if you have heard of a nikon d70 it is truly a realy good camer for beginers, it can be found body alone for around 350-375 cheaper than some 35mm like the canon 1vhs or the nikon f5, but a relitave camera to the d70 is the d50, it goes for about 300-350 used, the d50 offer 1/500th sync and the d70 is unbeliely high im not sure but it might me unlimited sync, this would not mattter if you did not use a flash, a good place for finding these cameras used is
www.keh.com they offer tons of used and new products, as far as a lens goes i would sugest a 50mm 1.8, or you could get a 28-80 3.3-4.5 which would be fine in oudoor situatians but for low light it might not be the greatest.
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