new to this

i am just entering college and i am entering as a photography major, i have some expirence with picture taking and so on, but i am wondering what type of camera you recomend for me

What kind of photography? Doing weddings, macro, or sports takesdifferent gear. If you are doing journalistic stuff, and sports you can't miss with the original Canon 1D and if you shop around you can find them from $900-$1600. It's fast enough for sports and versatile enough for everything else.....but then you need lenses, for journalistic stuff you can use the Canon 70-200mm f2.8 USM IS for 90%. A 28-135mm will do for most of your other stuff, and there is the 50mm f1.4 for low light.

JS

honestly if youre a beginner id start out without an SLR and spring for something with advanced features like minoltas a200 or fujis s9000... honestly their instant versatility is awesome! plus - when you do jump up to SLR - you wont throw those away by any means! They really are an awesome way to augment your equipment - wether it be to have an additional camera at a shot, or maybe when you are hiking in the mountain - you probably wouldnt want to carry a camera and a bunch of lens! single lens reflex is great but it can be very inconvenient at times.

theres also something good to be said about sonys DSC-R1...

thanks alot ill look into them