Want to buy a Digital Camera

[megalens]

Hi

This is my first posting and I am all new here.

I am about to buy a digital camera as long as I find it affordable. My range would be around $300-350

My primary objectives would be:

1) to use it for indoor or outdoor photography to finally move myself from P&S camera user to a more advanced thing (i guess they call it SLRs) and to slowly and gradually become a professional photographer who could make photography as a side business.

2) people talk about lens but I have no idea as to what lens should I go for? My father has an old Yashika non-digital film camera but i guess the lens cannot be detached

3) I am not well acquainted with technical terms about camera models etc, please elaborate your responses bearing in mind this lacking.

Thanks
Megalens

 

[Sideburns]

you aren't going to get a new SLR for 300-350.
Either you can increase your budget, or you can look for used on KEH.com

 

[Holy Ghosted]

Are you wanting film or digital? Sideburns is right you wont be able to get anything new and even used will be hard to find around the 300- 350 mark especially if you still need other equipment other then just a body& cheap lens.

 

[megalens]

you aren't going to get a new SLR for 300-350.
Either you can increase your budget, or you can look for used on KEH.com

Thanks for your responses Sideburns and HolyGhosted.

What if I increase my budget upto $500.
Are Olympus or Sony less expensive brands as compared to Nikkon or Canon? I saw a documentary on National Geographic, they conduct photo training camps and use Olympus digital cameras to train amateur photographers. I guess there must be some specific reason to use Olympus for newbies.

 

[Coldow91]

There are not that many differences between olympus,nikon,canon,sony on the beginner level except the mounts for lens, how the menus are set up and then lenses available.