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  1. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    Pretty much agree with all of that. First, you can do some great birding with 1.5x camera + 300mm in some circumstances. With crop, you could likely get out to about 600mm - 800mm equivalent (those are ballpark numbers). You won't be doing sparrows at a distance, but you'll get some nice...
  2. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    Just to clarify, there's the 7d II and the older 7d. If you could swing the 7d II, absolutely go for it. I was referring to the original 7d, which I do not think is really worth it today for a 10 year old camera. If your budget allows a 7dII you could also look at the d7500 or d7200. If...
  3. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    I realized after I posted that Canon uses one set of names in the US and another set everywhere else. The T6i is the 750d and the T6s is the 760d. So you have things like the xxxD being mid-range, the xxD being upper-range, and the xD being top-range. So 1dx, 6d, 5d, 7d are all top-range...
  4. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    The older 7D is a very old camera from 2009. I'd skip it. It is 18MP, and 8FPS. It's also about 1.5x the weight of something like the 70d and d5500. I've not shot it, but I've heard the finder is narrow view (the thing you look through to take pictures). For it's time, it was great, but...
  5. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    The Canon 100-400 mark 1 (and mark 2) are great lenses. They are pro-level L lenses. The mark 1 weighs 48.2 oz./1,365g without tripod foot. The Nikon 70-300mm VR DX is a pro-sumer level lens and weighs 14.5 oz./412g -- it's a lot of plastic vs metal on the Canon. You could probably do a...
  6. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    The D5500 will work with that lens if you have the latest firmware. the AF-P series is not fully compatible with older Nikons. The D5300+ or D3300+ or D7100+ will all work with it with the newest firmware. The main difference between the d5600/d5500 and d7100 is the d7100 6 FPS vs 5 FPS (or 4...
  7. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    To clarify, there are 3 Nikon 70-300 lenses. 70-300 AF-P VR f/4.5-5.6E : This is a full frame lens, weighs 2x as much. 70-300 AF-P DX f/4.5-6.3G: This is a non-VR lens for DX format. Don't get it. 70-300 AF-P DX VR f/4.5-6.3G : This is the one you want. The full-frame (1st one on list)...
  8. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    There are several 18-55 DX lenses. Try to get the AF-P version. It's a lot better than the "AF-S DX VR II" version before it. yes, that is the 70-300 lens. it is the "AF-P DX VR". There was an older one without the VR. Here's a review: https://kenrockwell.com/nikon/70-300mm-vr-afp.htm...
  9. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    Ah, ok. Well, see my comments on the 70-300 in the last post. If you shoot it in 1.3x crop mode on a d7100 you could get a 585mm equivalent at about 15 MP (down from 24 MP). IMO that's still short, but it is a lot easier for me to spend your money than mine :) The d7100 and d5300 are about...
  10. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    It's a so-called 1" sensor (being the circumference, not diagonal like normally measured). I mention it because of the 800 GBP (I keep using GBP instead of the L symbol because I have a US keyboard and don't want to go to keyboard thing). I think it is hard to do a DSLR with enough reach to...
  11. M

    Best Entry Level DSLR and Lens under £800

    It's usually more important to spend more on the lens than the camera. Personally, I'd try a used Sigma 150-600 Contemporary (about 650 GBP on amazon.co.uk) and a used d7100 (about 350 GBP for body only used). Maybe you could find those cheaper on another site. If you want to do birds, a...
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