Camera Buying Guide

DolbyDan

So what camera shall I buy?

shotokan101

D3200 - or the Sony equivalent

snerkler

I think this would suit you nicely

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DolbyDan

Tony8

Well done, Toby - great guide and something that will be very useful to point people to in future

bobbymax

Ditto. You've certainly come a long way since taking this hobby up.

spyder viewer

I merged them. Is that OK?
A good technique for anybody planning to document a project or post a masterclass, is to post the first but then to post four or five blank posts with  the message "To be filled later". Then you just edit as required.

snerkler

Great, thanks very much

twist

Good guide but this comment "CSCs - Lenses for these types of camera do not tend to be as good as some of the higher end DSLR lenses and therefore IQ may not be quite as good." isnt true.

snerkler

Are you saying that you can get CSC lenses that are as good as the top level DSLR lenses then? I did put 'tend' and 'may' in italics for this reason and to emphasise that it doesn't mean always