Beginners Camera

TheKnat

TheKnat

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As I'm planning a bit of a long holiday soon, I had an idea about taking both a small point and click camera for quick shots but also taking a DSLR camera along to take a few more quality shots to help me remember places.

I'm OK picking the the point-and-click camera but as I'm a complete photo novice I'm not sure what would be good in the world of DSLR. I've heard that the Nikon D40x is meant to be a good camera but I don't know if that would be too much for me to use.

I'm ideally looking for something that will be easy to use to start with but as I get better, will let me have greater control over it. So is the D40x a good bet ? And what lense should I look at getting for starting off with ?
 
TheKnat said:
No-one has any advice for me ?
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Easy fella ;)

Are you forgetting it's a Sunday? most people don't start to stir until now ;)

Right, to answer your question.

I cannot answer anything with regards to Nikon's as I have never used one, however, Canon's I can answer about.

the Canon 400D is a great beginners DSLR it can be fully automatic and fully manual, making it so when you start off it does the work, and as you get better, gradually work your way into full manual settings.

With regards to lens it comes with an 18-55 kit lens. A very good starting point, this will be good for a lot of wide angle landscapes, and will serve very well as a walk about lens.

Plus I wouldn't go buying extra lens' yet, it becomes very expensive very quickly and you might not be sure what you want a lens for yet ;)

Hope that helps, any other questions, post away.
 
fuji s9600

which is like a dslr and a point and shoot.

I thought it wasnt very good, but if u go to flickr and search for the camera you can find some fantastic pics...
 
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