What camera is best for beginners like me?

I am also looking for a beginners dSLR and I've been searching, looking in reviews for this and I am setting my eyes before at Canon 40D and I thought it would be the best buy. Until I have encountered in the mall the new series of Canon EOS which is the 1000D. It is somewhat the new genre of it's family and has higher specs and features of the 400D and a bit low and had a few difference with 450D. Although it only has 7 point AF, only 10 mega pixel and 12 bit RAW compression.

Canon is my favorite brand. Right now I have a SureShot i think its called? It was like $350. Its really neat, there are lots of effects you can do right on the camera plus there are manual modes if you really want to experiment! my favorite features of it are: one is you can swap two colors in the photo you take. like all the green will show up blue and all the blue will show up green. and the best feature is you can all the colors in a picture be black and white except for one chosen color.

i would recommend a Canon Powershot. It's easy to use and it has all the basic functions a photographer needs. very stylish and fits for everyday use.

do you have a point and shot digital camera already? if so where do you post your pictures? :) i used to own a point and shoot kodak digital cam and it took great pictures already i was quite satisfied by it, cheap and it does not pressure you to buy new lenses like its dslr cousins hehehe, and when you do not have that much money it would just break your heart when you can't get a lens that would achieve an effect that you want.

You might want to go for Sony Alpha Series. It is quite user friendly because it has autofocus, integrated super steady shot and so on. It is priced at affordable price too.

Hooray lots of fellow Canon DSLR users here. I would recommend a DSLR for you since you do love photography. The question now is which brand? Bear with me here, I'll give an advice later. Here in Singapore, majority of the people taking interest in photography, chose to buy a Nikon DSLR. One reason is because Nikkor lenses are less expensive than the Canon Lenses, specially the top of the line L series lenses. Another reason is because of the existence of the Nikkor 18-200mm lens, IMHO the perfect beginner's kit lens. To make the 18-200mm range simple, here is an explanation. 50mm is normal zoom, it is what a normal person's eyes can see. Below 50mm is considered wide angle, the smaller the number the wider the angle, enabling a photographer to capture more background and scenery. Above 50mm is considered telephoto, so a photographer can zoom in to subjects with ease. Remember that all you need to do is twist the lens zoom ring to the desired angle you want your subject to be in, and press the shutter to capture the photo. You can only do that with a DSLR, and much more. You can actually start off with a Nikon 40D or 80D, or if you have some money to burn, get D700. However I'm a Canon user, so I would strongly suggest you start off with at least a 40D. The reason being, it's a lot more versatile than the 1000D or the 450D, the drawback is it's more expensive and heavier. If you have a few more hundred dollars to spend, consider the 50D as well. It has got some nifty upgrades over 40D. Be sure to get at least the EF-S 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM kit lens, or the new EF-S 18 - 200mm f3.5-5.6IS(yes Canon now have this excellent zoom range lens available, finally) for your first lens. Then just buy a few more lens afterwards. Hope this helps in your decision.

you can choose automatic digital camera.

I think canon camera is fit for you.My camera is canon IXUS 970, It is enough for beginners.And it is not very expensive.The appearance is also very beautiful.I commend it to you.Hope you will be a professional photographer soon.

Since you like to shoot everything I suggest you look at a camera that is both flexible and controllable. By "flexible" I mean one that can shift between sports action and portraiture, still life and macro, pets, people and passers-by without needing a lot spent on accessories. By "controllable" I mean that, while it will be able to shoot on automatic, it will also have plenty of manual controls to let you create the pictures you see, not just the ones the camera is set up to produce. Especially, you should be able to focus manually and choose your own shutter speed or aperture when the need arises. Of course, an SLR is ideal, but for a beginner, the so-called bridge cameras, especially the superzooms and ultrazooms have a lot to offer without a steep learning curve...and they are half the price. These cameras look like small SLRs but do not have removable lenses. Their viewfinders are electronic instead of optical and they have smaller image sensors. However, their 10x 12x and even 20x zooms are awesome pieces of optical engineering that let them handle wide angle and extreme telephoto shots that no single lens made for any SLR can handle. What is more, they can focus down to less than 1cm for macro pictures - ultra close-ups of insects and flowers; SLRs need special extra lenses or filters to do that. Look at Canon and Panasonic for the best of these, and Olympus as another option if you want high speed shooting (up to 20 frames per second, but at a lower image resolution).

Well if you are a beginner and then I would suggest you start of with a normal handy digital camera. As first you will be in the experimentation phase and will slightly get used to or acquainted with the basics involved in photography such as lighting, background, flash usage etc. Normal digital cameras are best provided by Canon. They are very user-friendly and have great features. I would suggest that you buy Power shot A1000 as your first digital camera. Once you have spent about a year experimenting and gaining knowledge about the basics of digital camera I would suggest only then should you buy an SLR digital camera. To name a brand of fine SLR digital cameras I would say; Canon SLR cameras are OK and cheap, Nikon SLR cameras are good but of medium range cost and Sony SLR cameras are high-end cameras and at the same time are equally expensive.

Hi frnds, for the begginers who are using a best one camera thay will like the camera and takes a nice photographs.Before using begginers have to read carefully of camera instructions given a small book in that pack.Begginers very much likes the camera best one. take a good pictures.

Canon is the way to go. They offer great cameras at great prices. I use the digital rebel XTI. It is my first digital camera. I plan on stay with the Canon family of cameras. I have no complaints about this camera at all. Post some pictures when you get your camera. Have fun taking pictures, it will get addicting with all the toys you can buy for it.

I agree a canon camera would probably be an good choice for you.It's decently cheap and fairly easy to use so there is not much to worry about.Personally I'm more into video cameras but that is just me.:)

I LOVE Canon! I've owned several of their PowerShot line and they're great. Easy to use and fabulous shots! They give a lot of deluxe settings on them too, so you can always switch up features rather than taking plain old prints.