What is the best valued SLR like digital camera?That's a very difficult question to answer. Everyone has some opinion on which is best for them, but that might not mean it's best for you. There are so many good ones to choose from these days. As a consumer you have to do a bit of research on the internet, asking advice from people, and going to stores and trying the cameras out.
Each of the top brands I feel offer a good valued DSLR. The bottom price range of the DSLR market is extremely competitive and so camera manufacturers must meet the demands of the consumer for a high quality feature packed DSLR with the best bang for the buck, hence I feel the consumers are getting a great value camera for the money.
Having said all that I can recommend a few good valued DSLR cameras that I think will be great for those stepping up from a point & shoot digital camera.
1) Olympus E-510
2) Pentax K100D
3) Canon XTi
4) Nikon D40 my suggestion
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the guide should answer your questions Nikon makes some very good slr digital cameras. Before you buy anything always look it up on amazon.com and read the reviews.
The Nikon D70 slr camera has very good reviews on amazon. I also know 2 profesional photografers who both uses the Nikon D70.
The Nilkon D70 is not the newest Nikon model on the market which will probably make it a little cheaper.
If you want something smaller and you dont really need an actual slr camera, then i would go for the Canon SD1000, it takes very good pictures. Look it up on amazon as well...
Good luck Canon makes a digital SLR...the digital Rebel XT. It's an 8 mega pixel camera with a lot of extra features. I don't have one yet, but am hoping to get one soon. You can get all the information about it at www.canon.com Look under " (EOS) SLR camera systems" Nikon or Canon have the most traditional as well as technical value.
Traditional; meaning that they use similar control layout when compared to the same companies film SLR's.
Those companies are the ones that supply nearly 80% of the professional photographers world wide.
There is a larger selection of used lenses in these brands. I notice you said "SLR like" and not SLR - if I'm reading you right and you don't want a full SLR camera, I'd recommend the Canon S3. It gives you many manual controls without making the full step up to SLR.
I bought it for mainly two reasons - I wanted to practice with settings beyond the simple point and shoot, and I wanted the ability to take clear sports/action shots. Used it for the first time at a soccer game this weekend (just used the auto sports setting) and was thrilled with the results. Even at full zoom my shots were clear (and its got a pretty powerful zoom). I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to manual controls and I'm still playing around with them, but the controls seem pretty straightforward. The great thing is that you don't need to have them perfected to get great shots, but when you're ready to try them out, they're there to use. OK. if you say SLR-like, I'm assuming that you're not talking about a DSLR. If you are talking DSLR, the best value would probably be the Olympus E410 for about $625. Canons and Nikon DSLRs are good- but because of their 'brand' name, tend to be a bit more expensive.
For "SLR-like", that means the bigger zoom, more fully featured cameras. Consider the Fuji S6000fd, for about $300
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm... Probably the Nikon d40 | 