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Understand your DSLR

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Simon:
This might be a good place to start.  :)

http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Your-Digital-SLR

Clive:
Looks a very useful website!  My digital is not an SLR but I am considering buying one.

Rik:
Go for it, Clive, but start by looking at the lenses you will want. Personally, I favour Nikon optics, but most of their lenses don't yet have image stabilisation, though they do a wonderful f2.8 AF 21-36mm equivalent, then a 36-105, also AF f2.8. The front element of the former is a brute, the lens weighs 33 oz!

There's also a good all-rounder 18-200 (27-300) f3.5-5.6, but the big brutes are great.

The big difference with DSLR is the number of choices you have to make in camera: image size/quality, white balance, ISO sensitivity (film speed). Plus a plethora of shooting options, eg AF point, metering type etc.

Clive:
I went through all that with my original Pentax ME Super and bought all the lenses and filters.  Will they fit?

Rik:
Possibly, but obviously only a Pentax or Samsung.

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