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[jospear]

I'm in the market for a new camera with one should I get?

[Louey]

What kind of camera do you want? Point and Shoot, DSLR, or what?

How much money do you want to spend?

What kind of photography do you want to do?

Louey

[jospear]

Not just a point and shoot,around 600 to 800 dallars and would take nature shots of far off wildlife, close-ups of things in my tank.

[Louey]

I personally prefer Nikon having owned a Coopix 995, a D80 and now a D300.

In your price range you could get a D40 or a D60. See.

A better idea might be to look for a used D80 with lens that someone who recently upgraded to a d300 or d700 might have for sale.

If you seriously want to get started with a DSLR (digital single lens reflex), I'd ante up and get a D300.

I am sure that Canon makes fine camera's in similar price ranges too.

I can tell you that I recently upgraded from a D80 to a D300 and I am glad I did. The D300 is allot of camera though and it takes some study time to understand how to use it effectively. It's probably not a good starter camera unless you are really committed to learning photography.

Louey

[NextReef]

We do all our photos with a Nikon D80, and love it... takes amazing pictures of coral with a macro lens and tripod. Like the others said, it's hard to go wrong with Nikon or Cannon!