hi everyone

shakingbongo · #1 (**permalink**) 22-01-2008, 09:34 PM

hello new to this site and hope to enjoy all the usefull knowledge of the members and to do likewise to others as i learn so to my first question for help i am looking forward to many camping trips with my family this year in britain and all that nature can offer and would like to capture these moments with a dslr and being new to this type of camera and camping wondered if the pentax k10 or the canon 400d would be better all advise greatly received i am looking at doing a photography course in the evening at my local college so i am not sure how high a spec camera i will need.

buzfuz8149 · #2 (**permalink**) 23-01-2008, 06:06 AM

Hi,

a warm welcome to WAB, you will get plenty of advice and help with your camera/photography questions on here. I am just getting use to my DSLR after years of film,

. The photography forum is full of excellent advice, ask as many questions as you like there, they are a great bunch always keen to help & advice. Looking forward to your post and photos.

Carol.

big bill · #3 (**permalink**) 23-01-2008, 04:39 PM

Hello there and welcome to the site enjoy we are a friendly crowd here,in answer to your question on a DSLR myself personally do not know much about the K10 but I had the Canon 300D and now have the 400D and I thoroughly enjoy it and it has plenty of scope for enlarging your kit lens wise at a later stage ,hope this has helped but someone else will be along shortly as well no doubt with a differant opinion in the end its up to yourself the best thing is to go to a retailer and handle both kits and decide then which you prefer happy hunting and look forward to your pics and posts

shakingbongo · #4 (**permalink**) 23-01-2008, 08:23 PM

Hi Bill and Carol thanks for your reply and i am sure i will get plenty of advice like they say all information is good information but like any new toy what one should you spend your pennys on is a mine feild and i will just take my time and look at all the advice and the equipment before i dive in.

all the best colin

naturelover · #5 (**permalink**) 23-01-2008, 08:35 PM

hiya welcome to the site,you will get help on here believe me,have fun.

ron1863 · #6 (**permalink**) 24-01-2008, 09:26 AM

Hello and welcome to WAB

Billy Wobble Dagger · #7 (**permalink**) 24-01-2008, 09:40 AM

Hello shakingbongo, welcome to WAB from me as well. Hope you enjoy this great site

BWD

peppermint · #8 (**permalink**) 24-01-2008, 12:22 PM

hello, welcome to wab!

shakingbongo · #9 (**permalink**) 25-01-2008, 06:00 PM

thankyou everyone for your replies i will be looking at cameras saturday and look forward to future chats on wab.

GME · #10 (**permalink**) 25-01-2008, 09:59 PM

It's up to you but you definitely WON'T be disappointed with the Canon! (Unless you get a hankering for the newly released 450d of course

) It's a great camera. Don't know much about the Pentax, but the 400d gets consistently fantastic reviews. Loads of people on here use it and with the right lens produce amazing images. Def a good choice for a first DSLR.

Enjoy the site and welcome

rlchew · #11 (**permalink**) 26-01-2008, 09:18 PM

Hello shakingbongo

Welcome to WAB from me too.

Richard

shakingbongo · #12 (**permalink**) 28-01-2008, 04:04 PM

Hi again everyone finally gave my self a kick and bought the canon i feel i done well and got a good bag worth sixty quid chucked in and also bought a 75x300mm lense for a start and lucky for me the man in the shop gave me the usm version rather than the standard so another saving there and now i just need to learn how to use the features.
col