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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkvLTD" data-source="post: 133882" data-attributes="member: 12855">Its fairly easy to learn via trial and errors today since we have LCD screens on cams and even basic touch-up features. If your budget is around 1000 and you've no idea where to start, I too would recommend a D5100 body only (or 3100, but your chances of outgrowing that one are much higher). With lenses you could try different approaches.To truly, fully, but painfully learn how whole aperture works and how to take properly exposed shots- Nikon Ai or Non-Ai old 50mm f/2 or f/1.8. Your camera will not help you set up your exposure at all, nor will it auto-focus, but with some reading and trying you'll learn everything fairly quickly. It will also force you to learn all the utmost basics or you simply won't take any decent shots.To get your feet wet but be able to snap even in all-auto mode- Nikon 18-70mm or 18-105mm. Lenses can auto focus, camera meters lights perfectly through these, aperture is set digitally. You can dabble into manual mode when you deem fit, but you won't be limited by that alone. The rough range of either of these lenses will also let you experiment around and see what focal length you use the most to get a fast prime for that length later on. These would also show you whether you'd need a far reaching lens or not (sports, wildlife, etc).Last is to drop the other $500 on a Nikon 18-200 or even 18-300 VR. You've spent a full grand, but you have a one-lens-do-it-all kind of deal and that will be plenty to learn with, work with, and you might not even need anything else besides a prime of your choice for low-light shooting.</blockquote>

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