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Id like to start saying I have never owned a DSLR before, I have had/used SLR cameras and over the last few years have been using compact cameras. Now I have enough to upgrade my equipment I am looking to buy a DSLR.
I will be mainly taking landscape shots and then using HDR, but I also attend several car shows and go on my fair share of holidays so im looking for something fairly versatile and that has a lot of flexibility in lens choice.
I have been looking at countless reviews and magazines and think I have come to a choice between two DSLR's (please suggest more if any you know of match my criteria).
FIrst is the canon EOS 500D and the second is the Nikon D5000. I don't really need the video aspect of things, so the fact the two cameras both have video recording is just a co-incidence.
I plan to shoot most of my files in RAW and then process and edit them when im back home, and like I said earlier I plan to-do a lot of HDR landscapes.
I have been looking around for prices and I have found ebay sellers, selling the body, kit lens, tripod and other items for fairly good prices, are these deals to good to be true or are they actually a decent buy?
Listings such as:
As an example: THIS
Dosent seem like a scam, power seller with 99.2% positive feedback.
So the Nikon D5000 and the Canon EOS 500D are the sort of cameras I have been looking at, but im open to new ideas/suggestions.
Thanks
Id like to start saying I have never owned a DSLR before, I have had/used SLR cameras and over the last few years have been using compact cameras. Now I have enough to upgrade my equipment I am looking to buy a DSLR.
I will be mainly taking landscape shots and then using HDR, but I also attend several car shows and go on my fair share of holidays so im looking for something fairly versatile and that has a lot of flexibility in lens choice.
I have been looking at countless reviews and magazines and think I have come to a choice between two DSLR's (please suggest more if any you know of match my criteria).
FIrst is the canon EOS 500D and the second is the Nikon D5000. I don't really need the video aspect of things, so the fact the two cameras both have video recording is just a co-incidence.
I plan to shoot most of my files in RAW and then process and edit them when im back home, and like I said earlier I plan to-do a lot of HDR landscapes.
I have been looking around for prices and I have found ebay sellers, selling the body, kit lens, tripod and other items for fairly good prices, are these deals to good to be true or are they actually a decent buy?
Listings such as:
As an example: THIS
Dosent seem like a scam, power seller with 99.2% positive feedback.
So the Nikon D5000 and the Canon EOS 500D are the sort of cameras I have been looking at, but im open to new ideas/suggestions.
Thanks
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