Comments on: Digital SLRs drop under £300

By: Rick Rouse

Rick Rouse — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:17:28 +0000

My nephew recently purchased a Pentax K110D kit and it takes amazing pictures. He loves it and recomends it to all.

By: David

David — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:04:51 +0000

I bought a Canon SD230 in 2002 and it went goofy this summer after several years of trusty service. I shot Canon an email asking about it, and they sent me a pre-paid mailing envelope to let them “evaluate” the camera. I got an email about a week later saying they had identified the problem and would get back to me. Before I knew it, there was a package on my doorstep … with a brand new SD630 inside. You can be sure when I’m ready to upgrade beyond P&S, I’ll start my search with Canon.

By: Squidder

Squidder — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:19:18 +0000

I’ve been looking at some of those for a while, myself - I still adore Canon DSLRs, even though I can’t afford one right now ;) - and I feel it is possible (duh) to take great pictures on a point and shoot, which I do, but sometimes you want to “go bigger”…well, different gear for different circumstances. Thanks for re-bringing that to my attention. ;)

By: Chris Harrison

Chris Harrison — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:58:11 +0000

Just had a look around, the Pentax is £299 here in the UK as described, the awesome Nikon D50 is going for £299 (although as soon as companies find some stock they seem to sell out) and the Olympus E-400 is £349 via that ‘lovely’ DSG retail group (Currys, PC World etc)

A good time to want a DSLR, I would say.

By: Haje

Haje — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:28:40 +0000

Ssh, Marwood, I haven’t actually started that job yet! :)

By: Marwood

Marwood — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:11:46 +0000

I’m not sure I can imagine someone’s surprise at discovering something on a website they themselves edit. ;)

By: Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:32:30 +0000

The concept of carrying around a compact for the situations where you don’t want a bulky SLR is awesome.

I’ve read about it in a couple places and it’s something i plan on doing when I’m slightly more liquid :P

By: bigstusexy

bigstusexy — Mon, 07 May 2007 15:04:35 +0000

I found this camera in the US on the US amazon site at 399 for the camera and a lense 18-55mm or body only at 378, I hope this lasts, I know what I’ll be buying myself for my birthday ;)

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K110D-6-1MP-Digital-Camera/dp/B000G1JZIG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-6314461-3724143?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1178549094&sr=8-3

Upon viewing the first comment I decided to look for those cameras

Found the evolt for 419
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Evolt-E500-Digital-Body/dp/B000BK393Y/ref=sr_1_8/102-6314461-3724143?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1178549671&sr=1-8

I wasn’t able to find the others withing $50 USD of 399, booth of these offerings are by a company called beach camera USA, I haven’t check any info about them but usually I trust companies the sell through amazon directly and not just the market place.

If this continues that would be great because they’d make good starter camera’s at least and as you see even a feature packed P&S is in around the same price level.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:03:02 +0000

The Pentax K100D, K110D, ist*, Olympus EVOLT E-500, Nikon D40, Canon EOS300D/350D, and several older models fall under $600 (300 GBP) here in the U.S. Shipping to the UK would probably bump the cost back up, unfortunately.