Beginner looking for suggestions

[FLPhil321]

I am a beginner looking for my first half way decent camera. i have been looking at the canon rebel line and the nikon d3000 or 5000 anyone have any good advice or what i should go with preferably in a similar price range as those and also what should i look into as far as software cs5/ lightroom??? thanks in advance for any suggestions

 

[darkchild]

I am a beginner looking for my first half way decent camera. i have been looking at the canon rebel line and the nikon d3000 or 5000 anyone have any good advice or what i should go with preferably in a similar price range as those and also what should i look into as far as software cs5/ lightroom??? thanks in advance for any suggestions

I am also a beginner, i went all out and got the Canon rebel 550D(T2i) and i love it. Everything is really simple on this camera, so i def recommend a rebel, but then again i've nvr used any other kind of camera.
For software i am using IPhoto, since it came free with my MacBook.

 

[KmH]

I am a beginner looking for my first half way decent camera. i have been looking at the canon rebel line and the nikon d3000 or 5000 anyone have any good advice or what i should go with preferably in a similar price range as those and also what should i look into as far as software cs5/ lightroom??? thanks in advance for any suggestions

Be aware that most people here use the shift key when they type.

Nikon has a new camera, the D3100 that you will want to take a look at. It should start shipping in a few more weeks.

Photoshop CS5 is a $700 application, For a beginner Photoshop Elements 9 should be more than enough to start with. If you later decide to upgrade to CS5 Adobe will give you credit for owning Elements 9 (be sure and register it).

Photoshop Lightroom 3 is primarily an image database management application that also has the same Raw converter CS5 has (Adobe Camera Raw, ACR). Elements has a de-featured version of ACR. Whichever camera you decide on will also include a basic Raw converter.

You can download free 30-day trials of Adobe's software.

There is also an open-source image editor very similar to Photoshop Elements. It is called GIMP (www.gimp.org), and is free.

A less expensive alternative to Photoshop is made by Corel, and is called Paint Shop Pro. Photo Editing Software ? Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate