Best DIGITAL SLR for low light (dusk) conditions....

[CallmeGoose]

Looking for a DSLR camera to take to Peru on holiday, wanting to take some shots mf Macchu Picchu at sunrise - and my current point and shoot camera just won't do it. Do you have any recommendations for DSLR cameras for use in low light? Did a quick search online but I dont really know what im looking for.......

Thanks all

[BertRoot]

Budget?

[CallmeGoose]

say £400-£450?

[{{909}}]

Nikon generally have the best high ISO abilities (ie, work with low light), but for 450 quid, you are only really looking at entry level, with a basic lens so dont expect miracles.

Being a Sony user, I know of the newer Sony models have a nice feature where there the camera rapidly takes a series of shots at very high ISO and then combines them, which works surprisingly well to remove noise, but I doubt it will be perfect.

I think the best advice is going to be get yourself a cheap entry level camera (or even an advanced compact) and get yourself a tripod, you can set the camera to use a low ISO and take 3 or 4 second exposures, which will be sharp and clear, as long as the subject isnt moving ofcourse.

I took some night shots this way when i was travelling a few years ago, using an ancient advanced compact and the results were great. I'll see if I can find any later.

Theres a few night shots in my current flickr stream in my sig too, but these were taken with about a grands worth of camera and lens but hand held, although I'm happy with them, having a tripod would have allowed me to get much sharper images.

[greaseweasel]

Agree about budget, for £450 you're looking at both an entry level camera with a bundled entry level lens.

If you ultimately want to get into DSLR photography then fair enough, but otherwise it will be used as a glorified point and shoot - I've seen people spend a lot on a DSLR and then only use Auto mode, which kind of defeats the object of buying a camera like that.

If you just want a good camera and not fussed with DSLR long term I would recommend going for a high end compact or 'prosumer' camera as they are called - something like a Canon G12.

[[wingnut]]

Warehouseexpress are doing the 1000D for under £400 add in a decent light weight tripod and go for long eposure low iso shots. That's your best bet I reckon.

[{{909}}]

I got this in an email today too

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...ctlink-_-77970

the one thing that stands out over the competitors in in body image stabilisation, which could help with the low light shots.

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...tml?cm_vc=PPZ1

this seems like a good deal too, in this case it has the image stabiliser in the lens.