Looking In To Getting An SLR or DSLR Camera

[AVAFREAK182]

I want to get in to some photography.

I want an SLR or DSLR camera.

Is there any half decent ones for taking scenery shots for ~200?

 

[ElFenix]

cheapest dslr you can get new is the pentax k100d super, for $329 after rebate, but that is without a lens.

if you go to various buy/sell forums, you may be able to get a used camera from several market cycles ago for about that.

canon still makes a couple of electronic plastic wunderbodies for $200, the rebel t2
and the rebel k2. but it'd probably be better to get a much older body from a lesser used system than either of those. any minolta autofocus body should be ok, and then you can get used minolta autofocus lenses fairly inexpensively (note: manual focus minolta and canon lenses are incompatible with autofocus canon and minolta/sony bodies). with minolta you'd be able to upgrade to a sony digital slr at a later date.

 

[AVAFREAK182]

Thanks Fenix. I'm gonna look in the the Rebel K2. Its only $85 on eBay with some lenses.

 

[musicetime101]

That seems a good choice.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Thanks Fenix. I'm gonna look in the the Rebel K2. Its only $85 on eBay with some lenses.

At least with that camera you can get the EF lenses do if you ever make the digital jump you will be ahead of the game.

You may also want to consider the D30... which you can get for around $200 on Ebay...as long as bidders do not confuse them with the 30D and overbid. I have seen used ones go for $700 that were clearly marked D30, LOL. Canon has a couple of under $100 lenses that are greast bargains.. the 50mm f.1.8 being one of them.

A little over your budget... but think about how you will spend on film and processing. That is how I convinced my wife to let me buy my first digital camera.

 

[jpeyton]

The only way I would even consider film at this point is if:

1) You purchase quality film in advance from a low cost source
2) You already have a Costco membership and a warehouse nearby

Fuji Superia should run between $1.50-$3.50 per 24 exposure roll, depending on the speed. Costco will give you fast, reliable developing, but the real bonus is they will give you high-resolution scans of the negatives on a CD, so you can easily manipulate the files digitally.

Of course, you could pony up for a DSLR and skip all those steps altogether.