New DSLR

[Scraggles]

Been thinking of this for a while, miss the ability to have long exposures on the old pentax super, so wondering about a DSLR, currently got a fujipix f50 compact which is great on low light.

interested in a lense that goes wide angle to telephoto, but not excessively long

basically any suggestions, price in the upto £500 region I guess ?

[RobDickinson]

Have a look at the lens's your after first I think,

For an ultra wide angle your looking at something like the sigma 10-20, about £250-300 I think.

The standard dSLR kit lens of 18-55 covers a pretty decent range ( 28 - 90mm effecituve due to crop factor).

IMo the best all rounder with kit lens is the 450D but sony , nikon et al all have decent cameras, they all produce excelent images just some features/performance differences.

[Nolar Dog]

How about a 2nd hand Nikon D70 with 18-55 (kit) lens and a 70-300 lens too.

That would give you a complete package and would be in budget.

[entwisi]

be aware that DSLRs can suffer 'noise' on very long exposures ( 10 secs and above). You tend to get a 'noise reduction mode where it takes an equally long shot and deducts any noise but obviously this doubles teh total exposure time.

[Simpo Two]

What sort of long exposures did you have in mind?

[ukwill]

EOS-450D/1000D + Kit Lens + Nifty Fifty + Tamron SP AF 24-135

[Scraggles]

looking to take scenic photos, the odd action shot and some tripod based long exposures, recall taking 30 min exposures at night as a kid and getting some interesting shots

will check out the suggestions and some camera mags

[NewNameNeeded]

Scraggles said:

interested in a lense that goes wide angle to telephoto, but not excessively long

if you mean just one lens then as a starter lens I'd recommend the Tamron 18-250mm. At around £200 when I last looked it is significantly cheaper than the Nikon 18-200 VR and would be a good starter lens for you. It's not particularly fast though.

[Simpo Two]

Scraggles said:

some tripod based long exposures, recall taking 30 min exposures at night as a kid and getting some interesting shots

I haven't tried it but don't think DSLRs are really designed for that sort of thing. However there are ways as I've seen threads on astrophotography here.

[ukwill]

Simpo Two said:

Scraggles said:

some tripod based long exposures, recall taking 30 min exposures at night as a kid and getting some interesting shots

I haven't tried it but don't think DSLRs are really designed for that sort of thing. However there are ways as I've seen threads on astrophotography here.

why not? plenty of examples of just that on flickr. besides, most dslr's today support bulb mode.

[ukwill]

NewNameNeeded said:

Scraggles said:

interested in a lense that goes wide angle to telephoto, but not excessively long

if you mean just one lens then as a starter lens I'd recommend the Tamron 18-250mm. At around £200 when I last looked it is significantly cheaper than the Nikon 18-200 VR and would be a good starter lens for you. It's not particularly fast though.

blimey its gone up a bit since then. im after a Tamron 18-250 at the moment and the pricing seems to be nearer the £300 mark. great reviews though.

[Simpo Two]

ukwill said:

why not? plenty of examples of just that on flickr. besides, most dslr's today support bulb mode.

Bulb mode may have an upper limit, batteries dying during exposure, hot pixels - to name but three issues. Don't know any more; you'll have to get one and try it. Better still, search the forum for 'astrophotography' as intimated earlier.

Edited by Simpo Two on Sunday 18th January 23:38

[Scraggles]

cheers for that, will be off line for a few days, but will check when come back