newbbie in DSLR PLEASE HELP
Posted: 10 December 2006 10:05 PM  [Ignore]
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HI

Looking for an entire setup but dont know which is the best for my needs
for instance i need to watch the cost due to a new house on the way
looking for the Nikon D70, D70S, or the D80
or the Canon 350D, 400D

also after the camera and housing do i need an external flash or what ??

all the help i can get is greatly appreciated.

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Posted: 10 December 2006 11:23 PM  [Ignore]  [ # 1]
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hey krischops,

thats hard to tell were to start. If you are going to invest in
a dslr setup you surely want to buy a strobe, otherwise you
would be very upset with the outcoming pictures.

What are your skills right now? Did you ever shoot with a
slr camera? Do you have a digital compact camera right now?
What are your goals? All of the above mentioned cameras are
good. Some are newer, but all will do good underwater?
So much of your choice is depending on what you want to
achive?

ciao Lars

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Posted: 10 December 2006 11:55 PM  [Ignore]  [ # 2]
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hey

i have an old Pentax slr which i worked with for awhile a couple years back
then 6 months ago i got a casio exz750 which is great but there is no underwater housing
so i am thinking of upgrading to DSLR

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Posted: 14 December 2006 12:08 PM  [Ignore]  [ # 3]
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hello krishops,
LArs wrote: What are your goals? All of the above mentioned cameras are
good. Some are newer, but all will do good underwater?
So much of your choice is depending on what you want to
achive.
All cameras above are fine , may it helps:
Canon 350 older
Nikon D70 older than D70s
Canon 400 cheaper than D80
lenses from Nikon a little better, the lenses from Tokina/Tamron/Sigma for all the Systems the same
Housings available for all cameras between 999.-€ up to 2500.-Euro( maybe more)
Flashes for D-SLR manuell mode available for 450.- and more
Flashes for DSLR TTL mode for more than 800.-€Euro
and last but not least: trays and arms
have fun for working it out
best regards
tom

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