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Hi Guys
September is looming, and thats when i go to University.
I have been saving my money for laptop for quite a while now, working my ass off for all of 12 hours a week at Sainsburys.
I will have around about £1250 saved up in my Laptop account - and i was going to buy quite a powerful notebook so i could play some recent games, but i have realised that i dont really play graphic intensive games that often, and the ones i do play will be on my desktop which is coming with me.
Then i though... i love taking photos and i wouldnt have a "real" digital camera availiable to me while living away. I take photos all the time and find it a real sort of hobby and past time, when out i am always snapping away until the memory card is full.
I can get a Canon EOS 350D Digital SLR camera + Lens kit for £500 delivered.
HERE
My train of thought is that maybe if i got a mid range Centrino Core Duo laptop for around £700 instead of a laptop with a really good video card, i could get the camera aswell.
For those of you suggest i save the money for living expenses at uni, your probably right, but i have a seperate account which will have about £700 in it by the time i start there, and also my maintenance grant part of my student loan which is £3000 a year interest free.
What do you think?
Would Dell be the best place for a sub £1k notebook?
Basically what i would like to know from anyone who can give me an answer, is "is the lens supplied with the camera kit good enough to take good pictures?" And "What type of lens is it?"
I know nothing about that kind of thing, its just been an ambition of mine to get a good DSLR camera so i can take really good pictures. But obviously i wouldnt be able to afford another £500 for a good lens if the included one is so poor that our old Canon A40 2mp would take better photos.
I dont think it has a zoom does it?
Thanks Guys
Chris
September is looming, and thats when i go to University.
I have been saving my money for laptop for quite a while now, working my ass off for all of 12 hours a week at Sainsburys.
I will have around about £1250 saved up in my Laptop account - and i was going to buy quite a powerful notebook so i could play some recent games, but i have realised that i dont really play graphic intensive games that often, and the ones i do play will be on my desktop which is coming with me.
Then i though... i love taking photos and i wouldnt have a "real" digital camera availiable to me while living away. I take photos all the time and find it a real sort of hobby and past time, when out i am always snapping away until the memory card is full.
I can get a Canon EOS 350D Digital SLR camera + Lens kit for £500 delivered.
HERE
My train of thought is that maybe if i got a mid range Centrino Core Duo laptop for around £700 instead of a laptop with a really good video card, i could get the camera aswell.
For those of you suggest i save the money for living expenses at uni, your probably right, but i have a seperate account which will have about £700 in it by the time i start there, and also my maintenance grant part of my student loan which is £3000 a year interest free.
What do you think?
Would Dell be the best place for a sub £1k notebook?
Basically what i would like to know from anyone who can give me an answer, is "is the lens supplied with the camera kit good enough to take good pictures?" And "What type of lens is it?"
I know nothing about that kind of thing, its just been an ambition of mine to get a good DSLR camera so i can take really good pictures. But obviously i wouldnt be able to afford another £500 for a good lens if the included one is so poor that our old Canon A40 2mp would take better photos.
I dont think it has a zoom does it?
Thanks Guys
Chris