Thread: Cameras

You're better off buying good glass for a DSLR than buying a more expensive camera. The cameras devalue so quickly because of changing technology. Lenses, well there's not too much to change and they hold their value extremely well. The cheap kit lenses you get with a lot of DSLR kits are basically pretty low quality with plastic mounts and some even have plastic lenses inside. Always try and buy good glass and that doesn't always mean a lens with a fast aperture unless you have a specific need for it.

Nikon vs Canon. Personal choice, one is no better in the other and depends on what particular feature you like on either. The same applies to their lenses. Canon is more common in NZ and Oz because they have a larger network here. In Europe, Nikon is probably more common. In North America, Canon is more common.

If you want to use your camera out hunting then I would suggest a really top quality point and shoot such as the Canon G10, G11, G12 or similar. Superb little cameras with very high quality lenses. You'll get sharper, truer colours and overall superior image quality with one of those than a DSLR with a cheap kit lens. Also to get one of those little tripods that clamp around branches.

Just my 2 cents worth after forty plus years of photography, some of it professional.