New Camera Choosing Help.

[shadowz]

I've been interested in photography for a few months under a year now and I've been looking at persueing a career in it.

Right now I'm shooting with a Canon Powershot A80. It's more than a point and shoot but not a real photography camera.. pretty basic of a camera (beginner).

I've managed to get a photography sponsership from a upcoming mountain biking company called "Pain Inc.". With this, I get discounts on clothes and such and may possibly have a slideshow of some of my photo's in their next DVD. By the way, I'm only 14.

I still want to go Digital because it's so much simpler but maybe go Digital SLR. I've heard good things about the Digital Rebel aka 300D or whatever. Not too sure how many users here have it and or what not.

I'll have a fair bit of money to spend on a camera ($1,000) if I choose so + Christmas and birthday money coming up. I know I'll probly end up spending more on lenses then a camera if I choose to buy a lense.

For all of you serious photographers out there, please suggest a camera that is really good quality, fun to work with and easy to use. At the moment I'm mainly shooting Mountain Biking (fast moving objects) with no blur.. so I don't want to use a camera that gives off blur at all unless I'm doing long exposure or my focusing was way off.

Photography is becoming a hobbie and a passion I guess you could say.

Thanks for taking the time to help me out if you can,

Cheers.

[Jesper]

The Digital Rebel (it's called 300D outside the USA) is a very popular and good camera. The next step up is the 10D, which has recently been replaced with the 20D. It might be a good idea to look for a good deal on a second hand 10D (lots of people are selling their 10D at the moment because they want to upgrade to the 20D).

About fast action photography: Cameras don't give off blur by themselves. How blurry the image gets, depends on the shutter speed you choose (the faster, the less blur) and other factors, but not the camera.