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Cheap but decent digital SLR camera?
I want to buy a digital SLR, but it has to be cheap because I’m only a high school student. Seriously, it doesnt hae to be anything special, just at least 3x zoom, manual focus, light meter, at least 6 megapixels, manual zoom, manual shutter/aperture.
Any ideas?
Does the Canon S3 IS have manual focus right on the lens?
The cheapest DSLR that is worth owning is probably the Pentax K110D, and this is coming from a Nikon fan.
This is a decent camera and it has all the features you have requested. In other words, it can work fully automatic or it can work just like the good old days of film cameras before anything was automatic at all. We don’t generally refer to “X” power zooms for SLR lenses, but this one happens to work out as a 3X zoom. (55 divided by 18 = 3X)
You can click on individual user comments on this page: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=pentax_k110d
You can also read this review of the K100D, which is the same camera as the K110D, except that it also has image stabilization in the camera: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/k100d.html
Check out this set-up. You can get the body, the “kit” lens for $440 after a rebate from B&H Photo in New York. This INCLUDES a good memory card, too. (Rebate ends 3-27-07) You can find B&H by going to Yahoo! Shopping, as they are one of the retailers that Yahoo! links to.
“Pentax K110D, 6.1 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera Kit with Pentax Zoom Super Wide Angle SMCP-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Autofocus Lens and Sandisk 2GB Ultra II Secure Digital (SD) Card”
This is the type of camera you are looking for. The S3-IS is a great camera – for what it is – but you cannot focus by turning a focus ring on the lens.
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