Cheap SLR camera
 

No fancy gizmo's or lots of numbers and :'s and lens ratios and blah blah, I just want a really basic camera to try out/look artistic with

Re: Cheap SLR camera
 

Moved to IB, Stuff Wanted is for SV bits and pieces only.

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Then do you reAlly need an slr? You won't be getting the best out of it unless you understand the " fancy gizmos and lens ratios" I get the idea you'd be much better off with a good quality compact , they're just ad good as a cheap slr on auto , unless you have a understanding of aparturw, iso, and shutter speed relationships you'll just get frustratingly crap pics with an slr

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Sound advice! Excellent, thank you! I'll get a good compact then. This thread can be deleted as far as I'm concerned then. Thanks!

(and apologies Fizzmeister, I thought it was for general stuff)

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Most slr's give you the best of both world's. Put it on auto and they still beat most compacts, then when your ready to start learning, experiment with the settings.

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I'd agree with bris. Get an SLR and use it on auto, it'll be better than a compact. When you're ready then start fiddling with the other bits.

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Thanks Bris.

Shut up Reeder.

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Dude...

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I have a Canon 450d and it's great in auto and Program mode if I just want to take pics...only when I start experimenting and trying to get real arty farty do the settings matter more...

I'd buy a second hand DSLR if I were you, you could pic up a Canon 400/450d fairly cheaply these days as they've been around a few years now and you might even get lucky and get some cool lenses for hardly anything extra for when the arty farty stuff starts to matter ;)

I hope that helps

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Yeah, that's what I wanted. Maybe I will reconsider getting a compact instead then!