Choosing a camera can be tricky and the options seem endless. We've given you tips on buying a digital camera before, but what if you want to make the plunge to a Digital SLR. These cameras are more costly, and make newbies a bit nervous about taking the plunge. But, if you want more control over your photos and want to take more than snapshots, you can't live without one.
Popgadget recently bought themselves a DSLR, and sang high praises for Mike Davidson's A Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras. We took a look and found it to be a thorough and easily understood breakdown of all the questions that run through your mind...from lenses to megapixels. After you've gotten comfortable with the choices, we'd recommend going to a camera store and trying the camera out for yourselves. Since all of the major brands produce high-quality cameras, the deciding factor often comes down to how a particular camera feels in your hands.
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Comments (2)
I've owned an Olympus E-500 dslr for a couple of years and I love it. Olympus has come out with several improvements w/the 510 and the new E-10. I love my camera. I literally take it everywhere and while I sometimes have feature envy of the latest and greatest, I'm sticking with this camera for a while.
Definitely check out www.dpreview.com for the most balanced and complete reviews on the net.
Getting the camera in your hands is great advice... especially for folks with larger hands, a lot of the newest/cheapest cameras just feel too small in the hand.
And, I think choosing a company for their lenses more than their bodies makes a lot of sense. For example, if you don't see yourself hauling around multiple lenses, Nikon's 18-200 VR is tough to beat (spoken about in the attached article), but Canon probably does better on the very wide angle end as well as in fast telephotos (for sports, for example) if you are willing to haul around multiple lenses and pay up for the quality you get with them.