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Best SLR cameras for a beginner amateur photographer?

I've used the regular point and shoot digital cameras for a while now (a few years) and I'm looking for a better camera as I'm becoming more serious about my photography. I'm willing to buy anything below like, $700. Thanks :D

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1. Stick with either Canon or Nikon. Look for good deals with a kit lens. $700 will get you an entry level camera with one (or maybe even two) basic lenses, but it won't stop there. Very soon you will want more lenses, then you'll want better ones because you've learned the difference between good and bad/ordinary. You also need certain accessories such as filters and a tripod, extra batteries, etc. Owning a DSLR isn't cheap, make sure you're ready for it. Do LOTS of research first.
2. There isn't a best, and never will be, find something that you can be comfortable for you, something that you can get use to with out breaking you bank, I would say the nikon f100 is good. but remember its not the camera that you use its how you (the photographer) shoots and crops!
3. It would be hard to beat a Pentax K20D. It's a little out of your price range but it is a darn good camera for the price. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9606113
4. i wouldnt recommend getting an SLR just yet if youd consider yourself to be a beginner, itll just complicate things and you probably should wait until you start doing gallery work or professional photos. I always have pictures in galleries but i still dont have an SLR, i just got a good quality digital ( 12x optical zoom, 3x digital, 7.1 megapixels)
5. Realize whats right for me may not be right for you and I have friends who use Canon and love them and take great photos. I don't think either camera you listed would disappoint you. OK here is my short answer. for digital I have a Nikon D40 and I love it. The D40 has a full manual mode, Flexible progam, aperature priority, shutter priority modes. These are the same modes on all DSLR. It also has several other programed modes for things like portrait, night, children etc. As a photographer improves and learnds to use metering better these additional modes seldom get used so they are usually found on the more amature cameras and seen as not needed on the professional cameras. I feel I have a fair amount of experience as a photographer and it performs well for me but I can give it to my 12 y/o grandson if set on program and he can get good usable pictures as well. His photography is improving as he is already learning to use many of the functions himself ( yes I'm a proud granpa) . I also would not get caught up in the megapixel hype and instead look at the entire sensor issue. Look at the article I linked below The D40 will do everything a beginner to intermediate photographer needs at a great price. It comes with an 18-55 lens. It will let you use any other money to buy more accessories. And by the time you outgrow it cameras will have advanced to the point that most of what is on the market now would be obsolete. I bought a D300 last year and only had a it a few months when the D700 came out. The canon would also serve you well but I am a Nikon person so I suggest them. I have friends that are very happy with thier canon's and take great photos. You will have others that like Pentax and Olympus and they are not bad cameras but if they were in the same ballpark you would see many more professional photographers use them So get the D40 and spend the rest of your money on accessories Enjoy whatever you get