Originally Posted by Nightshade
D350 is a good camera, I doubt you would be disappointed in it. Also take a look at the Nikon D70 which is in the same class as the 350D and is also a great camera.
If you are going digital you will get the only book you really need with the camera...the owners manual. Carry it with you until you are used to the camera and read it when you get stuck on how to do something. You should be able to figure out most tech based things from that, the rest is in your eye and whether you can see a good shot or if all you see is snapshots.
completely agree
Originally Posted by Nightshade
I think you can figure it out with the manual and some playtime with the camera. Just remember that unlike film each image you take won't cost you anything to develop so you have a "safety net" in that you can do al kinds of experimentation with it.
A classs can help and does for some people, but sometimes it also limits what you can do because it may not be "accepted standard" and you get trained into a mindset of having only one way to do something.
I dunno though I guess if the teacher is really open minded about letting people do their thing, and comments based on artistic merit rather than technical perfection (though many times one begets the other) I think it would help...really depends a lot on the instructor.
and again completely agree.
I will say that before you try anything artistic, make sure you know how to take basic good pictures. And no fuggin tilty car pics and shit!