| So you have decided to upgrade from a compact | | | | heaps when making the choice. |
| cameras to a Digital SLR. Great choice but which | | | | You can get DSLR in lens packages, but |
| ones are the best and why is there so much of a | | | | remember if it is at a good price, it is likely that |
| price difference? | | | | the lense are not great ones. |
| When look to purchase your first DSLR, the best | | | | Do your home work on what sort of |
| things to look for is what features your get for | | | | photography you will be doing and what lense will |
| the money, also remember that the most | | | | suit this, also remember to get filters to protect |
| important thing with photography is the lens, you | | | | your lenses, much cheaper to replace a filter than |
| can get the best DSLR camera and put a cheap | | | | the lens, most common ones are UV filters. |
| lens on it and you are wasting money. | | | | Basic rule of thumb is to invest more in your |
| These days the megapixels are not so important | | | | lenses than you camera body, with Digital DSLR |
| as anything above 6MP is more than enough for | | | | cameras the value drops once you have |
| most day to day uses, Megapixel only let you | | | | purchased it and new models are released every |
| print larger so if you mainly print A4 or smaller | | | | 6 months, lenses on the other hand have a life of |
| keep this in mind. | | | | around 3-4 years and if you purchase a good |
| Look at the features, decide if you will use the | | | | lense the value to resell should you ever want to |
| camera in manual or auto, this can save you | | | | is quite high. |