total beginner want to try out some photography.

Type of camera/lens/accesories: DSLR + kitlens
Budget: no idea (as low as possible without sacrificing too much quality)
Your Location: kl/pj
Preferable brand: none, but i'm hearing good things about canon/nikon?
Type of photography u want to do: scenery mostly, may move to astrophotography once budget improves enough (so, some bulb mode is good).
Any specific models in mind?: no clue

thanks in advance. priority = low price, then able to upgrade to astrophotography in (far) future.

also, some tips on what criteria to judge dslr by would be great. last time when i use PnS i always judge by 1. megapixel 2. optical zoom 3. special image chips.. is there any such criteria for dslr?

This post has been edited by lin00b: Jan 28 2010, 09:15 PM

i have looked around and basically nearly every dslr has a bulb mode. so most likely will aim for a nikon d40/d3000. but is d40 obsolete? tried looking at garage sales and all of it is 2nd hand (would probably buy 2nd hand anyway to further lower costs)

also looking at canons but from their website its either new expensive (ie >rm2500) or obsolete.....

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Added on January 29, 2010, 8:26 amd40 it is then, reading great reviews of them. kitlens should do for quite some time.

hmm... after some comparison, may go instead for canon 400D or 450D or 1000D (most likely) as the nikon dont have auto focus motor or something and this means more expensive lens in the future?



This post has been edited by lin00b: Jan 29 2010, 12:10 PM

oh dear, not 40d.... thats way over my budget.... d40 may be cheap now, but will the lack of auto focus motor built in force me to spend a lot more in future to get mroe expensive lens?

what more, from my research, for dslr entry level, there are only few models to choose from if you want new.

ie. canon 1000d; nikon d3000; nikon d40, etc.

other brands such as sony, olympus, pentax are generally not as popular.

question, do 3rd party lens (sigma, etc) work for all brands (with adaptor or otherwise)? or do they have specific series that is compatible; seeing that each brand have different lens connection.