So I'm wanting to get into photography. What is a good camera to get to start out with?

i just bought a Nikon D5000, it cost me a pretty penny but well worth it.

that looks awesome :D

I use the A33. it's a beautiful camera. it has two auto modes that can pretty much catch a good picture without a human to work with it. it's less cleaning work than most DSLR cameras(it doesn't have any moving parts because it's mirror is tranlucent) it's all digital and a smart camera. it's expensive compared to a point and shoot but once you get your feet into it's photography you can start to use the creative SLR equipment.

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Question .. is this for a potential .. (like Fine Arts, Sports, serious hobby work) ..

OR .. is this for everyday take around and just enjoying what you do (and just no intent to learn the more creative aspects) ..

I'd be willing to put out a few choices .. IF I knew what the intent was ..

BUT I will say this .. IF you are interested in doing this for Classroom Coursework .. you're going to need a SLR Type Camera ...

i want to take some classes & learn more about it :)

IF that is your interest .. start looking at entry level SLR Cameras .. and make sure that the lenses are able to be used on BOTH Film and Digital Bodies (for Photography Courses will teach you both .. and Arts still uses the Old Chemical Developing Methods overall).

ok thank you for the help :)

I suggest starting with a reasonably priced camera and get some decent Photographic software unless you are wanting to do creative film work. Digital camera have a lot of abilities and you can get a decent 12 megapixel with 10 or 12X telephoto lense for about $150 now. The higher the pixels the better the picture for blowing up. Photo Shop or another good quality software can allow you to turn any picture into B/W or other fun effects. For a Film camera, Canon, Nikon are bother very good, but you want to speak to a true film camera aficionado because of the complexities of various uses and the way each film camera handles the different types of subjects or type of shooting (still over action). Hope that helps. Oh, in a digital camera, Kodak, canon, Nikon, Fugi and Sony are all fine choices. Nothing below 10 mega pixels unless you only want to do standard sized photo's.

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A NIKON D3 100 - it is awesome, easy to use and a good camera to start out with!

I like your answer... something digital is the only way to go nowadays..

thank you :D

What's your price range?

Nikon are awesome but kodak are good too.;)

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