Is a used Canon 500d/600d/700d a good buy at "entry level" right now?
Thanks everyone for all the answers.
Go for a Nikon D3xxx series. They are good for entry level. Also very cheap.
Well, I've always had Canons, so I was already quite inclined towards them. But it wasn't until a colleague of mine, who follows Photography classes, said that every single one of his Nikon-wielding classmates had the exact same problem with their DSLRs (something with the lubrication of the mirror and interference with the sensor) that I decided that there was only one choice for me: Canon. But thanks for the suggestion.
My first camera, and perennial backup, is a Canon 550D. They are still very powerful cameras especially with proper lenses.
Thanks, this and a lot of other answers helped make my conclusion: a 100-series Canon DSLR is still worth buying nowadays.
But, talking with some people who use such cameras regularly and who made the same investment themselves made me realise that the question I should be asking is not "is such a camera worth it?" but "Am I willing to go all the way in order to get exactly the quality I'm expecting?" Because they made me realise that, it's mot so much about the camera as it is about the lens, about the time spent with the camera, the time spent to optimise every picture, etc...
So, I've decided that it's not the thing for me at this moment.
Technically speaking, they're are much, much better in several levels than a normal "consumer-grade" compact, even if that compact has some value to it. But all the investment that a DSLR implies, both in money and time, the learning curve, and the actual use I would give the camera just don't justify it for me.
I'll leave this here as reference for other people who, maybe, have the same question as me and are in the same situation.
Cheers!!
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