buying analogue slr

mayordenis

anybody tell me some of the better slr's canon preferably for the time being and up to about €500 being the most i would spend.

DotOrg

buy a cheap second hand EOS body for under €100 and spend as much as you can on lenses

unless you are a working professional, the most basic of EOS bodies should give you everything you need

the lens you use is far far more important than the body

I used an EOS 1000FN for years and loved it

then buy
EF 50mm f/1.8 II
EF 24mm f/2.8
EF 85mm f/1.8
all for about €500, and you will have some of the sharpest best performing lenses possible

mayordenis

thank you,
that sounds pretty much perfect,
cheers.

DotOrg

do you have any lenses already and what kind of things will you be shooting?

mayordenis

no lenses bar a fish eye,
nothing worth having,
will be shooting a fairly wide variety,
alot of music things and city shots.

DotOrg

then i'd stick with my initial advice and all those lenses will go great with any digital body you might wish to upgrade to at some future point

mayordenis

got a canon and a fairly decent zoom lense now i know money wise id be better off getting the lenses on the net too but im too impatient so could you tell me a shop in dublin and about how much these would set me back,
i cant go into dublin myself as im from waterford and out camera shops are rubbish,
cheers

DotOrg wrote:

EF 50mm f/1.8 II
EF 24mm f/2.8
EF 85mm f/1.8

DotOrg

have a look at the prices on:
http://www.connscameras.com/ - good shop in dublin

then compare them to prices on:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ - New York based, (add shipping, then add 8% customs duties and then add 21% VAT)