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Looking for a DSLR camera

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needausername
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I'm Looking for a DSLR camera not too expensive that comes with a kit. Budget is about 600$ for the kit.

I was recommended a pentax K100D I am not to familar with it and I am not leaning towards that camera just yet because it is not SDHC compatible and does not shoot it Jpeg.

I want :

Jpeg format

SDHC compatible

Burst mode

any suggestions?

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chipkalback
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chipkalback
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yes you can, i just did in the post above this one

just copy and paste the text with [IMG] at the beginning of it
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needausername
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this was shot on my Canon powershot SD790 IS in automatic mode

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needausername
Posts: 59 - Karma: 14
Right now I'm tempted to go for a Nikon D60 because the D40 will need to be replaced within a year or two of use + the D40 Is almost non-existant anymore or at least it will be soon.
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the.hellion.
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so much great info on here I'm going to have to throw this on mythreads as I'm planning on buying a dslr by the end of the summer myself.
thank you to everyone who dropped input! and thank you to the thread creator for making this thread so I didn't have to!
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needausername
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No problem!  What type of photography are you hoping to do with your DSLR?

16 years ago
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ChronicLines
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You know, the good kind.
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sarahskis
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This is such a huge amount of helpful info. I've been looking into buying a DLSR camera for a trip to australia this summer, and haven't been able to pinpoint what i've been looking for. I just bought a Nikon d70
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Cam-ron.
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i would go with a canon rebel xti/xsi  i really love mine they are great for the price.
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chipkalback
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xsi has some pretty impressive features for the price IMO
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TerraceSkier18
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My threads too I am going to europe and i want to get a nice camera for that so this is great info.
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niels043
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just wait for the T1i, same price as the xsi but it's got 3 more mp, 1080 and 720 hd movie mode... pretty big step forward (still shoots 3.5fps, which isn't fast but it's a whole frame fasted than the nikon d40)
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needausername
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when is it coming on sale
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niels043
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some time in may...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/613611-REG/Canon__EOS_Rebel_T1i_Digital.html
12800 iso rebel, pretty wild (also probably going to be loud as heck above 1600)
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Italian.Stallion
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*I NEED HELP ALSO*

I have some experience with film and darkroom photography but this would be my first time with a dslr.  I currently have a click and shoot camera.  In addition i have a lower (at most $400) price range.

It is kind of the same as him i guess.

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jwaveson
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^ I've never heard it called a "click and shoot" before lol
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Italian.Stallion
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Sorry I have no idea what i'm talkin about.  i think click and shoot is just a small digital camera that you can't switch lenses with.  I can't really help you with the camera search but i'm lookin at this camera.

http://www.danscamera.net/products.html#DHE:Specsheet:Id:365581

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josh.
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he means point and shoot, any one with half a mind would be able to figure that out. point and shoot means digital compact if you've never been around a camera before.
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jwaveson
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Yes thank you captain obvious. I know what it means and what he meant by it. I can figure that out for myself. I've got about 4 point shoots, 3 dslr's, lost count how many slr's I have, 2 medium formats (one being a tlr) and a partridge in a pear tree. I've had my own Photography business for about 10 years now. I think I've been around cameras for a while. I've just never heard it referred to that way before.
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ChronicLines
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You're so rad.
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jwaveson
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Thanks, it takes alot to be this rad
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ChronicLines
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Yeah, apparently it requires listing off the numerous bodies you have to gain street cred.
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needausername
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you won't find much with a 400$ price range.
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Justin.B
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what cam did you end up getting?

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HOPE-Photo
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oh i'm maybe too late but, just so you know, i think your better to invest your cash in good/popular brands like canon or nikon just because if you really like it and get really good at it you will have more choices in lens or bodys or anything with those brands... so thats why i see it like an investement for life.
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needausername
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I haven't bought a DSLR yet I think I will get more clicks on my point and shoot before spending some money on a DSLR.
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niels043
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quit postponing, go expencive. the more expencive you go the less often it gets updated
16 years ago
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chipkalback
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selling my 40D body very soon for $675 if you're trying to get a good camera and save cash at the same time
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needausername
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 I don't have that kind of money yet
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Kilgore_Trout
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Get a Nikon. They are so legit and their lenses are so much better than the rest. I have a D60 and I am utterly in love with it.
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josh.
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you have a d60 and you claim to know which lenses are better then others, okay bud. someone who knows which lenses are better then others would have gotten a d80/d90. (af motor in body fyi)

and no nikon lenses are not better then the rest, canon pentax and sony (one or two of them only) are equal to nikon lenses.
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Kilgore_Trout
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Yeah, but at the time I had minimal money so I went ahead and got the D60. But if I could do it over I would have saved some more.
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josh.
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then you have it set up wrong and you dont know how to use it, also yes half the time mf is better, but af is nice to have.
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