Appears to have been labeled as the best beginner camera around, even passing the Nikon D60 on the scale. Personally I would not shoot canon however for the beginner camera thread it seems relevant.
7 AF points integrated cleaning and live view do sound pretty tasty.
The buffer depth of only 5 on RAW however does not sound all that great.
i recently got the fujifilm s1000 and think its great, if your just getting into photography this is all you need. Dont be a snob, fujifilm make great bridge cameras. x
i recently got the fujifilm s1000 and think its great, if your just getting into photography this is all you need. Dont be a snob, fujifilm make great bridge cameras. x
Sorry but I would have to disagree. If you're planning on taking it further than a few quick snaps during a days ride you would only have to sell the bridge camera and buy a DSLR. It would do all you need to begin with, but you soon find the limitations without much effort. Not being a snob, just being practical! Considering how cheap you can pick up a DSLR now it's frankly daft not to get one.
i recently got the fujifilm s1000 and think its great, if your just getting into photography this is all you need. Dont be a snob, fujifilm make great bridge cameras. x
Sorry but I would have to disagree. If you're planning on taking it further than a few quick snaps during a days ride you would only have to sell the bridge camera and buy a DSLR. It would do all you need to begin with, but you soon find the limitations without much effort. Not being a snob, just being practical! Considering how cheap you can pick up a DSLR now it's frankly daft not to get one.
do you not think as this topic is called THE BEST CAMERAS FOR NEWCOMERS, that its wise to inform people of a range of cameras. nothing at all wrong with my s1000 for a newcomer at all. not every one will be able to afford a dslr .
Exactly how much do you think a dslr costs? There isn't anything wrong with advising newcomers on a range of cameras, I'm simply saying your particular advice (which seems to be based within some kind of anti-establishment bubble) isn't the best.
If were going to take it down further then an old fully manual film slr is by far the best thing to learn photography, and costs absolutely naff all. This is a newcomers to photography topic right? Not a new comers to using a mostly automated camera tricking you into some false sense of control and achievement topic?
I tend to read things before I post them, not after. If your going to give advice using camera snobbery as a foundation you should make sure it's good advice. I'm very sorry we don't see eye to eye.
I can see where you're both coming from, it just depends what a "beginner" wants from a camera. If they just want a camera that'll get them good pictures chances are they don't need a DSLR. However if they're a "beginner" in photography wanting to advance and get technical with loads of settings etc then DSLR is probably what they'll need in the long run. Like with most things, just cos there's something better out there doesn't mean everyone needs it.
Fuji make some great bridge / prosumer cameras, I have a s9600 myself, it could be better in a few respects, but it does everything I need it to and has served me well for nearly two years. That doesn't mean I won't get a DSLR in the future, I think I may miss the tilting LCD tho.
that's basically it, sorry i didnt mean it to come across as an argument, i just didnt want my bridge camera advice to be made out to be pointless. i do read through my posts im dyslexic as you can probably tell.
I'm getting my first Dslr for christmas and I've come to the choice of either the Sony alpha 300 or Canon 1000D. I've been to jessops to have a feel adn I liked these two but excluded the Nikon D60 becasue I didn't like the feel of it.
Which lenses can be used for each of them and which one would you reccomend?
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