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Affordable DSLR camera

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  • globalds wrote: »
    I'm going to jump into this thread as I am looking for a DSLR for work ...Mostly taking photographs of components and component damage.( so no fancy zoom lenses needed)

    I think my budget will be about £300 so any information would be much appreciated.

    do you need a DSLR or just a digital camera?
    Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.” – Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    if you have tesco vouchers you can exchange them for £5=£10 of vouchers to spend at jessops
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    do you need a DSLR or just a digital camera?

    That is a good point because most digital compacts will focus closer than a DSLR with standard non macro lens.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 3 August 2011 at 10:11PM
    ask him, if he's had the same camera 10 yrs, he's unlikely to be an enthusiast, so £300 may be wasteful when an under £100 camera can take excellent pictures.
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  • lawrie28
    lawrie28 Posts: 2,666 Forumite
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    globalds wrote: »
    I'm going to jump into this thread as I am looking for a DSLR for work ...Mostly taking photographs of components and component damage.( so no fancy zoom lenses needed)

    I think my budget will be about £300 so any information would be much appreciated.


    As above, fuji HS10 or HS20, both have an excellent Macro mode that will focus from 1 cm from the end of the lens, allowing great closeups if you need them. A DSLR may well struggle if you need close up detail unless you get a macro lens, or extras like extension tubes.

    The fuji will be the cheapest option.
  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
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    Just been reading about the HS20 as the wife wants a DSLR for xmas. My mum has the fuji S2950 which I was pretty impressed with for £99 so I've been looking at bridge cameras as she may find it more suitable than a fully fledged DSLR, but reviews of the HS20 have really put me off.
  • I suggest the Nikon D3000. The price is around that range and it is really a good buy and worth it.
  • sleepless_saver
    sleepless_saver Posts: 2,741 Forumite
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    edited 4 August 2011 at 11:29AM
    cord123 wrote: »
    Hi all!

    I would like to get Mr C a camera for his 30th birthday.... what I know about these things can be written on a postage stamp so all help will be greatly recieved....

    It will mainly be used for holiday, family and the odd landscape etc when he is out shooting....


    Thanks in advance :)

    I've just got a Sony HX9V to replace a much larger bridge camera. It is very impressive, with everything a non-pro would need to take great pictures for the sort of uses you have listed. It has some fantastic features, costs £299 in John Lewis, and Sony have a £40 cashback offer on at the moment. It's not a DSLR but does have manual options if you want them, and is a lot easier and lighter to carry around especially if your OH has a lot of shooting kit to cart around too..
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Just a question...

    Why a DSLR?

    DSLRs are both expensive and rather big compared to even big compacts. I suspect a DSLR in the hands of someone who hasn't changed their camera in 10 years is going to spend a lot more time in it's increasingly dusty bag than it ever is taking pictures. They can all take point and click pictures these days but they are aimed at enthusiasts and unless your husband has suggested he'd like a DSLR specifically he doesn't really sound like one.
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    Just a question...

    Why a DSLR?

    DSLRs are both expensive and rather big compared to even big compacts. I suspect a DSLR in the hands of someone who hasn't changed their camera in 10 years is going to spend a lot more time in it's increasingly dusty bag than it ever is taking pictures. They can all take point and click pictures these days but they are aimed at enthusiasts and unless your husband has suggested he'd like a DSLR specifically he doesn't really sound like one.

    I’m not sure that’s the case I general set my dslr to programmed mode but it does have a full auto mode. I find it much easier to get good pictures of my grand children with the dslr than with any other camera I have used.
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