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Nikon D40 £268 new and free delivery.
 Lawrie Brand 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

Yes!!

Buy it!
In reply to Lawrie Brand: Really?
 Tall Clare 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

if you want cheaper, it might be worth considering secondhand options - the London Camera Exchange, for instance, often has good deals.
 dek 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:
> (In reply to Lawrie Brand) Really

Yup! Ask Richard Carter!
Removed User 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

cameraprice buster has these as comparisons

http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/prod267.html
 Tall Clare 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

there are definitely good secondhand deals out there because of people upgrading - you can get kit that has more functionality than most of us will ever use, for peanuts!
 Blue Straggler 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

You can save a whole £19 by fannying about with Jessops cashback vouchers I think (you pay about £260 on an advertised £240 price, then faff around)

There's always <cough> this too
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=312106
 Richard Carter 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

Seems cheap enough. Can't really go wrong with a DSLR and lens for that price, certainly the best 6 megapixel dslr there is (ok fine, not counting those fuji strange ones).
In reply to Richard Carter: Worried about the 6.1 megapixel when all around are showing up as 10 to 12 megapixel though.
 MJH 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:
> (In reply to Richard Carter) Worried about the 6.1 megapixel when all around are showing up as 10 to 12 megapixel though.

Don't be - the camera industry would like us all to believe that it is desperately important to keep with the megapixels, but for the majority of users it isn't. The majority of users are fine with even lower than 6.
In reply to MJH: Cool, thanks
 Richard Carter 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

Well it all depends what size you want to print really. For wedding work I used to use a 4 megapixel camera and that was fine for anything that required. But if you're doing large landscape prints then you probably want another camera.

Having said that:
http://www.grafphoto.com/articles/printdogma.html
Jon Hemlock 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:
> (In reply to Richard Carter) Worried about the 6.1 megapixel when all around are showing up as 10 to 12 megapixel though.

I suppose it depends if you're into photography, or something else...
 orge 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

Buy in the next month and get another £40 back from Nikon, as well!
http://www.nikon.co.uk/sites/cashback/summer2008_buy.html

You can't go wrong with this deal...

J
 Richard Carter 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

£228 for a D40 then? Is that right?

Muwahahahahaha!
In reply to Jon Hemlock:
> (In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat)
> [...]
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> I suppose it depends if you're into photography, or something else...

Not sure of something else - want to get into photography or at least better taking of photos so an entry level SLR is my thinking.
 Tall Clare 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

I know I blether on and on and on about it, but something with a liveview back makes a great learning tool - you can see what you're doing as you adjust the dials - something like a Canon G9. I know some of the newer entry level DSLRs have this (Canon 450D?) and I guess some of the Nikons do too.
 Tall Clare 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

and also, as you've already mentioned with the Fuji you linked to above, if you're not fixated by having access to a range of lenses, there are lots of really good bridge cameras out there that will do all the other stuff an entry level DSLR can do.
In reply to Tall Clare: bridge cameras?
 Tall Clare 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

cameras like the Fuji you linked to, that look a bit like an SLR but which don't have interchangeable lenses. I'm sure someone will be along shortly with a better explanation!
In reply to Tall Clare: Ta for reply to numpty - I think I'd like to be able to play with lenses in the future.
 Tall Clare 30 Jul 2008
In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

in which case an SLR is the way forward.
In reply to Lawrie Brand:
> (In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat)
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> Yes!!
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> Buy it!

Glad I didn't - now the price is £208
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