Canon Photography
A good camera for a beginner?
I'm interested in buying a camera, but I'm not entirely sure which to buy.
At the moment I'm leaning towards a Fuji Finepix S9600, but I'm not sure whether it meets a birder's standard? I have a few questions to help me know what I want:
- I want to use it to take pictures of birds, right, so what will it need? Image stabilization? Point and shoot? etc.
- Also what is more important; optical zoom or mega pixels?
- What is the best brand for birding?
- Or quite simply what is the best camera for birding?
As you can probably see, I have no clue about cameras. I'm not concerned how hard one is to use, as I pick up buttons and switches in a flash. I don't want to have to buy lenses for it, so I would like one with fair zooming power.
Also I'd love it if it were below 1000 aussie dollars.
I would still like a camera that lenses can be attached to, but I want one thats independent and usable without one.
I hope I'm making sense... 
Thanks in advance,
Check out the Olympus SP-550UZ range of 28-505mm and you can fit a TCON17 to it for even more! also it has image stabilising and super macro down to 1cm. all for around £369.00 i have heard great reviews of them. Its classed as a Bridge camera (halway between a compact and a full size SLR)
Cheers
Brian
Thankyou Brian I'll have a look at it. :)