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Originally Posted by Stuff WOW. Thanks a lot that is some great advise. I'm by no means rushing into this new hobby. I have been reading and reading for the past several days and its going to be quite sometime before I have read everything and made up my mind. One of my main reasons I have been looking at these cameras is I have always wanted to do the more artistic shots but never had the eqipment. I'm not looking at this cameras take an occasional snap shot of a birthday party. I want to get out there and experiment and take pics. I have done this with other people's film and digital cameras and just want to do it with my stuff now. Thanks guys!!! |
I'm not trying to discourage you, just giving you some warning. When I sold my "prosumer" camera last spring for a dSLR I didn't think I'd be spending a ton of money into it. I've now been researching to death every piece of equipment I purchase. After my flash purchase I would have spent around $2k for my setup (Rebel XT, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, Canon 70-200mm f/4L, Sigma DG EF500 Super flash, bags, cleaning supplies, flash cards, tripod etc.) I also bought all my stuff from B&H and was able to avoid taxes as well as shipping charges. So this hobby can definitely suck your wallet dry!
dSLRs are really cool with all the options available with them, but I wouldn't disregard some of the higher model prosumer P+Ss so fast. When I had my Finepix S5100 I was able to get some great shots that won awards in my local camera club competitions.
Just to give you an idea you can look in my gallery in my sig. Most of my pics on the bottom of the 2nd page we're taken with that camera.