[terryb]

Can you please advise me & my son about camera to buy he would like to photo wildlife ie birds in the wild and also animals on trips to zoos he has looked at cannon S350 SLR and buying a additional lens ie 200mm what we would like to know is would in be advisable to buythis setup or a compact digital camera with a x 12 zoom lens
sorry yes it was a EOS 350D he has £400- £500 as a inital budget
my son is 16 he has had a Sony digital cybershot camera 5m pixel but this has now broken, he has used this for bird photos,with some success he would like to buy the new camera that will be good for a few years and also develop his all round photo skills and also get him more involved with cameras & photoography
hope this is of more help