Originally posted by petlover:
I looked on the BH site and there is something with LOTS of accessories. Are these all really needed? Canon S3 IS WITH ACCESSORIES No they're not. a spare battery and spare memory cards are all you need. Lot's of spare memory cards. I have a 2Gig card and estimate if I'm shooting at 8 megapickles in Africa, I'll need a minimum of 3 cards...maybe 4 unless we bring a laptop to download onto.
Ralph and Claudia, I googled the Canon Rebel XT and on this page it says the lens isn't included?? What kind of camera doesn't come with a lense #%&#?
Canon Rebel XT I will need to write my Letter to Santa for this (my letters must already be up to year 2009 or 2110 by now!)
This is a digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. You choose the lenses you want to use based on what you're shooting. Those huge lenses for getting close up shots of far off animals are shot using a digital SLR.
I think the first one is more then adequate for your needs. You can't go wrong with a Canon. I have use of the Nikon 8800 which is similar to the Canon. Nikon unfortunately discontinued their equvilant, otherwise I'd say to look at theirs too.
I would suggest that instead of only using in auto mode, you might sometime within the next two years before ROAR2 you consider taking a basic photo class that teaches the different modes on the camera.
Also, Tony isn't wrong since newer and better models are coming out every six months.
