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Hey lettuce any news on your Kruger trip? Hey cheetah what's your weekend plans like?

Are you proposing we make plans?
Ag I don't know hey. I think there is something happening on Saturday that I have forgotten about! I keep seeing facebook status' about "Saturday woohoo" so something must be going on Whatever is going on this weekend, I am not keen on spending much money

What about you Beeps?

I don't visit the city often enough to make plans! There's always something on! I'm thinking I'll maybe go see avengers finally and I'm going camera shopping any recommendations for a good quality beginner student budget camera?

Heksie asked me that question, now we have the same cam Wanna join our club?
CannonD500. twin lenses. wide angle lens, and one with 300mm zoom. It shoots at 12megapixels which is more than enough! And 300mm zoom is far too! The cam shoots really fast. So it is good in the Park for snapping away and finding some decent ones
You buy the cam with the two lenses at game for R5000!! A really good deal in my opinion And I didn't even bother to read the manual. And I didn't have any experience except with a mukndruk and I managed to shoot nice pics on my first trip! Easy to use cam!!

If you go higher than D500 ... it becomes silly The D550 shoots at 15megapixels with only 250mm zoom on the long lens. But that 3 megapixels will hardly make a diff when you shrink those pix to 640X480 to put on the forum! Then after that, the cam's get well expensive! So for R5000 you can get a user friendly cam that shoots at high speed and quality

I was thinking of starting with something simpler then upgrading to a dslr after I'm proficient with that. Maybe something like the canon sx130 or nikon L310. I don't want to get a dslr then have it sit in the cupboard coz I suck at taking pics.

Evening mites enough learning for one night, will wake up early tomorrow and continue fortunately itd only at 2

Sleepyowl, a simpiler camera may be cheaper.... But a dslr is going to give you a lot more, even if you say you not good at taking pics I you enjoy the photography then it may be a waste to go and buy a dslr late on.... And they not that hard to use My brother does professional photography and when he was home he showed me his camera, wasn't tooo hard
But its all up to you

Hew MK goodluck with the exam tomorrow!

Yeah I'm going to have a look at prices and specs then shop around and decide.

Morning vmites

Guess what?? I will officially be on holiday as from 5 today then I can come spend more time on the forum well after work this weekend at least

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

What what what Holiday at 5 for the Kitts What a FIng!!

@Sleeps -
Of coarse it is up to you But let me give you a run down of how easy it is to take pictures on a Cannon5D ... you put the cam on autofocus, then you select a setting on the wheel like 'No Flash'. Only two steps. Then you keep it on that all the time and just press the button and your pics will come out beautifully!
Please watch this vid. I got the cam like a week before this trip, and just shot on autofocus and no flash.

I also love this vid

Morning mites!

Hey MK I am soooooooooo jealous!!! I only start holidays on the 12th!! Ah well! Goodluck with the exam! Hope it's as easy as spotting an impi or elli in the park!

Cheetah thanks for all the advice. I can't watch the vid until telkom updates this months data usage! Which will hopefully be sometime today !

Hope everyone has an awesome start to the weekend!

Enjoy your Fridays, guys! Good luck with today's exam, MK!

Thanks for the wishes guys

You going to crush this one Kitts
Although I can't remember the saying you came up with for that