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Once again I’m in need of forum guidance but this time camera related; what’s the current forum best-buy camera up to £500?
My girlfriend & I both quite fancy getting a DSLR – we’ve got a few friends that have them & the picture quality does just seem better than everything else we see. We’ve been to some really beautiful places recently & all our photos are crap quality (we’ve both only got smart phones atm) so we want something that’ll last a good few years & take nice pictures.
My internet research has drawn me towards the Nikon D5300 w/18-55 lens kit that’s selling for about 440 on Amazon etc… As it’s a brand I’ve heard of & looks like what I’d expect to be getting for that kind of money – is this any good? Anything better for the money?
Two of my workmates have got those Sony RX100’s that they say are “just as good as DSLR’s” – are cheap DSLR’s like the D5300 really not up to it & so we’d may as well go for a nice-ish compact like the Sony or will the Nikon beat it? Size/weight isn’t really a problem as we’ve always got back-packs full of miscellaneous rubbish with us anyway.
I feel I know enough about bikes & musical instruments (my two main hobbies) to be able to guide people past the ripoffs/waste of money purchases but with cameras I have absolutely no clue! Any help would be greatly appreciated.