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sailor · 11-24-2003, 07:30 PM

If you want to play around, digital is probably a good choice because of its lack of developing costs. However, the major shortcoming is that digital SLRs (with the ability to change lenses) are very expensive--the cheapest one, the Canon Digital Rebel, is around 1000. Nicer ones start from 1500 and go up to about 10,000--and those are for the bodies only. Conversely, you can put together a film based system from anywhere from 200$ up. For really cheap, you can get an old fully manual camera, which will teach you a lot, but isnt very good for snapshots. I personally started on an old Nikkormat, and still have it around--its built like a tank. If you want something automatic, the Canon Rebel 2000 (there may be a newer version out now) is a very good camera, that costs around $300 with a lense. The Elan 7, the next step up, is around $400 for the body. Lenses run from about $75 for the cheap basic ones on up. A 75-300mm zoom is about $150-$200.

It really depends on how serious you are about it. I would recommend going to a camera shop that sells used cameras and getting an old manual body and lense (probably 50mm). You could do that for $200, maybe less.

11-24-2003, 07:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	If you want to play around, digital is probably a good choice because of its lack of developing costs. However, the major shortcoming is that digital SLRs (with the ability to change lenses) are very expensive--the cheapest one, the Canon Digital Rebel, is around 1000. Nicer ones start from 1500 and go up to about 10,000--and those are for the bodies only. Conversely, you can put together a film based system from anywhere from 200$ up. For really cheap, you can get an old fully manual camera, which will teach you a lot, but isnt very good for snapshots. I personally started on an old Nikkormat, and still have it around--its built like a tank. If you want something automatic, the Canon Rebel 2000 (there may be a newer version out now) is a very good camera, that costs around $300 with a lense. The Elan 7, the next step up, is around $400 for the body. Lenses run from about $75 for the cheap basic ones on up. A 75-300mm zoom is about $150-$200. It really depends on how serious you are about it. I would recommend going to a camera shop that sells used cameras and getting an old manual body and lense (probably 50mm). You could do that for $200, maybe less. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato Last edited by sailor; 11-24-2003 at 07:32 PM..