Uh-oh...photo obsession taken up a notch...

I blame the internet. When the information is so readily available, once you start looking there's no end to what you can find...and decide you want to buy. It's not a conventional choice given the amount of advice out there for Canon/Nikon cameras, in keeping with Simon's system I have opted for a Sony a230, based on ease of use, weight and size, its in-built image stabilisation and the potential for sharing lenses ;)

It gets worse. Given that I don't really feel like forking out for my new toy just yet, instead of playing with it I've been dedicating hours to researching appropriate lenses to accompany the camera. I won't go into that now, but let's just say, I might have to cut down on meals to fund this hobby on a student budget...