which entry level dslr?

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4 May 2010 - 4:51 AM

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camay

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4 May 2010 - 5:03 AM

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This comes up often in the forums. The first and best advice is that your wife should go to a shop and hold them in her hands, some cameras feel better than others depending on the size of your hands.
A second factor is light, it sounds like many of her photos would be taken indoors, and if she wants natural shots of the kids, without flash perhaps. That means slow shutter speeds. So one I would avoid is the Olympus as it does not have built in Image Stabilization and neither do the Olympus lenses. I would favour the Olympus E650 over the 450 as it does have built in stabilization.
If she wants good detail in her knitting, she will want to get in close. For that she will need a lens that focuses closely, a macro lens perhaps. Check how closely the lenses focus, many standard lenses do not focus closer than 25 cm, that may not be enough. Ask about close focusing lenses, and ask about the price of them which may vary considerably. They are not cheap.

StrayCat

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4 May 2010 - 5:36 AM

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The E620 has a review on here that is excellent.

The Pentax Kx is a winner also.

When I had Olympus kit, my all-time fav lens was the Olympus 35mm f3.5 Macro. I used it for everything, it was a gem, and cost was a little over $200.00. It would be perfect for your wife's needs, it has 2x magnification without acessories, outstanding.

However, if you go with Pentax, I can vouch for the kit lens, 18-55mm. It has a min close focusing of a little over 8 inches, and would also be ideal.

teepee

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4 May 2010 - 9:54 PM

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Daughter just bought 1000d off of Amazon.....Body only, using my lenses at the moment. Seems like a great camera for the price!

Discountshop

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5 May 2010 - 7:51 AM

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Hello,
i think canon 450D would be the best camera for entry level DSLR the price would be more or less similar to those mentioned above
I had bought this camera back in january and found this takes exellent quality images and tha battery life is also very good

killwilly

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5 May 2010 - 9:42 AM

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I would agree with Discountshop. I went through the same Delmor in December last year, having read all of the reviews on Nikon, Sony, and Pentax, I decided on the Canon 450D and not regretted it one bit. One other reason I went for Canon was, I have a number of FD lenses I use on my Canon T90 film camera, which after purchasing an FD-EOS converter I can now use some of them on my 450D.

Get it and enjoy.

StrayCat

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7 May 2010 - 1:17 AM

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A white Pentax Kx, can't go wrong.