re: #141 Whack-A-Mole

OT, a quick question for the many photographers on LGF:

Is Canon’s Rebel T3 a good choice to start with? Is it good value for the money: $449 with the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens and a (non-stabilized) 75-300mm lens?

If no, any other recommendations for a low cost, entry-level DSLR that will leave me room to grow?

I did that hunt last July or so and ended up with a Nikon D3200.

Picked up the basics pretty quick on a vacation, and there is still a lot of specialty options I can play with available. If you click my nick and visit the Photobucket link there the California and North Carolina pictures there were generally taken with that camera.