A good beginners camera.

[Harry-MTB]

I want to get into photography, mainly of sports (Mountain Biking, Rugby possibly), and would like a Digital SLR. I have roughly £200-£300. What is the best I can get for that price?

Oh and a quite small one would be better as I would have it in my bag whilst riding.

[ianpinion]

Hello Harry,

Welcome to the forums. Now you say you'd like to get into photography but you're on quite a restricted budget. For a DSLR I think you'll have to look at a secondhand model for that kind of money. Otherwise, your other best option would be to have what is called a bridge camera. It's a little bit bigger than a compact and comes a lens with approximately a 15x - 25x zoom, that is good enough to get you close in on the action.

The other thing to consider is a DSLR comes with an ever increasing footprint as you will find yourself buying ever more equipment to go with it as time passes. With a bridge camera, you cannot interchange the lenses for starters, so the amount of additional equipment you may buy to use with it is much much more limited.

[chris-p]

Hi Harry

As Ian ha already said, I think that for your budget (and if space is an issue) you would be much better off with a bridge camera.

Have a look at the Canon Powershot SX20 IS, the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-38 and the Canon Powershot SX1 IS.

[shoot_me]

[QUOTE=Harry-MTB;6545]I want to get into photography, mainly of sports (Mountain Biking, Rugby possibly), and would like a Digital SLR. I have roughly £200-£300. What is the best I can get for that price?

Oh and a quite small one would be better as I would have it in my bag whilst riding.[/QUOT


hi mate

iv just started doing the same thing, as i live right near Cwmcarn i go over there and take some photos after iv ben out riding!
i just bought a Pentax KM with 2 lens from Currys for £359 on offer but some how they only charged me £329 some how!! lol
as for rugby i havent had a good go yet as im coaching now at the tender age of 29 and i dont think the players would like me taking pictures and shouting at them!


Chris

[browndog 2]

On a recent trip to Dalby i took a Canon 400d sigma 10-20 and a flash ......you can get very close to the action so you dont need a long lens the . You need the flash because you will find that on a lot of the runs through the forest its a bit dark and try and get the flash off the camera as you will get better results.

@ shoot_me wish i lived near Cwmcarn

David

[shoot_me]

Originally Posted by browndog 2

On a recent trip to Dalby i took a Canon 400d sigma 10-20 and a flash ......you can get very close to the action so you dont need a long lens the . You need the flash because you will find that on a lot of the runs through the forest its a bit dark and try and get the flash off the camera as you will get better results.

@ shoot_me wish i lived near Cwmcarn

David

take a look at my photos there are from last weekend!! i ride it most weeks both XC and DH so now starting to takes shot of others

[browndog 2]

nice shots .......shot number 5 is a bit over processed you can see halos in the tree line

Cheers

David

[shoot_me]

iv only just started! lol