The most frequent question I get pertaining to photography is “What kind of camera should I buy?” And I get it. Buying a camera is a huge investment- not only in terms of dollars or euros, but in your memories. If you buy a camera you hate, your photos will suffer. And if photos suffer, scrapbooks suffer. And if scrapbooks suffer, nostalgia suffers. And no one wants nostalgia to suffer. No one. The trouble is that I’ve bought the raddest camera around (Canon 5D Mark II- it’s a professional camera. I don’t recommend buying one until you really know what you’re doing. It’s a POWERFUL machine), so I don’t look at cameras or lenses anymore. I’d love to add to my lens collection, but that’s going to be a next year purchase. This year I want to be solvent. And new camera models come out ALL THE TIME. It’s kind of crazy how often Nikon or Canon releases a new hobby DSLR. As far as I can tell, they’re the same old camera, just with new names. So, in this post, I’m not going to direct you towards a particular brand or model. What I WILL do, however, is give you guidelines- tell you what to look for when purchasing a new camera. The first thing you want to ask yourself is, “Self, do I have any intention of learning