A Nikon D-5000 is what I have, It is a Prosumer Camera (Professional + Consumer), after much research found that this one would be ideal for a beginner like me, who’d love to have the professional SLR options to some level so that it doesn’t overwhelm me too much and of course the damage on the pocket too.

Comes with a Kit Lens which is 18-55MM AF-S lens, the D-5000 doesn’t have an inbuilt motor so I have to buy lenses that have the motor built-in, means a little more money involved.

Then I also bought a telephoto zoom lens (55-200MM), which does a pretty good job. In fact this lens seems to fare much better than the kit lens for the similar kind of shots. I’m a newbie and still can find out the difference.

It is a lot of fun and pain at the same time.

I’ve learnt that you click 50 shots to get one shot perfect, just the way you want it and you’d know Planning on investing more time doing this. I’ve uploaded some of the photos that I thought are good onto http://fotoblog.rsivanandan.com

What Y’all think????