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Digital camera/photography question?

I want to start teaching myself photography because i cant afford to take a class in it. My question is, what is a really good digital camera for that....good quality but i am a college kid on her own so i'd like to keep the price low. Also, what do people use to edit photos for example make some things color in a black and white picture? Is it just photoshop?

For camera's......... the Fuji range of Digital Compacts do a pretty good job, but of course you can't change the lenses or stick filters on them.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/fuji_a500.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/fuji_a700.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/fuji_02222007_a820-a900_pr.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/fuji_f20.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/fuji_f30.html

The next step up would be the Super-Zoom / Ultra-Zoom offered by Fuji + Olympus..... which are a sort of half way between a Digital Compact + a Digital SLR (like used for serious photography, but not as costly)........ I believe you can get a few accessories like filters for them, but can't use different lens on them.... which is kinda a good thing because I've heard that Digital SLR's can get a build-up of dust + other crap where the camera & lens connect to each other, and eventually need sending away for servicing as a result.
Here's the reviews for them:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/fuji_s5200.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/fuji_s700.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/fuji_s6000fd.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/sp500.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/sp510.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/sp550.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/s9000.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/s9100.html

To edit Photo's, there isn't just photoshop.... there's a huge choice out there..... some are free, some aren't... here's a few of them:

Picture Publisher 10
http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Publisher-10-Digital-Camera/dp/B00005Q5IN
This is what I use..... mine came free with the Webhosting package I use.

Paint Shop Pro
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1155872554948
Demo versions often to be found on Magazine CD-ROM's, or older versions given away free on them.

PICASA
http://picasa.google.com/
A free one, made by GOOGLE (not tried it myself)

SERIF Photoplus 6
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp

GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/
Freeware... GNU public licensed

Adobe Photoshop CS3
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html
This one is a little bit pricey

Adobe Photoshop Elements
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/
A not quite as pricey version

Kodak M590 Digital Camera


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