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Hi all, im looking at buying a digital slr, im new to photography but i want to get a decent camera that will not only be good through the beginer stage of learning but also good once i get the hang of it, i dont want to get good and have to throw it out :D

Im looking at paying around 700-1000 $$$ for one

Any advice would be great

cheers

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yeah for that price range I would say 450D or 400D. I use the 400D myself, so don't know much about the other camers out there as I only look at the canon range when shopping around.

If you go for the 400D you can probably get a few extras with it. I wouldnt bother thinking about megapixels though. Unless you plan on shooting pictures and blowing them up to huge posters, 10mp would be more than enough.

the 400D has been great for learning and I'm no where near getting ready to upgrade the camera yet

I'm thinking of selling my canon 350d with 18-55 IS lens if you are keen.

If you are keen on what the camera can do check out my website (www.sidd-rishi.com)

Price: $500. Comes with extra battery, manual, box etc..

The 400D is discontinued.

1000D is its replacement. but some features have been lowered on the new model.

450D is a much nicer camera and you get the IS lenses as part of the twin lens kit.

either the 1000D or 450D will be a fantastic camera and no need to update for ages as SL!M said. you will upgrade your lenses before the camera.

Just my 2c (even if its a couple of days late lol)

Hope you enjoy it no matter your choice anyways

Great entry level camera.. 10 mega pixels, self sensor clean, weather proof, 11 point auto focus (WOW), etc etc..

yea comes with sigma lenses..

You have a great variety of sigma lenses to choose from.

If you on a budget just get the normal 18-55mm lens..

If you have a spare 300 more or so, get the 17-70mm sigma lens..

Either way great entry level camera :P

ps. forgot to mention it all depends on what you wanna shoot. You can get the twin lens kit with this body also. I think its the 70-300 lens also??

Best advice.. go into a shop and try it out yourself!!

Edited by siddr20

dont buy a dslr camera coz it has live view :P

Buy it coz you need it..

That is if you wanna get into marco work, astro photography work etc..

Otherwise no point having it.

The whole point of slr is too look thru the viewfinder!! heheheh

But anyways 1000d is a great entry level camera also :)

live view is not needed on a DSLR for 99% of photography. I used to think it was. when I went from a compact to a DSLR about 2 or 3 years ago I really missed live view and was pissed that I didn't have it. then after about a year with the DSLR I got a hold of one that did have live view for a while. and I hated it. live view is rubbish. it's only useful maybe to initially frame shots on a tripod on weird angles, or macro shooting etc but apart from that it's pretty useless. on a DSLR you need to be using the viewfinder. and the funny thing is now when I use one of our compacts I find I want to use the view finder too. you get much better pics. liveview is good for your camera phone, that's about it. so definitely don't buy a DSLR because it has live view, there are so many more important aspects than that.

and my preference is always with the canon cameras. they make lovely DSLR in all price ranges.

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