$1000 budget.

[Termite]

Horse if you're still in the hunt my Stepson will be selling his D70 soon, he's upgrading to a D90. Will come with a Nikon 70-300 lens (Cheaper version not the VR) a memory card and a small camera bag. Will be asking around $500.00 + postage.

[Bleedin Thumb]

NIKON - D3000 w18-55VR + 55-200VR TLK for $920 sound ok?

The Good Guys are advertising them at $895 - less for cash etc

That leaves you $105 ..... enough for the vibrator and personal lubricant!

[Termite]

The D3000 does not have a good writeup.

[Bleedin Thumb]

The D3000 does not have a good writeup.

Termi can you remember what the problem was, ....I'm in the market for a cheapish DSLR as well.

[Bunyip]

http://www.cnet.com.au/nikon-d3000-3...0%26oq%3Dd3000
This is one review, seems it is compact for little hands but if you have bear paws like me it is a bit difficult to use, also the card door is flimsy.
Lots of on board adjustments (which I don't use, slows the camera down and editing suites are better anyway, especially with noise reduction)
$895 for a twin lens looks good but go out and haggle or stop rooting around and just buy a D3

[Dog]

According to dpreview.com, the D3000 was highly recommended. It's an entry level DSLR. It does that very well.

The D3000 is an excellent camera, and great value at its current street price. What the D3000 conspicuously lacks however, compared to competitive cameras like the Canon EOS 1000D and the recently announced Pentax K-X, is a Live View mode. Nikon is gambling on the assumption that first-time DSLR buyers don't really need Live View, and the success of the D40/D40x and D60 (none of which offered Live View either) could be taken as supporting evidence. However, moving into 2010, Live View is fast becoming a standard feature. It is certainly true that many DSLR owners whose cameras have a Live View function rarely use it, but that doesn't mean that a camera without Live View is just as attractive as one with - especially to someone buying their first DSLR.

In fact, those that are new to a particular hobby are often more likely to fixate on features than those with enough experience to gauge what they actually need. Whether this will seriously impact upon the success of the D3000 or not I don't know, but even without Live View, the D3000 still offers one of the best all-round feature sets of any entry-level DSLR, and is definitely worthy of consideration.

Link

Having said that, if I was in the market for an entry level DSLR I'd go the D5000. Just a little more bang for buck.

Ultimately, whether the D5000 is the right camera for is likely to hinge on what you think of the flip-out/swivel LCD. In every other respect, the D5000 is exactly the solid product you'd expect of a camera put together from so many well-proven parts. It's a camera packed full of features, including a good set of RAW and JPEG processing tools and effects, and video has been implemented in such a way that it's there if you want it and doesn't get in the way if you don't.

More importantly, the underlying features are well done, so that it's easy to get good picture out of - the autofocus is pretty sophisticated, reliable and easy-to-use and in difficult-to-meter situations, the camera's exposure errs on the side of underexposure, to prevent detail being lost. Overall it's a very good camera that's up against some very good competition - whether it lands any knock-out blows is really down to how well it fits in your hand and how well its feature set suits your needs.

Link

[Termite]

Termi can you remember what the problem was, ....I'm in the market for a cheapish DSLR as well.

Apparently nothing specifically wrong with it, but a relatively simple camera that is easy to grow out of pretty quickly. It's not real cheap at $849 with an 18-55 VR lens.
Don't get me wrong it takes very good shots, but it is the base line Nikon DSLR

[MurrayD99]

Horse if you're still in the hunt my Stepson will be selling his D70 soon, he's upgrading to a D90. Will come with a Nikon 70-300 lens (Cheaper version not the VR) a memory card and a small camera bag. Will be asking around $500.00 + postage.

A few years back, that was about $1700 duty free - am I correct? If so, we used them for traffic enforcement (red light cameras) and that would be hard to beat for $500.

[Horse]

I thought I'd posted what we ended up getting!:

http://theblokeyshed.com/forums/show...800#post153800

[Ray]

I think a spammer re-activated this thread.

[Bleedin Thumb]

No we're just desprate for a bit of conversation.

[Shed Rat]

No we're just desprate for a bit of conversation.

Ok, I'm here What should we discuss

[Bunyip]

As I'm bored shitless at the moment I will contribute to the lens and polarising filter, the cheaper lens rotates at the action end and auto focus will give you a lot of grief trying to set the filter.
My 70-200 is all internal focus and zoom so the filter remains stationary.
Did I mention I'm bored shitless?

[Madbugger]

Fuck off Spammer

[dentuso]

MB , this is the third time we agree.

Do think Jessica Watson should be dropped?