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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / May 2008Alternative to a Canon 450D
I'm thinking of buying a buying a DSLR, I've seen Canons 450D as a good introductory DSLR. What would be a good alternative, ie Nikon, Pentax models. Phil > I'm thinking of buying a buying a DSLR, I've seen Canons 450D as a good > introductory DSLR. > > What would be a good alternative, ie Nikon, Pentax models. Depends a bit on your needs, but for instance Sony 350 or Olympus 520.  SignatureAlfred Molon ------------------------------ Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site > I'm thinking of buying a buying a DSLR, I've seen Canons 450D as a good > introductory DSLR. > > What would be a good alternative, ie Nikon, Pentax models. > > Phil The Pentax entry level would be the K100D Super, which has shake-reduction built into the body and can fit and AF all the Pentax K lenses (obviously only AF with AF lenses, BTW). With Nikon I'd avoid the D40, D40x and D60, simply because they can only AF with in-lens focus motor AF-S or AF-I lenses and not with any of the older ones which use a focus motor built into the camera body. Canon has no such incompatible lens problem, all the EOS EF lenses will fit and AF on any EOS body. Olympus has the E-510, which can fit and AF with any FourThirds lenses you can find. More importantly: go to some camera shops and handle the cameras which interest you. There may be ergonomic factors (how it feels in the hand, placement of controls, ETC) which trump purely technical or financial considerations. > I'm thinking of buying a buying a DSLR, I've seen Canons 450D as a good > introductory DSLR. > > What would be a good alternative, ie Nikon, Pentax models. You can easily find that sort of information at http://www.dpreview.com |
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