Buying Gear

[nctarheel]

Hello,
I am in the process of determining wear to buy my first DSLR. Online, I am finding less expensive prices. However, Ritz/Wolf camera in my area is offering 12 classes along with the purchase of a new camera. I was wondering if anyone had opinions about the classes. Are they worth buying the camera at Ritz/Wolf for that reason (and for a chunk more of money)? I have been shooting with higher end point and shoots, so I have thought classes where all the buttons and settings are explained would be worthwhile. However, I have also thought reading the manual and systematically playing with different settings would do the same. I look forward to hearing thoughts and opinions.


Thank you.

[jdepould]

Are you sure your Ritz is going to be open? Pretty sure they filed for bankruptcy.

Just be careful with online shopping, check resellerratings.com first.

[kirbinster]

There are plent of free videos you can view to learn stuff on YouTube and other places. Also you can get very good inexpensive online training from places like lynda.com. I bought my first D40 from J&R.com, but everything else (see my sig line) I have purchased lightly used from people in various forums for a fraction of the cost new.