 Emily Baker |
Nikon vs. Canon vs. I am considering buying an SLR kit with two sigma lenses. One standard, one telephoto. The bodies I am choosing from at Nikon Ng5, Canon Rebel GII, and a Minolta Maxxum 5 QD. I'm just looking for opinions and experience so I can make a better judgement on which of these to purcahse. Thanks! Emily
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Jon Close |
Nikon N55? The Maxxum 5 has the best feature set, but these are all close enough in quality and function that you can safely choose the one you like best (feels best in your hand, simplest to work the controls, etc.). If you need more choices, throw in a similarly priced Pentax. ;) Some Sigma lenses sold with these kits are pretty good values for the money (70-300 f/4-5.6 Macro Super DL or APO), others ... eh. If you "it all" at once, go ahead. But you might consider spending what you budgeted for the camera and 2 zooms to get just the camera and a 28-80 or 24-70 standard zoom that has better features (f/3.5-4.5 instead of f/3.5-5.6, non-rotating front element, nicer build, etc.) and wait and save for a similarly better featured xx-300 zoom later. You may even decide that instead of the tele-zoom your money would be better spent on a high-powered flash since these cameras have pretty limited built-ins flashes.
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Emily Baker |
OOPS! I mean Nikon N65. Thanks for the tips Jon!
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Will Turner |
These AF cameras are built to a fairly minimal standard and aren't designed to last for years. (Although with today's digicam construction standards, perhaps that is the 'new normal'). AF kit lenses built to a minimal pricepoint (not just Sigma) are often worse - if the optics are acceptable, something else had to give, and the skimping on mechanical construction will eventually reveal itself. With the price of film SLRs having dropped so precipitously, I would invest in a higher line AF SLR, either new or in excellent used condition. This gets you more features, better and stronger materials and electronics, and higher assembly quality. In Nikon cameras, that would be an N75 or N80 at least, a made-in-Japan N90s or F100 would be even better. Then purchase at least one excellent secondhand serious amateur or pro-level lens. Many people find out only after a long series of purchases that in the end, even one fast, high-quality prime or zoom lens was easily worth a bagful of mediocre alternatives.
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