Thought this might be a better deal for those considering the $399 Single Lens Kit posted earlier and cannot get a price match. Comes with a 75-300mm telephoto lens which is worth $200+ alone (in addition to the 18-55m lens) plus a bag, wired camera controller, cleaning kit, and a DVD.
It's also $643 at Dick Smith if you don't want the extra stuff.
the 1000D is a really old camera now
better off with a 550 or something newer
You won't even get a grey Kiss X4/550D single lens kit at this price now that the Aussie dollar's dropped, although it is a lot better value…
I was keen until I read this model does not shoot video.
You need to go up to the 500D
You won't see stock of the 500D around, it's been superseded twice. You want a 550D or a 600D.
75-300mm is not worth 200+ by a long shot
Also, the included 18-55 is non-is and optically vastly inferior to the is version. FYI this kit could be had for 599 at HN.
Oh, I didn't realise it was different. I guess it isn't that great of a buy then. Thanks for the info.
how about comparison with pentax kx ?
In a nutshell Kx is a better performing camera, but canon is a more appealing brand.
in depth review here…. good camera in its class, but it's a deal breaker for me when you cant see where the autofocus points are focusing on through the view finder. that's a feature that should be mandatory in any DSLR camera.
Does anybody knows good price to buy this SLR with the IS lens?
If you have chosen to use a Canon or Nikon SLR, you have made a decision that you want photos of a quality that a kit lens is incapable of producing. There is no point whatsoever in owning a kit lens for a Canon or Nikon SLR - and there is no time when a kit lens is worth using.
Any recent SLR body from Nikon or Canon is capable of producing great shots - even a bottom of the range superseded model like the 1000D.
However it will be much much harder to get great shots from ANY SLR body if you are using a cheap kit lenses.
If you are bothering to spend the money on a good camera body - an SLR - using a kit lens on it is counter-productive - they undermine the high quality capability of the actual SLR camera body.
As I wrote in the thread of the excellent 1000D price of $399, if you find a good offer on a Canon or Nikon body with a 18-55mm kit lens, it might be worth seeing if you can get the dealer to swap the kit lens for the similarly priced Nikon or Canon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens (i.e. non-zoom) produced by either Canon or Nikon. These lenses are cheaper-feeling plastic lenses, but have surprisingly good optics producing great results - leading them to be very well reviewed.
And you're negging this because?
Oops! My explanation above obviously wasn't long enough….
Very keen to hear dissenting points of view though. (Sorry, Kheob!)
On the contrary, actually. Yet it still does not explain why you're negging this deal. Are you sure you're not just holding a grudge because of this? http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/53594
It's OK if you are; some of us can't take criticism well.
Hi Kheob. I'm satisfied that reasons for my neg are sufficiently explained above. Sorry you don't like them, or agree with them.
In the other 1000D thread I summarised my perspective:
None of the Nikon or Canon kit-lenses can match the photo-quality
that their SLR bodies can provide. Any user paying even 1 cent
to own a kit-lens is compromising the SLR quality standard which
they self-evidently aspire to.
So I am very clearly prejudiced against the kit-lenses available as options with Nikon and Canon SLR's. I would be delighted to be proved wrong in this prejudice.
Whereas I note a number of neg's on my comment above I'm keen to hear responses to the content of it - to critique my line of thinking. I think in your posts you're good at explaining your rationale.
I hope I'm not a grudge-bearer due to disagreement of ideas on OzB! If it's a biggie then I'm happy to withdraw my neg. I just think that I've offered a valuable perspective on kit-lenses.
Note that earlier today on the other 1000D thread, whilst disagreeing with aspects of some of your thinking I had given your comment a +ve to make clear that I'm not your 'negging stalker':
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/54275#comment-616831
Note the other recent disagreement of ideas where I stated that I agreed with your perspective: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/53281?page=3#comment-602214
So my apologies if my statements have lead you to perceive that I don't 'take criticism well'. I'll try to work on that…
I had to ask because you gave the same reasons on the other thread as you did here and negged this one. I saw no other reason for the neg. Anyway, thanks for confirm you're not one of the users who have been negging my comments.
The Canon 75-300mm f/4-5.6 isn't considered a particularly good lens, but then again it's a one-model-old beginner's DSLR, I suppose for anyone considering it it's pretty decent. They appear to be selling the lens alone for under $130 + post although it's not in stock.
Seems like a pretty decent price for local stock with local warranty and a couple of included goodies, even if it is an old model.