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I am looking at getting a good camera to take along to try and gat some of the high quality pics I keep seeing. I am wondering what you are using, and what not to use? Looking for a good quality tough camera that a working man can afford or at least save for. Brand, model, and price if you don't mind would be great thanks Lance.

Nikons are a good bet. Such as the D90, D200 just depends how much you wanna spend. You will be looking at around 1000 though but picture quality is the best.

I got a Sony a230:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/622214-REG/Sony_DSLRA230L_Alpha_A230_Digital_SLR.html#features

Cost about $400. The good part is that it can use old auto-focus lenses from Minolta film type cameras (like a Minolta 5000 camera). I had about $1000 worth of old lenses I figured were useless, but the Sony works with all of them. If you can find them on Craig's List or eBay, or at a pawn shop you can have an assortment of nice lenses for your new camera real cheap.

I used that camera and my old lenses to take these:

http://floop.com/John_Prices_Home_Page/Wildlife_Photos.html

I am real happy with my panasonic Lumix
The FZ35 http://www.dpreview.com/news/0907/09072704panafz38.asp
has an 18x zoom, a Lieca lens and is fairly light and compact to carry. The full sized cameras with interchangeable lenses are just a little much for me to pack and the sub compacts take pictures of near equal quality.