Basic Camera Question

[matt_xyz]

Originally Posted by glsammy

A bit short on the estimate there Matt! My 20D plus 2 lenses and a couple of extenders = £2,600..

Blimey I suppose it could be cheaper with a special offer on a D50 body and a couple of cheap lenses. Point taken though!

Matt

[Mark43]

Originally Posted by matt_xyz

Blimey I suppose it could be cheaper with a special offer on a D50 body and a couple of cheap lenses. Point taken though!

Matt

Nikon D50 £329
Sigma 170-500 £375
Sigma 105 macro £278

£18 change

[Jon]

Originally Posted by Adam

This may be regarded as a silly question on here, but I don't know.

I own a pretty standard 'point and shoot' digital camera, which doesn't even have a viewfinder and only has digital zoom (produces poor quality pictures). The camera is decent, and I have a few pictures of animals, but I have failed to capture anything special.

I am a complete photography amateur and don't know too much.

Basically what I am after is something with a decent zoom, good picture quality and the ability to capture action shots without blurring (quick shutter speed?) and decent night time photos.

So to sum up what I am asking, what makes/models do you guys recommend? And also can digital cameras now compete in the quality stakes?

Thankyou for your help!

Adam you may find this link useful, it is old but some good reading: http://www.wildthingsphoto.com/tips/wltip.htm

[MalcolmX]

i am a firm believer that a dslr is the way to go as in my opinion they are so much more flexible and if you are in it for the long term the cost will not be that bad . i started with second hand d30 and worked up ,you can get some good second hand items at the moment .try mxv in Sussex . some compacts and bridge cameras have a noise issue with the smaller ccd particularly the 8 meg range .if you would like i could recommend a few items and suppliers .please contact me if i can be of any help

[nightshade]

I think DSLR Canon 350d, Nikon D50, buy a body and the lenses YOU need for your interests
e.g macro or long telephoto as mk43 suggests

[Adam]

Thanks for all your help so far guys, the panasonic is looking like the front runner at the moment!

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Adam

Thanks for all your help so far guys, the panasonic is looking like the front runner at the moment!

Yeah for me too I think!! Then maybe when I've got the hang of that I'll be brave and shell out a bit more for something more complicated!!