Target Acquired!

Well, I've only gone and done it! 

I have deliberated, cogitated and digested so much information over the last week, that I should have a permanent headache. That isn't the case and the sad truth is I am beyond excited.

After blasting questions all over Facebook & twitter, spent my evenings reading tonnes of information on the web and bored the hell out of my photo-crazy friends; the final decision on what camera I will buy has been made.

A few minutes ago I pressed the "buy now" button on one of these babies:  

It is the Sony SLT-A65 which will hopefully be winging its way through the post to me over the course of the next few days. 

For more information check out the linked page on Sony's offical website.

Weapon of choice

In my last post I talked about my approach to this hobby and shared the list created from the advice given by my pals on Facebook. Today I am going to focus on step 1, "buy a camera".

Four days have passed since that conversation and I can honestly say that this has been confusing as hell. It doesn't seem to matter how many reviews or guides I read, it all seems to come down to one thing. This one is rubbish, get a more expensive one; then once you have it, take off the lens, throw that away and buy several new ones. Oh, and they are also rubbish, unless you get the bloody expensive ones.

This led me to my first real decision. I need to draw a line in the sand and steadfastly refuse to spend more than the amount I have promised myself. I have decided that my absolute limit for the price of a new camera is 600 quid. I am after all a complete beginner and suspect that anything better than that would be somewhat wasted on me, for now at least.