I'm thinking of buying a Sony a200 dslr camera are they any good?

TESCO_R+R_RAIDER

looking to buy a dslr camera and the sony one is the cheapest is it any good if not what others are better for value and money please?

unrich

Yes it is as good as any in that price bracket. It will do pretty much 95% of things a home user entry level photographer wants.
http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/digital-cameras/sony-dslr-a200/

Others will suggest the nikon D40. But
http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/digital-cameras/nikon-nikon-d40/

If you want noticeably better you will be looking at 3X the price.

6 Mega pixels is fine for A4
http://6mpixel.org/en/?page_id=32

If you want to spend more money, then buy a tripod which you will find more userful than spending another £100 on a camera. Cheap manfrotto or Slik 88 on ebay.

TiTheRev

I can second the Manfrotto recommendation, bought one myself on eBay for £30ish and it does as much as my mates who paid over £200 but a bit heavier! :shocked:

If you want VFM, you can't go wrong with a 2nd hand EOS350D or 400D from eBay. There's a good chance you'll get most of the start-up kit with that too, including filters and lenses etc that all add up! Plus Canon/Nikon have plenty of lenses about that all use the same fittings as the old SLRs so you should be able to find a bargain there too

HTH

unrich

OK in the last day or so Argos are now knocking out the Nikon D40 at £224. They also have some kind of voucher offer at the moment I think for an extra £10 making the D40 £214 which is a very good price for a DSLR.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5606416/Trail/searchtext%3ED40.htm

voucher details can be found on the entry into the Argos site.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1235935