Hi Folks!! I'm a newbie n i would like to give a :thumbsup: to you folks for this great forum. There must be a lot of pro-photographers here from the fantastic photos i have seen, really hope to learn from the gurus. Anyway, here's a little intro. I own a Casio Z40 and I have been snapping happily for the past few mths but I have started to outgrow it. I find that it cant do many kind of creative photography that I hope to do. I started to look out for somewhere to begin .Saw the Singapore Photography Society and now, CLUB SNAP!!I'm in favour of Digital so I hope you guys can give some advise what is a good way for me to start. Take a basic cse (saw it in another thread) or read up more n get a DSLR to start trials n error? Currently looking at Nikon Coolpix 8800 & Nikon D70. (Dunno if Canon is better?) This is a very heavy investment so I have to consider carefully.. are those 2 an overkill for newbie like me who doesnt even know much about the parameter settings? :dunno: Maximum budget is $2k...