I know i have posted this before but its my birthday soon so I kinda want to talk about this again.

I need a dslr for taking high school (9th-11th grade) so I can take photographing class.
I am going to 8th so I am trying to get atleast like a year of experience with a dslr so I need it to be durable so it can last long enough.
The pictures I am going to take will mostly be on small things (Flowers bugs etc) and probably some shots from medium range on people and stuff

Plz post a camera I should get along with what lens Canon or Nikon plzz

what's your budget?

One of the most important questions!

Also, you should not have to worry about a durable camera if you don't plan on going into the extremes with it or dropping it.

I have cameras from the 1920's that still function perfectly and most DSLRs will last a very long time assuming you don't abuse them. The first the to go will probably be the shutter which I think most are rated for like 100k+ shots.

This post was edited by kratos on Apr 3 2011 07:01pm

Budget is 500-600 I am thinking about going for a Canon xs though

Canon XS Rebel is a pretty good starter camera and takes really sharp photographs.

All right I still have about 5 months to decide if somthing new comes out