Switching from Digital Camera to SLR

[Sandy1983]

Hi,

I am currently using Sony DSC -H9 from last 3 years & thinking to move to SLR camera. I want you experienced people to guide me for which SLR should I really go for. I am thinking for something in range of 600-700$ for SLR.

I have been using my digicam in manual mode for more than 1 year & sort of got hang of all the manual features n pretty happy with the output.

Only reason I wanna switch is when I shoot in low light I see the grains quite visible in Pics & when I go for Macro, I have to settle with images which I am not so happy with. I realized it only whn I tried clicking few pics through Canon500D, then i got the point that it is my camera abilities which is really holding me back...as I could see a big difference in output of even casual snap with ISO as high as 800 on canon SLR, where as same pics in my camera get grains even at ISO400...

Few of Pics which i shot in night playing with shutter speed n all with my existing camera - Sony DSC-H9:
Mumbai@Night : Picasa Web Albums - Sandeep - Mumbai@Night

Butterfly : Picasa Web Albums - Sandeep - Karnala Bird ...

Lizard : Picasa Web Albums - Sandeep - Yummy!! just ...



Could you please suggest me which camera I should opt for? Your suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks,
Sandeep

[JotaSolano]

You should check my post

Totally undecided: PLEASE help!

I'm practically on the same situation and have about the same budget as you !... I listed the cameras that maybe I could buy...

take a look at it... hope it helps !...