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Want to buy DSLR camera

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Kishor kumar j Original post #1
Mar 27, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Hi all

I want to buy a DSLR camera my budget is 30k, I checked NIKON D3100,please suggest if there is any better one than this...

thanks
sujoyp
sujoyp #2
Mar 27, 2013 at 3:34 PM
You can probably get D5100+kit in that budget....

If you are in not too hurry you can wait for canons new entry level 100D comming soon

You can also get
D3100+18-55 = 24k
55-200 = 12k (after saving 6k more)
55-300 = 18k (after saving 12k more)
nac
nac #4
Mar 28, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Why D3100???

D5100 can comfortably fit in his budget.
sujoyp
sujoyp #5
Mar 28, 2013 at 7:14 PM
I really think that at 30k budget he will get only 18-55mm kit ...the lens combo will make every starter happy..and he may never actually know what he loose from D5100 (my situation :D )

then question comes to mind that
1) if he is ready to spend another 12-18k on a zoom lens soon
2) what are the different things he want to shoot
pranav0091
Mar 28, 2013 at 7:25 PM
You can probably get D5100+kit in that budget....

If you are in not too hurry you can wait for canons new entry level 100D comming soon

You can also get
D3100+18-55 = 24k
55-200 = 12k (after saving 6k more)
55-300 = 18k (after saving 12k more)

+1 for this suggestion. Lenses matter. I'm finding it out the hard way :>
A
Apr 1, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Nikon D3100 is really good DSLR in range you specified