first "real" digital camera

Guys, (and Gals)

my sons growing up quite fast and ive been thinking about getting a decent digital SLR around the £5-600 mark,
i know marty got one not long ago, but that offers over, iv had a look around and seen the nikon D5000 and D3100 both i like the look of and both getting good ratings / reviews.

wondering if anyone has any input as to a decent first "real" camera.

cheers
Paul

i've had a look at the 2 camera's you have mentioned Paul, and both look good. jessops are doing good bundle deals on both camera's

close Nikon D3100 Twin Lens Premium Bundle £669

Nikon D5000 with 18-55 and 55-200mm VR Lenses £579

in my opinion either of these camera's would be a good entry level DSLR, and i can vouch for Nikon, the one i have is very simple to use, or at least i think so.

If you would like to come round to take a look at mine you are more than welcome, i would doubt that there are many differences, opperation wise between mine and those you have looked at,

Marty

If you have a look for the Fuji S5 i think it is around that price and is a fantastic camera.
It is Nikon based but with a Fuji features.
I have the S3 and love the pictures it takes.
Easy to use as well.

try ebay mate, my dad got a camera and extras worth $3500 for about 1600euro. nikon, think its the d5000 but with extra lenses and stuff.

got a little voucher code for anyone interested in the nikon d3100 to recieve £25 at jessops.

nikd3100 enter it on the checkout page and vola.

ill be going up tomorrow to collect mine.

oh and it alot cheaper to buy lense covers, bags and memory cards on amazon. 8gb ultra 15mb/s £25 on jessops £18 on amazon.
same with bag £25 jessops £16 on amazon, saved myself £30 on the bundle package from jessops by doing this!! lol

How's the new camera going for you mate?

great, just been messing around with it to date, the tamron macro takes a little getting used to, couldnt figure out why i could focus until i stood back another 2 feet!! lol

been trying to get out get some shots of something other than snakes in a badly lit room, had planned to go out at the weekend there, but was busy with father duties while she was out galavanting. lol

hopefully ill get something worth putting up here this week.

Thats what i did with mine, just played about with it for a while. Looking forward to seing some pics up when you get the chance

marty

Any pics for us yet Paul??

nope sadly its jus one of those things not high on my to do list this time of year, joys of having a 4year old thats wants everything!! lol

I know what that's like Paul, everything martin sees on tv he wants

The joys of parenthood.....

I'm playing around here with what is technically Dave's mum's camera. His dad bought it for her but she doesn't use it and it's currently in residence at our place That's the way to do it!
It's a Canon EOS 500D. Anyone else ever use one of these? It's big and heavy and fancy, and will take me a while to figure out how to do anything with it. I've just figured out how to focus the zoom lens

The only prob is the pics are sooo detailed that it takes ages to upload them to the computer...

As for the 4 yr old - Jake is 4 in Feb and already knows exactly what he wants for Christmas. God help me if I don't find an expensive flipping racing car thing he found on some tv ad! Those darn kids channels!