Just got my first DSLR

[Blue70]

Very nice! I'm jealous!!

First stop.... polarizing filter!
It will make all the difference in the world!!

[MaxHarvard]

That's a nice starter DSLR, enough of a challenge to make things fun, but not so hard that it discourages you

Good luck and have fun!

[oldzzy]

Congrats on your new camera, it's a good one! I got my first one last year, and i love it. I found a few good sites on the net that i learned from, and just the other day i received an e-mail from a company that has chosen one of my pics as a finalist for one of their travel brochures! That's the great thing about a DSLR camera, you can take tons of pics and if you don't like them you can just delete them and it costs you nothing. So take lots of pics, it's the only to get better!

[Ron Fox]

I know nothing about the SLR or the DSLR camera's. What does the initials stand for? I only have a point a shoot camera.

Rogue, is your Rebel camera user friendly?

I am looking to buy a new camera but I must do my home work before I purchise one.

Thanks.

[Blue70]

Originally Posted by Ron Fox

I know nothing about the SLR or the DSLR camera's. What does the initials stand for? I only have a point a shoot camera.

Rogue, is your Rebel camera user friendly?

I am looking to buy a new camera but I must do my home work before I purchise one.

Thanks.

SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex
DSLR stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex

let me see if i can find something to cut and paste something that will explain it better than I can..

ok, found this

One of the biggest sellers in the camera market these days are prosumer Digital SLR cameras. What is an SLR camera? SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. In the days before digital cameras, SLR cameras were the tools of professional photographers. Basically the design is such that light entering the lens is reflected by a mirror up into the viewfinder (eye-piece), allowing the photographer to see exactly what the final picture will look like (focus, depth of field, etc.). In a regular camera, you just see what your eye sees looking through the viewfinder window -- not the same as what the camera and film is seeing. You've seen pictures where an object in the front is in crisp focus, while the background is blurred behind them -- that is what you see when looking at a DSLR screen as you get ready to shoot the picture -- you see exactly what the photo will look like. So a Digital SLR is just a computerized version of the mechanical SLR, using digital memory cards and light sensor chips instead of film. SLRs also use interchangeable lens, all with different focal lengths, allowing for closeup macro photography or long distance telephoto photography.