New DSLR advice

[FireDee]

Hi all

I have £500 to £700 to spend on my 40th birthday and im looking to buy a new DSLR been looking at the canon EOS 500d and the Nikon D5000

Would like to know if anyone has bought and bundles from ebay and if the are ok as ive seen some good looking deals there but just worried about getting dud products all advice is realy greatfull.....


Thanks

Gordon

[chris-p]

Hi Gordon, welcome to the forums

eBay can be a great place to buy from. I would advise caution on camera bodies however. If they come from Hong Kong, China or basically anywhere outside of Europe the camera won't necessarily be the same specification as a UK model and it won't have a UK/EU warranty.
Lenses are generally OK as they have global warranties.

Just follow the usual eBay principles. Check the seller, make sure you know exactly what you're buying before you buy and stick to UK/EU sellers.

If you're after camera advice then be prepared for the usual barrage of Canon vs. Nikon "advice"!!
My advice would be get the best deal. Both are good cameras. If you've got old Canon or Nikon kit you might be able to use it on the new camera so that could be important. Otherwise, pick the best deal!

[FireDee]

Thanks Chris

thanks for the welcome

Got a good deal yesturday in jessops Nikon D5000 kit with 18-55 lens and a 70-300 lens , 8 gb memory card ,camera bag , lens cleaning kit , uv filter , memory card reader , jessops photo book voucher all for £699 and i get £50 cash back so im very happy......

[chris-p]

Thats pretty good value. Which 70-300 was it?

[FireDee]

its the Tamron AF70-300MM F/4 5.6Di LD

[chris-p]

Thats not a bad value kit (considering it's from Jessops!).

The Tamron is better than the Sigma 70-300 which is a bonus. Now it's just a case of getting out and using it!

[blackspikee21]

hi there firedee i am looking at that kit and was wondering how you got on with that 70-300mm lense if you could let me know i would be very grateful