re: Good camera deal?

Thanks for the help. I totally agree that this is overkill to take pics of just the kid playing in the back yard. This will be used for more than that hopefully.

I've always been the type of person to really research and learn something when I start the hobby. I like to have decent quality things if I feel like I'll really get into it. I've wasted thousands on fishing gear if you talk to my wife for example , but I've got some really good equipment I got at great deals. I've even made a profit on selling some of it used. Obviously didn't do the research with this purchase, but that was kind of an in the moment deal. I've already read about a 3rd of the manual, and started reading some digital photography basics articles. It will be a long time before I have the knowledge to make it worth overriding the auto settings, but I hope this platform is something that can help me learn.