Family Digital Camera advice

Peter1988

Hello,

Can anyone recommend a good digital camera (up to a maximum of £450 to include bag and memory card) for a family with 2 young children?

The issue we have at the moment is that children dont stay still, so we get some really nice photos but they're blurred. We also seem to get alot of photos with red eye.

Another ideal would be a camera which would take multiple photos within a second or 2 so we could avoid things like people blinking etc by being able to choose from a selection.

I was looking at the Nikon D5100 Digital SLR, but it doesnt seem to include stabilisation?

Thanks

Peter

photodgm

In Nikon DSLR cameras the stabilisation is in the lens not the camera body - VR is what you have to look for in the lens description.

Peter1988

photodgm wrote: »

In Nikon DSLR cameras the stabilisation is in the lens not the camera body - VR is what you have to look for in the lens description.

oh excellent - is it good?

The 1 I was looking at is here as a kit - http://www.cliftoncameras.co.uk/Nikon_D3200_Digital_SLR_18-55_VR_Lens_Kit

What do you think?

photodgm

Your link is to a D3200 not a D5100.

David

Peter1988

photodgm wrote: »

Your link is to a D3200 not a D5100.

David

ah sorry, wrong quote in my original post - the 1 i'm looking at is the 1 in the URL. The Nikon D3200

photodgm

Sorry it's not a camera I know. Review here.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d3200

Check prices here.
http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/index.php

The deal in your link may be good depends on speed of memory card and the nature of the bag

David

debitcardmayhem

I have a D3200 and it is a good camera, your problem though is probably caused by slow/poor autofocus in low light rather than kids moving. Red eye is really best solved by an external or pivoting flash, most red eye is caused by the flash being mounted in the same plane as the lens, and the D3200 will still suffer with the same. Still it has a large sensor so you can crop/enlarge the pictures quite successfully.
This one has been zoomed in by about 5 x and cropped
And the focus was a bit out due to the autofocus being more centered on the body of the cormorant it was my first shot on it