Hi All,

I currently have a SLR camera body Minolta 404si and use a Sigma Aspherical IF lens also if I was to sell the Minolta body how much will I get for it, (re-post, just looked on eBay B I N £10 🙁

I’m wanting to replace the body of the camera to a DSLR verson but want to keep the lens I currently have, I love taking pics and think I have an eye for it, (pic below on a standard Cannon IXUS 75 & Bear Grylls eat your heat out!!!)

but my current Cannon is rubbish with the zoom, all blurred etc so with a better lens and also a MUST image stabiliser!!!, I hope this will be better.

So the question is which DSLR body, O and budget upto £150 very MAX.

cheers

Reckon something like the Sony A100 would be around your price or maybe even an A200 (Sony bought out Minolta and use the same lens mount)

I’d second Sony for your situation too.

You wil be able to use your older lenses and they are pretty good cameras.

If you want in camera stabilisation I’d be looking at Olympus as they use an in body system which means any lens you use will be stabilised.

I’d specfically look at their micro 4/3rds range as I reckon more and more system cameras are going to be looking at downsizing in the next few years.

Think Sony have in body IS too as do Pentax

An alternative is to ditch the Body and lens and go for a Panasonic Lumix FZ50 Single lens superzoom compact.
10 mp
35-420 fast lens with non-rotating filter mount, manual zoom ring and manual focus ring. The lens doesn’t ‘grow’ during zooming (can be important).
The lens is designed by Leica and is stunning quality.
Check out some tests, see how it compares.
Has Optical stabilisation.
Get one from ebay for around your budget.

is a FujiFilm Finepix S5500 4.0 MP Digital SLR Camera any good?

This will go for not much more than your budget:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/OLYMPUS-E-450-ZUIKO-DIGITAL-KIT-SLR-DIGITALKAMERA-OVP-/330607041711?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Digitalkameras&hash=item4cf9b71caf

No image stabilisation though. This on the other hand has it:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/OLYMPUS-PEN-E-PL1-DIGITALKAMERA-KIT-14-42mm-NEU-/330607604378?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Digitalkameras&hash=item4cf9bfb29a#ht_2806wt_1132

And this will go for silly money:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/SP-800-UZ-DIGITALKAMERA-OLYMPUS-30x-ZOOM-DIGITAL-KAMERA-/390342981041?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Digitalkameras&hash=item5ae24135b1#ht_2812wt_1132

I would probably do the job, but the lenses aren’t changeable and you’ll be wanting to upgrade again pretty quickly!

I’d say as Tijuana Taxi says above, buy Sony, get a modern kit lens to go with the one you have now and get taking photos with a camera that can be expanded upon as you go along.

Camera bodies are pretty worthless after a few years but the investment in good lenses is never going to let you down, I’m an Olympus user all of my lenses have been bought secondhand and if I sold them I would recoup the costs I made in buying them in the first place.

Get a proper SLR you won’t regret it.

the chap FujiFilm Finepix S5500 will accept £60

I have come across a Canon EOS D30 camera body with a Tamron LD Di 70-300mm Telemacro  Lens with Canon AF lens , are they any good.

Yes.

Not that good, camera is only 3mp and to be honest the lens ain’t that great either, sold one I bought in a job lot for 45 quid, what Canon lens is it?

Still think you could do better unless you are paying about a 100 or so quid for the lot, no image stabilisation either which you listed as a must have

8MP surely? Same as my EOS 20d that I think is fine colour rerpoduction on the 20d was far superior to my previos 10d. Don’t get sucked into the higher number of MPs the better the camera.
Also had a Tamron 28-300mm lens, while not the quality of my current L lenses, it would produce reasonable and reasonably sharp pictures. But the cost was significantly less than an L lens to.
As TT says, cost should be a factor. The 30d should be a nice robust camera that’ll give you a good start in the world of Dslr cameras.

These are the links to the camera –

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180717472700?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180717472806?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

this is the message from the sellor – Yes the camera and lens will work together. Being an aftermarket lens it does suffer from error 84 once in a while. This is a known issue where non Canon lenses sometimes have comms issues with the camera. It seems to happen roughly once every 30 shots and just needs the camera switched off and back on again to cure.
Happy to do both together as a buy it now, feel free to make a sensible offer.

he will take £115.

If it is really 3.3MP, I’d leave it. Equally if error 84 keeps popping up. My Tamron worked fine on my 10d without ever showing an error.
I’d say it’s a) a bit of a risk due to the error 84 and b) a bit crap with only 3.3MP, but it is within you budget and you’re not going to get much at that price or lose that much if it goes the shape of a pear.
I saw a second hand 20d body in Chester a couple of weeks ago for about 200GBP put that with a 50mm lens 80GBP and you have a nice robust starter kit, IMO.

Can’t read properly, I thought it was a 30D

It is….
I’ve just sent a question to ask how many shots it’s taken, find out how much life is left in the old bugger.

What pepper said… I think unless absolute-best-IQ or a specialist requirement (weather resistance for example) is needed mirorless is the way forward

http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/4652/Olympus-E-PL1-Black-Digital-Camera-Body.html

I’d throw this in the mix, you will need an adapter for the lens you have but it shouldn’t cost much. This body has stabilisation built in. It is significantly smaller and lighter. It will only be beaten in IQ marginally by those older DSLRs mentioned on this thread – if at all. Probably indistinguishable in good shooting conditions.

first of all cheers for the help.

Should I pass on the Canon and increase my budget to say £200?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130565559227?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140598056169?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

To be honest if you’re set on a Dslr I would advise casting a beady eye down this list.
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-300D-with-18-55mm-lens_41181.html
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-300D+28-90-USM_40770.html
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-20D-Body-Only_40878.html
You get a 21 day return policy and I’d imagine some sort of guarantee on top.

this one –

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-DSLR-Pro815-Digital-SLR-Camera-28-420mm-lens-/320750888162?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_DigitalCameras_JN&hash=item4aae3e24e2

It’s not, it’s a d30

http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-EOS-10D-BODY_24841.html
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-EOS-Rebel-XSN-with-28-90-lens_37432.html
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-EOS-30–BODY_41328.html

It’s not, it’s a d30

😳

D30 is 3mp, D60 is 6mp same as the 10D (which doesn’t work with EF-S lenses)

Still can’t see what’s wrong with a Sony DSLR which would let you use your existing lens

TBH, i keep going back to Sony, missed one today by £10 🙁

Sony A200 or Nikon D40?