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islandAl · 01-03-2006, 09:38 AM

A lot of the recommendations will depend upon what you want pictures of. Scenery or adults would be one thing and kids and wildlife would be totally different recommendation. I needed something for grandchildren who are very active and kept missing shots due to the "lag" between pressing the button and the camera taking the shot. The SLR's mentioned to do not have this problem. Most will take 2-5 shots with in one second. Great for capturing the smiles on all the kids at once. Do you already have a 35mm with interchangeable lens? If so, you may want to look at SLR from that brand to be able to reuse the lens. Telephoto lens require either steady base to put camera on or image stabilization lens. These can be bought later as you add money to your investment. I bought a Cannon Digital Rebel and these original ones may still be found for reduced prices, probably around $600. The new Digital Rebel XL (or something like that) is around $1,000. The major difference is original has 6.3 mp and the XL is 8.2 megapixal. It is easy to use as my wife who hates technical things, loves the camera and takes great pictures.
Take 10 times as many pictures as you would have with the film camera, and edit with the computer to the best ones. With what ever you decide on, go out and experiment with many different settings of the same scene to see what you like and get used to using the different features before that one shot that you really want comes along. Have fun.

01-03-2006, 09:38 AM	#6
islandAl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mountonboro Posts: 200 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	depends on your subjects A lot of the recommendations will depend upon what you want pictures of. Scenery or adults would be one thing and kids and wildlife would be totally different recommendation. I needed something for grandchildren who are very active and kept missing shots due to the "lag" between pressing the button and the camera taking the shot. The SLR's mentioned to do not have this problem. Most will take 2-5 shots with in one second. Great for capturing the smiles on all the kids at once. Do you already have a 35mm with interchangeable lens? If so, you may want to look at SLR from that brand to be able to reuse the lens. Telephoto lens require either steady base to put camera on or image stabilization lens. These can be bought later as you add money to your investment. I bought a Cannon Digital Rebel and these original ones may still be found for reduced prices, probably around $600. The new Digital Rebel XL (or something like that) is around $1,000. The major difference is original has 6.3 mp and the XL is 8.2 megapixal. It is easy to use as my wife who hates technical things, loves the camera and takes great pictures. Take 10 times as many pictures as you would have with the film camera, and edit with the computer to the best ones. With what ever you decide on, go out and experiment with many different settings of the same scene to see what you like and get used to using the different features before that one shot that you really want comes along. Have fun.