Sony A380
Digital SLRs offer the highest quality components, the biggest range of manual focusing and exposure features and the versatility of changeable lenses. All professionals use them but they're increasingly open to the rest of us. Like this new model from Sony with amore compact body than many. With SLRs you frame your shot with the viewfinder but the latest models also have Live View, where you can use the LCD screen, like on a compact camera. This camera has a 2.7-inch screen that tilts out for harder-to-reach shots. It has a 14.2-megapixel sensor and an accessible user interface.
Where: Jessops (0800 083 3113; www.jessops.com)
How much: £609
Digital SLRs offer the highest quality components, the biggest range of manual focusing and exposure features and the versatility of changeable lenses. All professionals use them but they're increasingly open to the rest of us. Like this new model from Sony with amore compact body than many. With SLRs you frame your shot with the viewfinder but the latest models also have Live View, where you can use the LCD screen, like on a compact camera. This camera has a 2.7-inch screen that tilts out for harder-to-reach shots. It has a 14.2-megapixel sensor and an accessible user interface.
Where: Jessops (0800 083 3113; www.jessops.com)
How much: £609
