I have bit the bullet

After serious web searches and contemplating on if I really needed an SLR camera (I am not a great photographer and had no experience with a SLR Camera before) I finally bit the bullet today.

The main reason that prompted me to get this is an Amazon Gift Certificate that I had and did not find any great use to, so decided to get that as a late New Years gift for myself. J

Walked around Canary Wharf trying to find a good deal which was better than Amazon. Dixons indeed had a good deal but was overkill. They had the same product for £599 with an extra lens and all but I thought I would not be using the other lens initially so did not go for it. John Lewis was quite high priced even though they would match Dixons prices it would be difficult to convince people to reduce prices by a 100 quid I need to talk a lot and was not interested in doing that. The people at Jessops were too good, the salesman there explained the camera and the accessories and all about a SLR camera for an entry level person like me but the price was again steep compared to even Dixon’s.

Finally got the product at Amazons and this is what I purchased a few hours back. You can read a review about this camera here.

 

Items Ordered	Price
1 of: Nikon D50 Digital Field Guide By: David D. Busch	£10.33
1 of: Nikon D50 Digital SLR Camera Kit Black	£398.00
1 of: Hama UV HTMC Filter 52mm	£9.40

Did not get a SD card for the camera (The camera does not come with a memory card like other Digital Cameras.). I have a 1 GB Card which I got with my D600 phone last month. The guy at Jessops did not recommend this but i still wanted to give it a try before shelling out anther £40 for a 1GB SD card. The other thing which is still saved for a later buy is a case for this camera, I needed to avoid buying this since the earliest delivery dates for this product was like 2 weeks from now and did not have the patience for that J

According to Amazon the delivery should happen between 28 April 2006 and 3 May 2006.

Will post more photos when I receive the kit and you are sure to see a lot of photos taken on the camera as well J