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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joseph N" data-source="post: 1794527" data-attributes="member: 77997">Hello,I have recently been given a sum of £3000 by grandparents, who give their grandchildren money as their 16th birthday is approaching. Having received it, I have come to the conclusion that I'd like to spend £1000 of my budget on both a camera and a lense, as I would love to get into photographing birds. I am completely new to the world of bird photography and thus am unfamiliar to any camera terminology (IS0, D etc), but I have nonetheless got advice from a couple of individuals and they have reccomended me a certain Canon camera, namely 450D. I would be wanting to buy this type of camera for about £400-£450 second hand, leaving me about £600-£700 to spend on a new lense. Lense wise I have been reccommended a Sigma APO 150mm-500mm, which I hear are in the 600-700 pound price range. As someone who is new to photography, I have a few questions to pose to you all, and I am aware a lot of you are knowledgable within this field. Would getting a Canon 450D camera body and a Sigma APO 150mm-500mm lense be a good combination? If so, what sort of picture results would I get? Any examples of pictures taken with either the Sigma lense and another camera or with the combination of Canon 450D camera and the Sigma lense would be very much appreciated! My main question however, is this. As I have said previously, I have an £1000 budget to spend on photographic equipment, and I want to know whether any of you can show me via links or tell me any Canon 450D' bodies that are in the price range of £400-450 second hand and also show me any Sigma APO 150mm -50mm lenses in the range of £600-£700 new., preferrably from forums rather than big companies such as misfuds (amazon and ebay would be ok). Countless thanks if anyone can help me with this!Sincerely, JosephPS: I have also heard the Canon 40D is good. Is this a similar price range to the 450D, and would any of you say it is is better for bird photography than the 450D?</blockquote>

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