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I have about £1000 to spend. i really want a good all round camera, fast enough for sport, but also good for landscapes and wild life. any recommendations please?
 
Does your £1,000 cover just the camera body only, or does that have to include a lens?
 
Depends on what you really want/need. Are you looking for a DSLR? A bridge camera? A point and shoot? 4/3 camera?

If you want a good entry level DSLR, I've seen the Nikon D5000 with two kit lenses (18-55mm and 55-200mm I think it was) for around 400 quid. That'd leave you with enough spare cash for a nice camera bag, a tripod and maybe even a nifty fifty lens.

The 18-55 lens will be quite good for landscape and even some street photography, while the other one would be more suited for practicing sports and wildlife photography. If you get the hang of it, and feel you need better image quality, you can always upgrade to better lenses. The best bit is, if you outgrow the D5000 (which is likely), you get a better camera body, but keep the lenses.
 
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I have about £1000 to spend. i really want a good all round camera, fast enough for sport, but also good for landscapes and wild life. any recommendations please?
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Do you want a Bridge Camera or a DSLR? You do have a reasonable budget to play with.

Have you been and tried out any camera's, found any you like?

If you want a DSLR, you'll need to factor in different lenses for landscapes and wildlife/sport, perhaps start off with 1 or 2 lenses then build from their.
 
A d90 with the kit lens will then leave you enough money to get the 55-200mm VR, which is a start for the sports.
 
My best advice would be go and try out some camera's at your local camera shop, perhaps go to an independant shop, I find the staff are alot more helpful and knowledgeable than the main camera chains.

Pentax, Sony, Olympus, Canon, Nikon etc all offer good entry level camera's, but what you need is a camera you feel comfortable using, forget the buy this buy that, its your money, but your buying into a system, so you'll need to do some research into the lenses and accessories available as well. If you want an all in one lens for a DSLR (for your landscapes/wildlife), it doesn't exsist, (better off buying a bridge camera), its a interchangeable lens system, so you'll need specific lenses for specific situations.
 
As some have suggested, the Nikon D90 is a superior camera to the D5000 I suggested, but it will, of course, cost more money. It all boils down to what you really want and need.

Do you have any friends with a DSLR? If you do, and they've got a selection of lenses, it might be a good idea to buy a camera of the same brand as them (assuming you'd go togging together), as you could swap lenses and make things a bit easier for both parts.
 
thanks for the advice. i was actually thinking of a canon 550 but now you have all given me food for thought
 
Think about buying second hand to get more for your money. D90 plus kit lens go for about £550 I think which leaves a reasonable amount for a second lens. The 55-200VR is a lovely lens for the price and would still leave you with change for some accesories.
 
If Nikon then D90 without a doubt

If Canon then 500d or 550d or perhaps a 50d
 
550D or 50D would fit within the budget with kit lenses. Both nice camera's.

Get down your local camera shop and have a play...

The feel can be very different between the brands, find the one you like...
 
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thanks for the advice. i was actually thinking of a canon 550 but now you have all given me food for thought
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I've got the 550D, my first ever dSLR, and I haven't regretted my purchase for a second. It's easy to use, feels great in my hands, it's light, quick, performs well @ high ISO, and overall I think it's great value for money. If you're slightly interested in video, its video capabilities are nothing short of fantastic (for a dSLR).

The only cons, if I'm going to be picky, is the plasticy build quality and the few focus points, 9 focus points is a tad too few some times.
 
here's just my 2p...sony a550, an excellent sport and wildlife camera with 7fps meaning you can spray and pray:lol:

lens wise i'm not too sure as i'm not a sports/wildlife tog myself. you can get a minolta 70-210 f4 which will is good for beginners and get a second hand minolta 11-18mm which is a decent wide angle. I would also get a basic 18-55mm kit lens to fill the 18-70mm gap.
 
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