Establish your needs and how much you are willing to pay.
- Do you need a camera with high resolution, ISO performance and burst rate and you are willing to pay more and carry heavier load (maybe also as a consequence spend more on higher end lenses to benefit fully from higher resolution). Also, you want to shoot RAW most of the time and want to spend time post processing on you PC. You want to pay between 1500$ and 2500$ for you camera and lens kit. if Yes then go for Canon 50D, Nikon D300 or maybe if you can afford it go directly to Full Frame bodies such as Nikon D700, Sony Alpha 900, Canon 5D mkII.
- Or you want a cheaper (below 1000$) and lighter to carry around camera and are ready to accept less features then you can start with a medium-entry body such as Canon 450D, Pentax K200D, Sony Alpha 300/350 with a double kit 18-70 plus 70-300 or a all-in-one 18-200.
- Intermediate choice which means more money (1000$ and 2000$) and performance, most of times better finders/LCDs screens to be coupled with better lenses - the choice is detailed below and consist mostly Canon 40D, Nikon D90, Pentax K20D, Sony Alpha A700.
Before buying compare bodies and handling to get your own impression (you can go to big department stores that have most cameras on display).
Check offers - most of the lens which are bundled with cameras are less qualitative than better zooms and primes (often plastic body and bayonet) but sometimes the camera is bundled with interesting kit lens e.g. Pentax K20D wt 16-80 f4, also Nikon 18-200 is cheaper when bundled with camera body
Take into account additional costs for: extra battery, UV filters, camera case or bag, memory cards and possibly extra camera grip.
Buy in legitimate stores.
Finally take a look at lens range of each manufacturer. Do you see primes or special lenses that you think you may need in the future to upgrade your system. Is it possible to mount them on on the camera body that you are considering to buy without losing metering or getting cropped images (manual/AF, APS-C/Full Frame)? Whether you already own some lens of the same manufacturer may also dictate your choice of camera body.
- Do you need a camera with high resolution, ISO performance and burst rate and you are willing to pay more and carry heavier load (maybe also as a consequence spend more on higher end lenses to benefit fully from higher resolution). Also, you want to shoot RAW most of the time and want to spend time post processing on you PC. You want to pay between 1500$ and 2500$ for you camera and lens kit. if Yes then go for Canon 50D, Nikon D300 or maybe if you can afford it go directly to Full Frame bodies such as Nikon D700, Sony Alpha 900, Canon 5D mkII.
- Or you want a cheaper (below 1000$) and lighter to carry around camera and are ready to accept less features then you can start with a medium-entry body such as Canon 450D, Pentax K200D, Sony Alpha 300/350 with a double kit 18-70 plus 70-300 or a all-in-one 18-200.
- Intermediate choice which means more money (1000$ and 2000$) and performance, most of times better finders/LCDs screens to be coupled with better lenses - the choice is detailed below and consist mostly Canon 40D, Nikon D90, Pentax K20D, Sony Alpha A700.
Before buying compare bodies and handling to get your own impression (you can go to big department stores that have most cameras on display).
Check offers - most of the lens which are bundled with cameras are less qualitative than better zooms and primes (often plastic body and bayonet) but sometimes the camera is bundled with interesting kit lens e.g. Pentax K20D wt 16-80 f4, also Nikon 18-200 is cheaper when bundled with camera body
Take into account additional costs for: extra battery, UV filters, camera case or bag, memory cards and possibly extra camera grip.
Buy in legitimate stores.
Finally take a look at lens range of each manufacturer. Do you see primes or special lenses that you think you may need in the future to upgrade your system. Is it possible to mount them on on the camera body that you are considering to buy without losing metering or getting cropped images (manual/AF, APS-C/Full Frame)? Whether you already own some lens of the same manufacturer may also dictate your choice of camera body.
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