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Help with camera choice

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freetv-5

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Ok camera guys.
I know I know spend the extra...lol
I am new to photography, real new like buying a decent camera and taking a coarse at local community college.
I want advice on what to buy and why, not just higher price equals better but what will I really notice and why and what will be current for my needs for a long while. I have a friend with a Nikon DSLR not sure of model but way out of my range $$$ wise!
So my choices seem to be:
Nikon D40 with DX 18-55mm lens: $500
Nikon D60 with AF-S 18-55 VR lens: $800
Nikon D80 with DX18-70 lens: $1330
I assume all these lenses will be good for family pictures and such but heard I will need a "Macro??" lens for the great snake pics and others???
So what would be the best choice and why? Also need to take into account the cost of the "macro" lens and which would be the best lens choice, most versitile?
 
Oh yeah all prices are Canadian $$ and best so far but would still shop around a bit more when I have a good Idea what I want. May be able to barter a little for some extras thrown in???
 
Well I love my Canon Rebel XT and highly recommend it. And the regualar lens does great for snakes on macro setting.
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Yeah have to admit your pics are great!!!!!
Canon Rebel XT is pretty pricey here.
Well I guess the same give or take, but I should have mentioned that I have access to some older Nikon zoom lenses that are reverse compatable. But Canon or Nikon are a coin toss. Did you buy at a big box (best buy/circuit city) or smaller guy? Get any thing thrown in like case, 100 free print or such?
 
And I personally love my Nikon D50 and it does a fine job with snake pictures---macro lens or not.
 

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Yeah looks like your both getting the shots you want and great I should add!
You guys in US get way better prices too but the warranties drop off at the border or I would do the cross border shopping as it's like an hour and a half to the Falls.
 
I have the Nikon D40 and its my first SLR and I love it. Its good in normal setting and macro setting. The problem is if you only do shooting in auto focus (which i hate) and you want to switch your lens, some can only shoot if you are in manual focus.
here are some shots with my d40
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and a non snake shot
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Nomed said:
I have the Nikon D40 and its my first SLR and I love it. Its good in normal setting and macro setting.
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If you have a SLR it really defeats the point if you're using a pre-determined 'macro' button. I'm assuming you're referring to the flower on the program dial. I'd suggest you use M instead of macro and play around with the setting, or at the very least use P or A mode.

You want to be in charge of either aperture (depth of field) or shutter speed. Play around with some of the custom settings---you'll be glad you did.
 
Wow those are some stunning pics! I have a Kodak easyshare camera :| it's okay but if you have the money, get the best you can. I'm not sure if the ameteur pics are cuz of the camera or cuz I move my hands too much.
 
I'm particular fond of Canon and have been shooting with Canon's for more than half my life.

That said, dSLRs are pretty much all the same. There are a few features from one to the other that differ. IIRC, some Nikon dSLRs have to use specific lenses, but since I don't shoot Nikon, I can't say I know for sure. Same holds true for Canon though with EF and EF-s lenses. Full frame cameras (the BIG MONEY ones) can't accept cheaper EF-S lenses. Fortunately the lower end APS-C imaging cameras can accept both EF and EF-S, giving them a larger range of lenses to choose from (these include the Rebel series cameras and 20d, 30d and 40d...)

Like i said, go with what you want, in the end they're all the same. You probably have a good photography supply store near you (yes, really, you do) - go out and rent a couple different models. Choose what you liked more.
 
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