First of all, thank you all for such a quick response. My main interest prior was shooting B/W and finishing the process in my own darkroom. Shot some color but realized once you got the color correct you were done developing that particular negative. I enjoyed my time in the dark room.

My main interest was keeping a photographic record of the family as we grew. In addition I enjoyed shooting life outside, landscapes, animals, etc. Had and still have a bellows for extreme closeups. I will be mainly focused on outside landscapes along with wildlife and closeup of insects, flowers, etc. Will be looking at lens that have not only good zoom capability but offer image stabilization and weight.

The software I will be using is also an open topic and learning how to manipulate the image as I did in the darkroom is important to me. I realize that most of what I shoot will be great (hopefully) straight on but on occasion you can make an OK preint great with this ability.

My old Canon 35 set up included lens from an 18mm wide angle, 55/1.4 base lens, 105mm for portraits, a Sigma zoom mid range to 300mm and a 600 Mirror. I have been reading a whole lot in the last month or so and realize I can update some of these lens to work on a new camera and will consider that after I get a basic body/lens and the software upgrade. Will hold off on the specialty lens until I realize what I need in the digital arena. Looking seriously at a Canon Rebel 6ti with one of the zoom lens from 18-130 range of zoom. The reviews I have read on lens with this capability blow my mind when I think back to the 70s. Camera and lens have exceeded what we envisioned just like the computer industry. Anyhow, this is me and what I am looking to do.

Lead Foot

New to digital photography, but not photography. Had my own dark room back in the 70s. Divorce ended that go around and sold all by large format cameras and kept my Canon 35mm cameras and lens'. Now I want to get back into an old hobby and am looking for a new camera, biased to Canon, but also considering Nikon. Reading all I can on this site and others trying to avoid mistakes on the dollar outlay. Any advice given regarding camera and lens procurement would be welcomed.

Lead Foot