Hi,
I'm very interested in wildlife, and have for some time been interested in starting wildlife photography. I have never owned a digital camera before (my current camera is a Canon Sure Shot 130 U II if anyone knows it). I am now looking at buying a digital camera, and have been considering an SLR. I have bought a couple of magazines today and am interested in the Canon 400D. I don't mind spending around £500.
I don't want to buy a normal point and shoot camera, and I'm not sure about a bridging camera. At the end of the day I do gradually want to get into wildlife photography and I'm not sure that a bridging camera would give me that capacity? Plus I can gradually build up with a SLR. Does anyone think the Canon 400D is a good idea? Or have any other suggestions? I know the lens included in the pack is an 18-55 - I'm not sure how good/bad this is? I'd like to gradually get used to the camera and maybe eventually buy a new lens when I know what the camera can do. I think I would want to use the camera for landscape, bird, mammal and cetacean photography (I know the latter is difficult - they're bad enough to spot at the best of times!
). I've read that the 400D is a good camera for people new to SLRs.
Any advice would be appreciated,
Sarah