SLR Digital Camera – Wildlife/Nature Photography?
I am considering taking a course in nature photograhpy and it requires a SLR Digital Camera. I have been doing some research on the camera’s. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Basically, of the camera’s listed below, what would be the top to 2 or 3 camera’s to consider.
1) Nikon D40X
2) Olympus Evolt E-420
3) Sony Alpha a100
4) Olympus E-510
5) Canon Digital Rebel XS
6) Nikon D60
7) Canon Digital Rebel Xsi
Canon Digital Rebel Xti/Canon 400D
9) Sony Alpha A300
Sony A200 that comes with the 18-70mm lens $499/£245.
Add Minolta AF lenses that you can buy off eBay or from used camera shops, these are from the 1980′s and are excellent on the Sony.
The Minolta MA mount (not MD/MC) is the same as the Sony A mount, so these lenses work with metering, auto-focus and image stabilisation (which is bulit into the sony’s camera body). There are old lenses available from Sigma and Tamron too.
Of course you can buy new lenses from Sony, Sigma and Tamron if you wish, but why bother?
The Nikon D40/D40X and D60 do not have an auto-focus motor, so if you buy old lenses you will be stuck in manual focusing. Of course you will not get image stabilisation on these old Nikon lenses either.
If you can get a really cheap A100 then go for it, but usually the A200 is so cheap it is not worth buying a used A100.
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