not available anywhere for love nor money, whilst D70s is a bit over budget if £600 is your limit.

If you are really limited to £600 then you are pretty much "stuck" with the Canon 350D. A great camera, so stuck isn't really the right word - the only question mark is over it's dimunitive size which has put off a lot of people.

If you can spend a bit more, you can get a Nikon D70s, but for the pretty much the same money you can get a Canon 20D - as they have £100 cashback at the moment.

I've got a Nikon and love it but have to say that lens choice would make me swing towards the Canon.

Warehouseexpress has 20D with a lens for £799. I know it's over budget, but (I'm paraphrasing someone from another photography thread a week or so ago) in six months time the money will be forgotten, but the quality of the camera will not.

[havoc]

Just to hijack, what are the advantages of the 20D over the 350D? Other than body size.

And is the 20D as easy/intuitive to use as the 300D? (Which i have used, I am guessing the 350D is the same) Reason I ask is I'm a rank amateur who hates RTFM!

[RobDickinson]

havoc said:

Just to hijack, what are the advantages of the 20D over the 350D? Other than body size. And is the 20D as easy/intuitive to use as the 300D? (Which i have used, I am guessing the 350D is the same) Reason I ask is I'm a rank amateur who hates RTFM!

The 20d is more intuitive and easy to use than the 350d, easier/more intuitive ways to set things like ISO etc.

20d shoots faster, 5fps rather than 3fps.
20d is a metal body, not tough plastic, bigger too.
20d has a better focusing system, quicker and better in low light.
20d has the LCD display on top wather than at the back.
20d also has a more robust mirror setup, 100k shots instead of 50k shots.

I went for the 350d as I only liked the 20d's autofocus bit better, I wanted smaller/lighter.

[havoc]

Thanks Rob...might consider it then as the 350D is borderline too small for me...would consider 100 quid on the battery pack to bring it to a sensible size.

...but damn, I'm starting to think about TOO much money!!!

[RobDickinson]

havoc said:

Thanks Rob...might consider it then as the 350D is borderline too small for me...would consider 100 quid on the battery pack to bring it to a sensible size. ...but damn, I'm starting to think about TOO much money!!!

Battery pack on the 300d is nice, helps portrait shooting too. batteries on their own take ~600shots so 2 in the pack are good for 1200 or so.