d3100 kit: I have a 16 yr. old daughter that is into photo,s. She is now useing a kodak z812. She has photo,s in our church back hall she took, and was ask to take wedding pic. for a...

granpa steve Loc: north fort myers, fl

I have a 16 yr. old daughter that is into photo,s. She is now useing a kodak z812. She has photo,s in our church back hall she took, and was ask to take wedding pic. for a friend of ours at church. I see a sale at HHGREGG on a d3100 with the kit 18-55mm,a 55-200 vr a 8gb sd and a nice bag for 779.00. should i get this for her to upgrade to dslr. some of her friends have nikon dslr,s and love them.
Thanks Granpa Steve

snowbear

Although the d3100 is Nikon's entry-level dSLR, it is a very good starting point. The 18-55mm is sharp for a kit lens. This combination can certainly help her learn how to be a photographer.

I bought my youngest son the equivalent a few years ago (the D40) - and it has served him well; he is now applying to art colleges.

If it is not supposed to be a surprise, let her hold the camera and decide if it "fits" her (reach all the controls, not too heavy, etc.)

granpa steve Loc: north fort myers, fl

thanks i would like to get her going, as she seem,s to love photography.and this is a reasonable price. i am hoping to get me a dslr in the not to distant future.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I hear good things about the D3100, but don't have any knowledge about it. What I would like to address is the wedding. How far off is it? Will she have time to learn the camera? Is there going to be a backup shooter? And how good a friend is it? I never do photography for friends! I play with my camera at weddings and birthdays and other get to gathers. And give them the pictures I took. But only for fun. To important a day!
Erv

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

That is an excellent first DSLR for anyone. Price is good for the 2 lens kit too. Good luck to both of you!

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

Good price but you may want to find out how many "clicks" or how many shutter releases it has on it. If I were considering it I'd want to know.

granpa steve Loc: north fort myers, fl

the wedding is over, not a big wedding just a few people. but they ask her to take some photo,s as she has had good comments on her pictures.

CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida

I got my D3100 plus 18-55mm lens for $460 then bought a Tamron 70-300 lens for about $170. So you might find cheaper. But the big question mark is the lenses. They can make the price a good deal or a bad deal. In other words, you're paying more than I paid but that being said, the lenses may also be better than mine. It's doubtful but my point is I can't just say that because I paid less I get a better deal. You're lenses may be better for all we can say.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

never heard of HHGREG, mightr want to check them out at resellersratings.com see if they are legit or is a scam outfit. for whatever reason there is a lot of scamers in interenet photography retailers. you probably could get either a better deal or more lenses for the bucks by looking used at keh.com you can trust these guys and they have good deals and put a 6 month warranty on their used stuff.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

sinatraman wrote:

never heard of HHGREG, mightr want to check them out at resellersratings.com see if they are legit or is a scam outfit. for whatever reason there is a lot of scamers in interenet photography retailers. you probably could get either a better deal or more lenses for the bucks by looking used at keh.com you can trust these guys and they have good deals and put a 6 month warranty on their used stuff.

HHGregg is a new company springing up all over, to compete with Best Buy.

I have the D3100 and love it. One thing you may consider, instead of just a 200mm zoom why not see if they will substitute a 55-300mmVR zoom. I'm sure it'll be a few more dollars but it'll reach out much further.

My friend has the same kit you described and after trying my 300mmVR zoom he wishes he had gotten the 300.

Great camera though. Can't go wrong with it. It gets great reviews all over the net. Good Luck, Don

granpa steve Loc: north fort myers, fl

hhgregg.com is a tvs ,appliances, audio,camcorders,& more

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I am glad that worked out. I thought she was going to try with a new camera. Pleased she did good. :-D
Erv

granpa steve wrote:

the wedding is over, not a big wedding just a few people. but they ask her to take some photo,s as she has had good comments on her pictures.

ward5311 Loc: Georgia

Ritz Camera had a combo D3100, 18-55,55-300 for $799.
In a shrewd marketing ploy Nikon didn't put AEB on the D3100. I'd pay the extra $200 or so and get the D5100.
AEB allows you to do HDR with different exposures.

tramsey Loc: Texas

granpa steve wrote:

I have a 16 yr. old daughter that is into photo,s. She is now useing a kodak z812. She has photo,s in our church back hall she took, and was ask to take wedding pic. for a friend of ours at church. I see a sale at HHGREGG on a d3100 with the kit 18-55mm,a 55-200 vr a 8gb sd and a nice bag for 779.00. should i get this for her to upgrade to dslr. some of her friends have nikon dslr,s and love them.
Thanks Granpa Steve

I checked out HHGregg through BBB, (F) rating, reseller ratings.com (worse than average) and Measure up.com(couldn't find a good review on them there)

My advice go to KEH. They sell used and refurbished equipment have a fine record here on the Hedge Hog lots of people have bought cameras etc from them and not one is dissatisfied. They have a good return program that they honor. Stay away from HHGREGG. Just my opinion

snowbear

granpa steve wrote:

hhgregg.com is a tvs ,appliances, audio,camcorders,& more

They are also brick & mortar. We have one that is across the street from Best Buy - ironically enough in the store that used to be Circuit City.