D7000.

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I would say 7D or 5DII depending on your needs...

High quality and value lenses are:

Lenses suggestions depends on the body you decide...

I can get the body for alot cheaper on eebay.
Is this the better option or is the better option to seek a local dealer and get a package deal

If you know what to buy, internet ofc.
If you need constant assistance, than find a dealer, but it is more expensive.
In my opinion, posting here you can have good enough information to save some bucks and buy from the internet...

Thanks for your help.

It can help also to find a photo club, or a group of friends, so that you can test lenses before buying them.

You can also try between friends of your parents etc, sometimes the only way to really understand is testing personally.

That is why Canon and Nikon are >, because you can always find someone to exchange, trade, sell, buy...

What camera have you got?

Ive never had an SLR before so im pretty new to it.

is there a guide i can read up on about SLR's?

Would be very helpful for me

you could read some reviews of the cameras. For example :

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos7d/

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5dmarkii/

And also go to the shops and take them in your hand. Play with them. And do not believe anything that the shop assistants tell you, they have no idea about photography, they just want to sell their stuff (at least in my experience).

This is a very helpful subforum! cheers for all the help!