If you want to learn photography then u should start with the Nikon B700 camera. After six months practice then you can move to other updated camera . This camera is one of the best camera available in the market. The picture quality is excellent and HD video recording is available in this camera. The other facilities are optical zoom, wireless printing and GPS. Blurring the background , focusing on a perticuler object and close shoot everything works superbly. The camera is 20megapixels, 60x digital zoom , auto focused. The disply size of the camera is 3 inch. Nikon give 2 years warranty on this product.