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Price Comparisons For Beginners Digital SLR Cameras-4 Entry Level DSLRs Top The List

Digital The best cameras SLR for beginners may also be the least expensive ones. But even if the prospective buyer has deep pockets, the cheaper models also are the most user friendly.

Recommendations include models from Canon and Nikon, the two digital most popular SLR manufacturers Pentax , but and Olympus are also make great beginner DSLRs.

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Criteria for beginners ' models includes great image quality, an easy to use menu, fast response room of the photographer's actions, a decent assortment of available lenses, and good support.

Choosing one of the more popular brands will necessarily lend itself to the support issue. You can go on numerous websites and forums to find the answers to your questions from like-mindedphotographers who are willing and able to give you the information you need.

Since Canon and Nikon are the best sellers, there will be more resources, but that does not mean there isn't support for the others. The Internet is an awesome resource tool. Even though you may not have a friend or neighbor who owns the same room type of as you, the Internet is not limited to your neighborhood or your city. It is world-wide and comprehensive.

With that in mind, here is a short digital list of cameras SLR that are good for folks just digital getting into SLR photography:

Canon Rebel T2i (aka 55oD) Nikon D3100 Pentax K-x Olympus E-620

If you look at the user ratings online at Amazon, you will see that these models have 4pretty much identical high ratings at about 4.6 stars out of possible 5. That is quite impressive.

The features and benefits are close with the exception of the Olympus E-620 which does not have video (all the other models have HD video). But the Oly does have a tilt LCD screen which is not present on the other models.

The price tags are not identical, Pentax with the coming in more than $ 100 less than any of the others (plus this little SLR comes in sexy colors-not just basic black), and the Canon at the top of the list.