Who know about cameras? Nikon D70

With good lighting in the aquarium it should work fine. It's when you get into low light that you begin to have problems. A good tripod can solve some of the problems with longer exposures. Those lenses will probably be ok in well lit situations.

 

I mean if i can get it for $200 is it a good deal?

 

I'd jump on it for that if everything works.

 

You can google each lens and the camera separately and price them, as well as get reviews on each.

 

Ok ill do that now. Thanks!

 

The lenses are "introductory" dslr quality. Ive played around with Sigma lenses before and liked some of them, but disliked others. It depends, both of those lenses should be solid for what you want to do though. If you find yourself getting sucked into the photography hobby you can always upgrade. It will empty your wallet real fast but its a great hobby. Id say pick it up if you can get it for 200 bucks. Its a great dslr starter package to learn with. Keyword here is learn though. The camera is only as good as the photographer.

 

thanks for the info norg! So for the money could I get something better? Seems like for $200 it would be a decent price point to start learning.

 

Honestly, for that money you cant get much better. Thats a very small amount of money in the photography hobby. lol

 

That's what it seems from the research I have done. Haha

Thanks!

 

That's a pretty old camera. It depends on how much you're going to use it.
Batteries that old start to flake out so consider that.
I'm not a nikon person so don't know if it has a proprietary battery or not.
As long as it works it may serve your purpose but for just a tad bit more money there are more modern cameras you may be happier with.
For $270 you could get a used Sony NEx 5 with 18-55 kit lens that will serve you much better for low light situations.
Then get an extension tube or $50 old macro lens with adaptor for shooting corals.
My father has a DSLR and shoots in auto mode. It's just a heavier point and shoot camera unless you make the effort to learn the photography basics.

Just for the record.. My favorite camera still in use is from 2008-2009. So the latest and greatest won't necessarily make your photos better.