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I've just bought a Nikon D40 and it appears to be a very good starting point. Picked mine up from Argos, £246.

Hi, I've just purchased a Nikon d40 and I would love to get some good wildlife shots. I was out watching hares yesterday morning and got within 25 yards or so of several. What lens would I need to photograph the hares at this range? Kind Regards Gavin

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Well... I thought I had spent more than enough time deliberating what to get, so today I got off my ass and bought a Nikon D40. I had a good look at lots of different models and preferred the Nikon range. Sadly, as I should be moving house this month, I couldn't justify the outlay required to...

Can't flippin believe it... my local(ish) Jessops doesn't have any d40's and the nearest store with one in stock is miles away! They do have d40x for £391, so may take a look at that. Or... buy the canon 450d from John Lewis perhaps. Who knows what could happen!

Those are exactly the kind of pics that I would love to take. What's the approximate cost of the lens you used to take that? I'v just been lookin at the Jessops website and they have a few different lens options with the D40, eg a Tamron 70-300mm F4/5.6 DI LD Macro (Nikon AF) or a Nikon...

Thank you!

That's probably good advise! I've just been browsing some of the pics on here, in particular the pics of hares... WOW! They're fantastic, though I feel that with the amount of money I'm likely to invest and therefore the level of kit, perhaps decent wildlife pics are out of my reach. There's...

As I had many helpful replies and pm's to my first post, I thought I would give folk an update! Well... I'm still trying to work out what to buy and whether to buy new or secondhand. I've had some good offers from members on here, but there isn't quite the gulf in price between new and...

Some excellent advise folks and a few pm's too. Thanks again everyone. I'm off to Jessops on the weekend which I hope will help me make a choice. In the meantime I'll keep scouring the classifieds on here. Thanks Gavin

Many thanks for all the replies so far, they're much appreciated. This is a very welcoming forum! Thanks Gavin

Hi, I've been lookin to purchase a decent slr camera for sometime and I'm now ready to take the plunge! I've read lots of material, though I don't know anyone with an interest in photography so I've struggled to get unbiased advise. So... I'm hoping the good folk on here might be able to...