new at this...

[allah]

i am new at this and i was wundering wut would be a good camera to get to make some "good" pictures and stuff....notice i am not using any photography words or anything...i am that new to it, and also money is a bit of an issue...i am looking at 200-300$ range...and that is with the accesories... so if there is a nice camera that i can get that will be a good one to start with and not spend too much on that would be great...thanx ;)

[Kadath]

OK, first off, you might want to have this post moved to the general photography forum instead of marketplace.

Next, you might try cruising by a local borders and checking out a few photo magazines and their collection of intro to photo books. A library would be good too. You could then decide to spend $300 on a cheapy Point and Shoot Digicam or go whole hog and save up $600+ and get a serious SLR like a Rebel or Rebel XT.

There's lot of great advice here, to make the most of it you need to do a little leg work and have clear goals! Think about what kind of photography you will be interested in and go from there!

Sam

[defordphoto]

I would also suggest not typing words like you're in a chat room on IRC. This is a forum and you'll get better response.

[zacker]

not much of a budget to work with, Id say ebay is prolly your best bet, but be carefull, there are a ton of scammers... look around the net, decide the best cam for your price rang and then go to the next one higher... say one that sells for like $500.00 brand new..now go to ebay and look for it.. if you find a $500.00 camera selling for waaaay cheap, its most likley a scam.. look for the moderetly priced one, like a 500.00 camer for 2-300.00. also, go to a good camera review site like steves digicam review ( google it) and read up on the cameras there. Dont worry about accesories just yet, first thing first, get a cam and learn how to use it correctly, this is a great place to ask and learn..
good luck!
-zacker-