Hey everyone.
I'm thinking of buying a DSLR, but an old model that's cheap or has a great price on eBay......
It has to have 1080P video recording and be less than 200€
Older models don't do video. That feature did not start appering until fairly recent years.
Also you FORGET. You will need a lens or two if you buy an SLR. Your budget does not include a lens. If you want video you really do also need a good tripod.
The way to buy a used SLR is to FIRST think about the used lens you might want. If the lens is a Nikon then you must buy a Nikon body. Same for Canon. Then later you might want to upgrade the SLR but you have those lenses so you are forced to buy the same brand of body. So THINK AHEAD. What ever brand you buy now you will be buying years from now too.
With used gear stick with Nikon or Canon. Both of those are very common on the used market.
A lot of people who shoot video really like the prime lens (single length, non-zoom) If that is you then Nikon has a big advantage in the number and price and quality of older prime, manual focus lenses. For serious film making these are sought after lenses that don't cost much.
There is a lot of good use Canon gear on the market too.
At the pro level Canon and Nikon are buth very good. But I think Nikon has better lenses at the low-end. The Canon $100 "kit lens is kind of cheap and Niokon's version is better. But at the pro end (four digit prices) both are good.
Sony and the others have not been around long enough for there is be an extensive used market. Stick with the "big two" if buying used.
eBay is not the best place to buy used camera gear. Better to look around in the local shops. All of them take cameras in trade and they need t sell those old cameras.
If you want to shoot video look at NEW SLRs. Even the entry level Nikon D3300 is very good and not far from your budget.
Had you said you only wanted to shoot STILL images then you really can buy an older camera for very little money and it will still do professional level work. With SLR and still images the body hardly matters and the lens is what counts.
Just remember that SPRs need lenses and the budget and plan for them.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that most DSLRs that record video won't fall into the cheap/older category.
But if you are 15 years old then 2009 was like back in the age of dinosaurs so a five year old SLR would be "really old".
To my way of thinking, a really old SLR might be my Exacta VXIIa. I think it was the first 35mm SLR with interchangeable lenses and viewfinders. It was the camera that inspired Nikon to make the "F". Here is a photo of a body and lens like mine. It still works flawlessly and the image quality is as good as anything sold today. Mine is stamped "Made in USSR Occupied Germany" These were the best until Nikon. Canon came along later. (but today I shoot a Nikon D200 and a Canon camcorder)
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