buying a new camera

[falconerr]

Have seen a lot of the pics people post and they look amazing what are a few things you could suggest to me to look for when buying one was looking at the cannon 30D but with my wife 7 months prego and just buying a house and buying new stand and canopy for my 120 don't think its in the budget for that one.

 

[Nanook]

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[BlueCorn]

The 30D is a very capable camera. Have you considered buying used?


http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1503490

 

[falconerr]

have looked for one used but can't find one

 

[Misled]

There's a few here.

http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/Prod...=&ID=61&BC=DC&BCC=3&CC=2&CCC=1&BCL=&GBC=&GCC=

 

[falconerr]

Thats still a little too much guess better to buy it right the first time though. Its like i say buy cheap buy twice

 

[BlueCorn]

If that's still too much you should seriously look think about a nice point&shoot versus a DSLR. With a DSLR the body isn't nearly as important as the lens. A decent macro lens would set you back at least another $400 as well as lenses for general purpose use. It gets really expensive in a hurry.

The Canon G10 is a really nice, compact, p&s that allows manual control and shoots in RAW; something that's important for aquarium shooting.

 

[falconerr]

I'll check that out thanks

 

[falconerr]

Thanks for the help beerguy bought the g10 very nice camera need to do a little practice and reading to figure out everything