As a photographer (serious amateur)who's just started fishing again I'd look at the Canon 1000D with 18-55mm image stabilised lens. I've just bought one for my son from Warehouse Express for £318 and you can claim £30 cash back so that's £288 net. Bargain.
18-55mm is a reasonable wide-angle (landscapes etc) to short telephoto (portrait head shots etc) focal range. If you want to go longer for nature shots / birds and the like and get quality results then you need to look at something like the 70-300mm IS (NOT the 75-300mm) but that's circa £350 quid. Lovely bit of glass for the price mind. Otherwise you're looking at serious money for something like the 100-400mm L IS. That's the downside with DSLRs - it can get expensive when you start buying the extra kit. I took a deep breath when I bought my 100-400mm (£400 cheaper on eBay than in Jessops!) but the results are stonking.
Don't get hung up on megapixels either, 10 is plenty on a DSLR unless you're a pro looking to do some big enlargements (and I mean bigger than A3). My first DSLR was an 8MP Canon 350D and I've had some big blow-ups from that that stillamaze me today.
To be honest though, I've decided not to take my expensive DSLR kit fishing with me (perhaps in the summer when there's not so much mud about) so I'm looking to buy a cheapish compact for the record shots, one with an angled screen so you can be sure you've framed correctly if taking a picture of yourself with that specimen fish - be a shame to cut your, or the fish's, head off /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif. I'd also suggest that a mini tripod or a Gorillapod (google it)is essential for fishing selfportraits.
18-55mm is a reasonable wide-angle (landscapes etc) to short telephoto (portrait head shots etc) focal range. If you want to go longer for nature shots / birds and the like and get quality results then you need to look at something like the 70-300mm IS (NOT the 75-300mm) but that's circa £350 quid. Lovely bit of glass for the price mind. Otherwise you're looking at serious money for something like the 100-400mm L IS. That's the downside with DSLRs - it can get expensive when you start buying the extra kit. I took a deep breath when I bought my 100-400mm (£400 cheaper on eBay than in Jessops!) but the results are stonking.
Don't get hung up on megapixels either, 10 is plenty on a DSLR unless you're a pro looking to do some big enlargements (and I mean bigger than A3). My first DSLR was an 8MP Canon 350D and I've had some big blow-ups from that that stillamaze me today.
To be honest though, I've decided not to take my expensive DSLR kit fishing with me (perhaps in the summer when there's not so much mud about) so I'm looking to buy a cheapish compact for the record shots, one with an angled screen so you can be sure you've framed correctly if taking a picture of yourself with that specimen fish - be a shame to cut your, or the fish's, head off /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif. I'd also suggest that a mini tripod or a Gorillapod (google it)is essential for fishing selfportraits.