Thanks Mark - I want to take long range photos primarily of wild birds at my feeders. I imagine I'll find other uses for it, but that's my interest at this time.

I've researched enough to nudge me towards DSLR cameras...but honestly, I don't even know what that means. I've also been convinced I need to look at the Nikon or Canon products.

What I'm hoping for is a good suggestion on a camera, then will need a good telephoto lens to accomplish what I want - and that's high resolution crisp photos at a distance max of 50-75'.

Weather sealing isn't all that important to me if it saves on cost.

Thanks in advance!

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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