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briggie

15-10-2010, 11:48

sheila has said i can have a new camera for my birthday ( monday ) , id love a new dslr , but her budget is £150 , so its not really a option , my question is , ive seen a nice nikon bridge camera ..... whats the difference ? and picture quality /features as oposed to the nikon d series ?

thanking you in advance

pete

clivvy

15-10-2010, 12:05

no idea about the bridge. u wont get a good dslr for £150 but you can get a very godo point and shoot for that,

try this site, i like them a lot

http://www.trustedreviews.com/filter/digital-cameras?price_min=nmin&price_max=150&score=0&section_id=10&filter=0&manufacturer=0&submit.x=22&submit.y=15

briggie

15-10-2010, 12:08

ive been looking at the nikon L110 bridge camera , but the cheapest i can find is £170, is it any good ? reviews seem very good :nenau

Terranical

15-10-2010, 12:53

I've got a Nikon D60 DSLR which cost around £300 when new a couple of years ago - a cracking camera, and I would have thought obtainable used for around your maximum budget, try a look on eBay - some photographers are notorious for wanting more and better features, so good s/h cameras come up all the time - in fact this Nikon, which the wife bought me for Christmas, is the only camera we have bought new for many years, both of our pocket cameras, and those of our grandchildren bought last year, have been used ones bought from eBay. The way I look at it, by buying used you get a better camera than if you spent the same sort of money on a new one.

patbhoy

15-10-2010, 13:12

Here are a few ending on fleaby soon.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Alpha-DSLR-A200K-10-2-Megapixel-Digital-Camera-/170550364868?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-DSLR-A100-10-2-Megapixel-Digital-Camera-/170552174940?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_Dig italCameras_JN&hash=item27b5b3a95c

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/sony-a200-DSLR-camera-/160493060254?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_Dig italCameras_JN&hash=item255e21c09e

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Sony-Alpha-DSLR-A200-10-2-Digital-Camera-18-70mm-/250708827388?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_Dig italCameras_JN&hash=item3a5f691cfc

kbekl

15-10-2010, 15:03

personally with that sort of cash i would look at the fuji finepix s series i have an old s5700 and is a great camera, i use it for all my fish photo's always given good colour and is easy to use

R1cho

15-10-2010, 16:23

http://photography.shop.ebay.co.uk/Digital-Cameras-/31388/i.html?LH_Price=..150%40c&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1&_catref=1&_dmpt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_DigitalCamera s_JN&_mPrRngCbx=1&_sc=1&_sop=16&_trksid=p3286.c0.m301

R1cho

15-10-2010, 16:29

cheap dslr here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Olympus-Camedia-E-10-Digital-Camera-3-filters-/280570223445?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_Dig italCameras_JN&hash=item415349db55

iceman

15-10-2010, 18:37

i was in the same situation, i eventually bought the pentax k-x with 2 lenses,

first thing i done was gather all my old camera's and anything else i did not want and sold them on fleabay which increased my budget and now own a dslr.

i owned 2 fuji camera's in my time and i thought they were great bridge camera's until i took a photo with the dslr and realized i wasted so many years taken average photo's.

if you are still on a tight budget a friend had a Panasonic Lumix camera and was impressed as a bridge camera.

larson

15-10-2010, 19:05

save your money you will only take pictures of cb's and sally

briggie

15-10-2010, 19:10

i allready have a old zenith 35mm slr camera , and a pentax af super (35mm ) , and a ricoh caplio rr30, but ive always wanted to upgrade but could never afford it , i love to take landscape shots

R1cho

15-10-2010, 19:42

As a photographer i have to say not all shots taken with a bridge camera are bad, they just aren't very good for fast moving shots as you always have a slight delay. The best bridge camera I have come across is one i actually own its the olympus sp560uz and i used it to take the pic attatched, maybe i am biased though as all my equipment is olympus even down the the lenses i use lol however saying this, you still cant beat a good dslr, i highly recommend the olympus e420 as a beginners dslr as they are easy to understand and use and if you can find one of these in your budget range snap it up they are well worth the money and extremely hard wearing, i still have my e420 and use it when `out n about` in the car.

Deleted account DD

15-10-2010, 20:01

i allready have a old zenith 35mm slr camera , and a pentax af super (35mm ) , and a ricoh caplio rr30, but ive always wanted to upgrade but could never afford it , i love to take landscape shots

I know the feeling, ive got a Pentax spotmatic, a canon A1 , a canon Ae1 a motor drive and an assortment of lenses..................

35mm :(

just cant bear to part with them.

11redrex

15-10-2010, 20:31

Damn, thought it said pornography.:nenau

R1cho

15-10-2010, 20:32

Damn, thought it said pornography.:nenau

:jesterbg

Thomas-the-Terrano2

16-10-2010, 09:16

got a fuji fine pix s8000fd, think, paid about 150 for it 2 years ago

like mini dslr, got an 18x optical zoom, yes 18x which i though
was amazing at time still do. sometimes use camera like a pair
of binoculars!

larson

16-10-2010, 13:04

Damn, thought it said pornography.:nenau

that would be in the adult section:D

briggie

17-10-2010, 11:21

ive seen one of these new , and my darling beloved says i can have it for my birthday ...... it looks ok , but is it any good ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fuji-FinePix-S2500HD-Digital-Camera-DSLR-Style-S2500-HD-/320601836778?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_Dig italCameras_JN&hash=item4aa55bccea

Terranical

17-10-2010, 11:36

I've had a couple of Fuji cameras and always found them very good. No interchangeable lenses on this one, but with a 18x optical zoom you would probably never need another lens. Uses SD or microSD cards which are pretty well the industry standard now (earlier Fujis used xD cards which were (and still are) very expensive). If it were me I would go for it - I'm sure you will love it (if you still have any reservations, Google the model number and find some reviews, see what other users think of it).

briggie

17-10-2010, 11:43

Thomas-the-Terrano2

17-10-2010, 11:47

been happy with mine, have two sets of 4 x 2800mAH AA's on go.

battery life not too bad, can always use a set of duracell or equiv
if cant charge them.

got my batteries from 7dayshop.com

tend to take it on special trips, on daily basis we use Ali's
sanyo 7mp, pretty good for a compact

Deleted account DD

17-10-2010, 12:27

Just got one of these as a take anywhere (and everywhere) pocket job.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FUJIFILM-FinePix-XP10-XP11-12-2-Megapixel-Digital-/260679229034?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_Dig italCameras_JN&hash=item3cb1b15e6a

http://76.my/UserImages/Items/1007/02/esaezzatinor@2.jpg

The results are pretty damned good and the spec is great for the money.
Best bit I like is the water / sand resistant bit, I can vouch for those :thumb2 just wash it off afterwards :D

briggie

17-10-2010, 20:39

ok ive had to compromise , tescos said even though they had a s2500hd on display .... i couldnt have it and id have to order one ( 10 days aprrox )

so sheila bought me a s1750hd ..... its more or less the same camera but £50 cheaper

i will post some photos when i get my " surprise birthday pressie " tomorrow :naughty