another which is best digital camera thread

hi just spoke to the missus who works in jessops she said going by your OP that dslr is likeley to be to complicated if you know little about cameras she said she would reccomend the cannon powershot sx200 it has macro (for crystal clear close up pics of bugs and the like) it also has anti blur and digic 4 ???? (ideal for fast bike pics according to her) as its a compact camera it will fit in your pocket which dslr wont and it comes in a choice of colours heres the link to cannon http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Prod...0_IS/index.asp

and the link to jessops website
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...5930/Show.html#

jessops price £260 leaving room in your budget for another 8 gig card lol

arr thanks for that will look into it and read some reviews

looking into it that looks just the ticket ive seen some example photos on net and it seems to tick all the boxes hunting around i can get it for just over £200 which is nice

Careful who you buy it from. Some of the sellers online are selling grey market goods. The goods are priced much cheaper as they are imports and not UK stock. They offer their own warranties and not original ones and they can be a nightmare to deal with in case of returns.

[mattSV]

Another vote for the Nikon D40, however the problem with DSLRs is that you will need to take a rucksack (or topbox lol) to put it in. As wellas a D40, I also have a sony cybershot which still takes great pics, but fits easily into a jacket pocket.

£200-£250 will get you a decent compact easy to use digital camera, no real point going for a DSLR unless you want to 'get in to photography' rather than just take a few snaps imho.

[Littlepeahead]

Hmm, yeah I do have a rucksack that fits into my topbox! But then my gear is the big L series lenses which I use for work. By the time you add in the wide angle, macro, flash units, tripod, monopod, spare body etc. I really need a van!

thats too much for me suppose it'll just have to be a good compact like the canon sx200 mentioned above.

I'd vote for the DSLR route.

You'll get better pictures with a stock lens than you will with a compact, and the file format allows for much better tweaking after the event, therefore the option of recovery on once-in-a-lifetime shots is much greater.

I was lookign for an entry level dslr a year or so ago, and ended up with the Sony A350, which has worked out to be a cracking camera, has the advantage of taking a lot of the old Minolta lenses too, so you can get cheap second hand autfocus lenses.

Before that I had a Fuji bridge camera , s5600 (iirc) which was great for a compact

Originally Posted by boot

I'd vote for the DSLR route.

You'll get better pictures with a stock lens than you will with a compact, and the file format allows for much better tweaking after the event, therefore the option of recovery on once-in-a-lifetime shots is much greater.

the thing i have found with dslr's is the chance of cocking it up and making a hash of those once in a lifetime shots is far greater with a compact its point and shoot and yes with the dslr you can tweek them after in raw format but finding cheap easy to use software to do it with is a nightmare, also the majority of printing shops wont accept images in raw format,

as for dslr's i do think they are a fantastic bit of kit but only for those who have an intrest in photography as opposed to those who have an intrest in capturing memories.