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SLR Under $300?

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Funky_Junk

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Im new to photography and I was wondering if there is such thing as a SLR Digital Camera for under $300, and if so, is it worth getting? If not, what can I get used in that price range? Thanks.
 
There are no new DSLRs that sell for less than $300.

You can probably score a pretty decent DSLR for ~$300 on ebay.
 
Im thinking the lowest is $500. You might find a D50 somewhere for around that or, a D40.
 
Used is no problem. If im looking on ebay, what kind of camera should I look for that I can get for under $300?
 
You *might* be able to get an original Canon Digital Rebel for that much. Maybe $350 at the least.
 
for 500-600 you can get a used Rebel XT... maybe even a new XT... Xti ive seen places for like 750'ish

photography is not cheap....

maybe check out the higher end point and shoots... one that offers a lot of customized settings to mess with

then later down the road have some money for an SLR... and then some lenses (thats where the real money goes)
 
For a beginner who isn't experienced with cameras, but who wants to learn and experiment, would there be much of a difference between a digital slr camera and a high end point and shoot (slr-like with manual controls)?

Also, while a high end point and shoot (possibly like the one below) experience that pause after you press the button like normal digital cameras do?

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Funky_Junk said:
For a beginner who isn't experienced with cameras, but who wants to learn and experiment, would there be much of a difference between a digital slr camera and a high end point and shoot (slr-like with manual controls)?
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The "learning" aspect of a DSLR is largely related to optics, rather than manual control. Still, a camera like the Fujifilm Finepix S6000 is quite close to a DSLR, in a certain sense. You've got your manual zoom, manual focus, higher-end (and larger) optics than most compacs, the ability to shoot RAW, etc.
 
I owned a Panasonic Lumiz FZ7 for some time because I could not afford a DSLR. I loved it! It had all the great manual controls along with amazing picture quality and quick response time.I'd recommend them also since their price has gone way down even since I got one. I purchased one for $249 in January I've seen them as low as $200 now.
 
Sorry for my stupidity, but with an SLR-like camera, would I be able to take instant photos like with a film camera?
 
I mean like with a point and shoot digital when you press the button to take the picture, and there is a 2-3 second pause, and then you have to wait to take another picture whereas with a film camera you just press the button and the picture is taken instantly.
 
A modern high-end compact camera will let you take at the very least one picture per second. The Finepix S6500 or whatever it's called will take bursts of three pictures in about a second and a half. Most DSLRs will take about three pictures per second, for a varying amount of time. The lag between when you press the button all the way down and when the images is taken is usually about one 20th of a second on a halfway decent compact, provided that you did the halfpress autofocus first.

When shooting JPEG, my K10D takes three pictures per second until the memory card is full. When shooting RAW, it drops to about 10 before the buffer is full and it has to wait for the data to get written to the memory card (at which point it will take about 1.5 pictures per second).
 
Well if you are going to go P&S, I second the Cannon S3IS. Getting a used Dslr is iffy to me because, they have no doubt been used alot. Dslrs' have acertain life cycle and, it could be a longer life or, a shorter life depending on how well it has bee treated.
 
Funky_Junk said:
I mean like with a point and shoot digital when you press the button to take the picture, and there is a 2-3 second pause, and then you have to wait to take another picture whereas with a film camera you just press the button and the picture is taken instantly.
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That won't even happen with a digital SLR unless you're shooting in continuous mode, unless you're focusing manually. It needs time to autofocus the lens.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
That won't even happen with a digital SLR unless you're shooting in continuous mode, unless you're focusing manually. It needs time to autofocus the lens.
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What?


Digital SLRs and film SLRs work pretty much the same way, the only difference being that with a digital, you have a single sensor instead of a roll of film. With a film SLR, the rate of shooting depends on the speed of the autowind motors (or your speed, if it doesn't autowind the roll). With a digital SLR, it is instead limited by data write speed. Other than that, there are more similarities than there are differences. The autofocus works the same way. Exposure metering works more or less the same way. Heck, with many medium format cameras (like Hasselblads), you can even have a modular system. You can have one body and one lens and then bring both a digital back and a film back!
 
taylorwilsdon said:
That won't even happen with a digital SLR unless you're shooting in continuous mode, unless you're focusing manually. It needs time to autofocus the lens.
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Depends on the camera. My D70 ties AF-S to focus priority, and AF-C is release priority. However, a camera like the D200 separates the AF mode from the priority mode.
 
I have seen used Canon XT's for around 400 on some of my photo forums...
 
filthysanchez said:
I vote S3 IS for point and shoot.
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Indeeeeed sir!

I absolutely love my S3 IS. Not only is the image quality fantastic but the image stabilization works quite well. I like to say that this camera makes the average Joe capable of taking some pro-quality photos. :)

Good stuff!
 
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