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Hi all
I'm looking to buy a DSLR, budget £350ish.
Looking at something like the Nikon D3000 with 18-55 lens, Argos £349.99 and with 55-200mm lens £479.98 but with dicount as wife works there we are looking at approx £400.
What would you get, one thing is I would like a nice 200/300mm lens with body.
One thought is Sony 200/230 or if available A35 as I currenlty have a Sigma 28-300mm lens with my old Minolta SLR.
So help me out please.
Looking at something like the Nikon D3000 with 18-55 lens, Argos £349.99 and with 55-200mm lens £479.98 but with dicount as wife works there we are looking at approx £400
Thats a very good discounted deal on the twin lens kit, have you also checked what kit deals you can get in the Canon range too?
Try out both cameras.
Any other thoughts.
Pentax K-r is supposed to be very good, no video though if that's a deal breaker
Any other thoughts.
It'll all be much of a muchness at that level. I'd suggest as Molgrips does and just get your hands on different cameras, get a feel for them and play around in the menus/controls. You'll almost certainly find that you have one you feel the most comfortable with. Buy that one.
The Canon 55-250 lens is ace and about £150 at the moment, if you decide to go the Canon route.
I'd advise going to a shop and handling a few; cameras are relatively fairly similar functionally these days, but the interfaces vary wildly. Find what's comfortable for you.