Newbie to the photography world - camera advice please

Mattw

Mattw

Mattw

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I have always taken a mild interest in photography, and about a year ago nearly bought a canon 300D, but never did. I posted a thread the other day here ( http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17646334 ) as im looking for a new camera.

However instead of spending £200 on a normal camera, surely i would be better investing this money in a camera to get my foot in the door in the photography world.

In the afforementioned thread i was recommened a Fuji Finepix S6500, however these are around £250 etc. I found the model below (Finepix 5600) for £141.50 at a local retailer, however im not sure if this is a good enough camera for me to begin to get a grasp of photography or not. For example can i use different lenses with this etc?

Any advice is much appreciated as im out of my depth here.

Thank you all.
 
unfortuantly i dont have access to that area of the forum yet. Maybe someone could point him this way?

I assume i would be able to use different lenses and such with the canon. Out of the two im also making the assumption the canon is better?
 
Thankyou very much!

anyone with any other advice for me? can i use different lenses etc with the fuji and the canon? and whats all this iso ap af buisness about! Being looking at some websites today and have yet to find a beginers/idiots guide about the basics.
 
ideally i would like new. I assume the fujitsu i asked about isnt all that due to the lack of comment about it?
 
Those shots from the Fuji look nice.

My main concern is-

How does the lense fitting system work on cameras? is it universal or specific to manufacturer etc. I dont want to buy a camera and lenses, then buy a better one two years later to find the lenses dont work any longer.

Oh and if it helps, i raised my budget to £400!
 
Ok well i have decided to take the full plunge and splash out a good amount of money, im now left with 2 questions!

1) i have no idea what im doing with all these settings or have a clue what all the terminonly means. Any websites or books i good read for an introduction into photography.

2) and a question i think may cause some arguments- canon 350D or nikkon D50
 
seems very comprehensive. I also bought an idiots guide to photography off a famous book site for 26p! Im looking for more of a guide on what iso setting is and AF 2.5 etc etc

Im planning on buying either the 350d or nikon d50 tonight when i finish work also :) hehehehe!
 
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