# Digital SLR camera advice please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-slr-camera-advice-please/534128 "2010-03-28T19:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-slr-camera-advice-please/534128/21 "2010-04-02T18:18:22Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > Thanks Telemark, and everyone else. Couple more questions. > > The camera didn’t come with a bag! Dammit! Any recommendations? You have a camera and two lenses, total? You can get a bag for that just about anywhere. Best Buy. If you need more, look [here](http://www.lowepro.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-slr-camera-advice-please/534128/22 "2010-04-02T19:07:57Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > And I need a good book on beginning digital SLR photography. [Understanding Exposure](http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-Photographs-Digital-Updated/dp/0817463003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270235009&sr=8-1) by Bryan Peterson is pretty good at teaching the fundamentals of photography. It’s focused (heh) on teaching you about how to choose shutter speed, aperture, and ISO - or in other words, exposure - as opposed to white balance and such-like. For specifics like what the various autofocus settings on your particular camera do you’ll want to find a guide book for your specific camera. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-slr-camera-advice-please/534128/23 "2010-04-02T19:19:46Z")
If you’re like any other camera geek you’ll go through a million bags before you finally figure out which features are important to you. I am particularly fond of non camera gear pouches so I don’t have to carry a purse when I carry my camera bag. External waterholders are nice for when you’re hiking, an easy access zipper so you don’t have to take everything out to get to the camera. I am a fan of both Lowepro bags and Tamrac, but I’ve recently been poking around the [Crumpler Canada](http://www.crumpler.ca/) site looking at some nice looking “not obviously camera bag” bags. [US version](http://www.crumplerbags.com) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-slr-camera-advice-please/534128/24 "2010-04-02T22:32:20Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I have a Canon 70-300 IS USM, and with APS-C crop factor it’s a goddamn telescope, equivalent to 112-480mm. And yet still too short to be a fully adequate birding lens ( really, you get frustrated quickly even at full extension and with cropping - you’re always wanting just a _leeettle_ bit more with wildlife ). Everybody needs something different, thankfully there are lens for almost everybody ( if you’re as rich as Croesus ;)). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-slr-camera-advice-please/534128.md?page=1)