Best DSLR for before and after pictures...

NiSmO

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nilhg

If he's as particular as you say then it might be as well to let him pick his own, a voucher might be the way to go.

As for a bricks and mortar shop, I've seen only good things about Gunnes on Wexford St.

NiSmO

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5uspect

If you want to take good shots of peoples faces and skin a dSLR alone isn't going to do it.
You'll need a sharp lens (like a prime, i.e. no zoom) possibly an external flash and some lighting equipment etc.

Also for "one of the best with lots of different settings" you're going to have to increase your budget by an order of magnitude. :pac:

For €800 in a bricks and mortar you'll probably get an entry level SLR Canon 450D/400D or Nikon D40/D40x with kit lens and spend the change on something like a 50mm f1.8 lens.

nilhg

Well I don't think I'm partularly particular, but I know that I wouldn't like any of my folks buying me something like that with no input from me.

The shops you mention have always seemed to me to be really expensive.

There is a load of info RE shops in the sticky.

City-Exile

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My eye pencil is broken, can he fix it?

If I were you, I'd go for the Canon 450D

quilmore

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For €800 in a bricks and mortar you'll probably get an entry level SLR Canon 450D/400D or Nikon D40/D40x with kit lens and spend the change on something like a 50mm f1.8 lens.

a d40 with kit lens (zoom 18-55mm) costed 400 last month in a shop in Galway
and mind you, a 50mm f1.8 won't be the best choice for a d40/d40x as it will have to be focused manually

NiSmO

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quilmore

I'd say the best lens money can buy for your needs on a nikon D40 (I don't know much about other brands) is the Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor at some 550-600 euros (kea)

I have to admit that if you are between the 450d and the d40, the 450d wins hands down, they are in different leagues in specs and price, the nikon equivalent is the D80 or whatever nikon comes with next month

for the canon there is a tamron 90mm which is said to be a beauty for portraits and macro shots and surely canon lenses

City-Exile

The Canon 50mm f/1.8 is great for portraits.



It should be around €100 in town.