I am 57 years old and haven't picked up a camera of any kind for decades. I enjoy mostly learning about outdoor shots, family, natural light and black and white. I am definitely not wealthy and would like to purchase a dslr.

The first camera I built was a point and shoot by removing the cover off of a pin hole in the lid of an oatmeal box tube with photographic paper taped the the bottom of the box.

I wanted to become a photographer in middle school and for some reason the teacher thought I needed to memorize an entire page of . . .I think it was f stop/shutter speed calculations. That put a quick end to working with that teacher.

Roaming through your web site I find lots to learn and am picking up on terminology that is totally new to me.

What type of inexpensive dslr and good lens would you suggest. The photo is of my 87 year old mother Mary and I did not take the photo.