I want an advice for an slr camera.can you briefly compare or recommend these cameras?
I have a budget of $900. And i'm thinking of these cameras:
CANON: rebel xsi or t1i
NIKON: d40/d60 (which one would be better?) or d300 (but i want to know if it's already cheaper nowadays)
i really want the d60 or d300 because it's good but doesn't have a video? (i may be wrong) some friends recommended canon because the lenses would be less intricate than nikon. But i don't know, please give some advice on this. If i want with a video mode, i'm thinking of the t1i. But i'm still hesitant with that.i'm just a beginner and i'm not really familiar with all those terms.
please give some advice on this. What would be better for a newbie. And no "just go to this site"-advice.personal advices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Added (1). I mean d3000**
about the cameras with videos:
what do you think would be better nikond3100 or d5000? And what would be the canon counterpart? And which one would be better?
Every single camera from the fist daguerreotype to the latest 80 megapixel Hasselblad;
all have exactly 3 features; ISO, aperture and shutter speed.
In my opinion the Argus C3 from 1952 is the best camera because you're not fighting the machine for the pictures you want to take. But that's irrelevant. Any camera is a tool to take pictures. I, as a camera nerd and working professional in marketing photography for a university and a BA in psychology with a CV crediting a capstone proving products replace people in cases of social rejection and understudy of schemas in advertising- see no difference between any DSLR as a tool. They put some funny thing on it and call it new so that you buy another "new" one. But they are all exactly the same.
That said, go to the store and play with them. Find the on you are happy with. Photographers use cameras. Americans buy cameras.
The D300 would be better, the D40 and D60 are basic entry level cameras. As far as video goes, I've got a friend that has a D90 and the video quality is not all that great really. I have a JVC Eviro camcorder that shoots 1080p and can shoot in Blu Ray that just blows his video out of the water.
If you are looking for any of those then they will be used D40 and D60 are out of production, but you can find them used all over at good camera shops.
As for the lenses being less intricate, what your friends were meaning is that with the D-40 and the D60 there's no autofocus motor in the camera, so it is on the lens. The D300 has a motor, so you can use any lens with a Nikon F mount, even non auto focus lenses, and you can't do that with Canon. What that means is that if you want say a wide angle lens, you can get a manual focus and save money.
Used D300 is going to be about $1, 000. (You could consider a D200) and a used D40 less than $300.00, and a D-60 about the same. Look here…
Your limit is 900$ but you're looking at two poor Nikon cameras. Well, not poor, but they're so old you'll get them used in a bad condition rpobably.
For video and below 900$, I'd get the Nikon D3100 which is 700$ and best of all.
Here's a post called 'Buying a DSLR, what's important, megapixels, features, brand, price and which one to buy - http://www.the-dslr-photographer.com/2009/03/which-dslr-to-buy.html
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