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Old 08-19-2010, 02:40 PM
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Default Buying my old lady a camera

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She was looking at these:

Canon - EOS Rebel T2i 18.0-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera - Black - Rebel T2i Kit

Nikon D5000DX Digital SLR with Case and Extra VR 55-200mm Lens

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS Digital SLR Camera, Bag, Extra 55-250mm Lens
Old 08-19-2010, 03:42 PM
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They're all close. Maybe wait a bit and watch for the new Nikon's coming out. D3100.

But honestly, she should probably go and hold them and play with the menus herself. Personally, I think/feel the Nikon menu system is much more straight forward and easier to figure out for new shooters. Canon may have changed theirs some lately but I haven't looked.
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Nikon D300 | 10-20 | 18-50 2.8 | 70-300 VR | 50 1.8 | 80-200 2.8

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Old 08-19-2010, 04:12 PM
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She looked at them all. Just didn't know if one had features that the other didn't.
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as sad as it is to say, i have a d60 body for sale. comes with the body, battery, memory card, charger, strap, and box with manuals. so everything you need except a lens.
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If you go for Nikon, wait for the new models to come out. Shouldn't be long. The only thing I didn't like about the D3000 is the amount of Noise even at lower ISO. But that's just me.
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i hated how easy the d3000 was with the guides and shit. did you see the 55-300vr thats coming out though?!
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sweet! not bad price. if only they made it an 18-300 lol but then it'd be like $900
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I've heard really good things about the new Olympus Pen. Its sort of a combination between a point-and-shoot and a DSLR. I haven't persoanlly used one (as I shoot with a Nikon D50), but I really like what I'm hearing about them and aesthetically they're quite pleasing! Check em out here!
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^ Sounds similar to the Sony NEX.

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