Hello all, this is my first post so I hope I am posting in the right place. I am looking into getting into amateur photography, I did the usually school stuff many years ago when there was no DSLR, I used my fathers CANON A1 back in the day to take pictures for the yearbook and he later bought me a Canon 10s. Now that was a while ago. A friend of mine started photography a couple years ago and he started fashion photography and glamour photography and I felt the calling, my father had a great passion for photography and I guess something stuck. We had a dark room in my house and he taught me how to develop and print(not that it matters nowadays in the digital era).
But to make the story short, my friend has resources that I dont, he just bought a $4000 camera and I dont think I can afford anything over $800, with that said:
what is a good camera to start but good enough to take serious pictures that someone will consider putting on a portfolio, I have heard very good things about Canon all my life, I had two Canon SLR's before, I also have heard a lot of the Sony Alpha lately, they say is the best bang for your buck. I've heard about the Rebel too.
Any one can shed some light on what to buy?
I heard that first you have to find out what are you looking to shoot at, well I live in Miami so I want to start shooting glamour photography, so a lot of the pictures will be outdoors(beach, parks, pools, etc)
I've heard also that is the lens and not the body of the camera that makes the difference, well I've heard that since Canon has a bigger market share there is a better chance of getting a good lens for less money compared to other brand cameras such as Nikon. I know that Sony uses Minolta lenses too, but I am not sure how good are they or how expensive.
So I hope this information helps you(the experts) help me find a good camera+lens to buy to start on my glamour photography. Any links on good deals will be appreciated too. I know is a long road from here but its something that I want to do as a hobby/amateur and you never know what can result from it.
Thanks for reading this, sorry it was very long but...