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Geek Culture / mmmmmm, Nikon D50 goodness

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soapyfish
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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 03:24 Edited at: 28th Jul 2006 03:27
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Hi all,
I've had my eye on this camera for a while now and on Tuesday I finally bit the bullet and bought myself it. I got the camera body with an 18-55mm lens and the nice bloke behind the counter threw in a free carry case and 1gb sd card. Because I'd taken more money out of the bank than I needed, and it has a funny habit of burning a hole in my pocket, I also snapped up a second-hand (but good as new) 70-300mm lens. I couldn't be happier with it and have spent the last few days snapping away like something not right. In the long-run I hope to set up a little web site but I'll have to get a nice collection of decent pics together before then.

Before I bought it I had a niggling worry that the camera had been out a while and that I might have been better off saving my pennies until I could afford a Canon (most of the pics featured in the photography magazines I've been reading were taken with Canons and if I wanted to switch to them in the future the lenses I have now would have to be replaced, at mucho costo) but those worries are all in the past now, after all I could have the best camera in the world and still take turd photographs. All the reviews I've seen show this as being the ideal camera for SLR newbs, and that's me in a nutshell. It's the mutts nuts, performs like the bee's knees and I'm one happy chappy.

If anyone's wondering, I got the black model; silver just didn't do it for me.

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 04:41
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Nice, I've seen that camera before, and seen the image quality. Pretty good for its price. How much did you pay for it?


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soapyfish
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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 06:32 Edited at: 28th Jul 2006 06:34
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The camera, lens, case and card was £450, can't remember exactly how much the extra lens was but the total wasn't much past 500. I've had the money saved for a while and took a lot of time deciding before spending it but imo I definitely got my moneys worth. It seems like a lot but this is a much nicer piece of kit than your average point and shoot. Add to that the fact that I could make some money back from it (hopefully) and it doesn't sound as bad.

There's probably somewhere out there I could have got it slightly cheaper but I'm glad to pay the extra for the service I received at the shop. The bloke really knew what he was talking about, offered loads of advice and personal opinion and said he would be happy to help if I had any problems in the future.

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indi
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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 06:37
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funny enough, Im off to buy a 350D canon SLR REBEL 8megapixel with a 1 gig stick.
cant afford the 8 gig flash card just yet.

I read the reviews on both and I decided to go canon, I like nikon as my xgf was a photographer so she showed me some cool parts regarding that brand.

Im paying $1400 AUD

on a side note you can get a bridge device to attach other lenses to other cameras.

eg: olympus body // lense bridge // canon lense

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Agent Dink
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I just bought a 7.1 megapixel Nikon Coolpix point and shoot style camera. It takes great pictures, but of course I don't get all the fun stuff like special lenses and all that. I only paid $150 U.S. for it so I feel I got a real nice deal. Heh, if I wanted, I could make 2048 x 2048 seamless textures with it, so it all works out well. Someday I'll spend some real money though and get a Rebel or whatever will be comparable in the future.

I'm working on a high res photorealistic texture pack. High res as in 7 megapixels, e-mail me with suggestions.

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soapyfish
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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 06:52 Edited at: 28th Jul 2006 07:01
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I wondered if there'd be something like that about (was going to ask nice bloke next time I was passing shop) but when I asked him why the original owner of the lense was selling he said because he was switching to Canon and thus was selling all his kit.

EDIT:: Just found this
Quote: "Nearly all the digital SLR manufacturers use their own lens-mount system, with the notable exception of Olympus, which has a four-thirds system. This should mean that any lens that uses a four-thirds mount should fit any four-thirds body. At the moment, though, the only cameras using the mount are made by Olympus. Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Minolta all use their own lens-mount system and so aren't interchangeable with anything but their own cameras."

http://macuser.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/features/83621/how-to-buy-a-digital-slr-lens.html

But I don't know how up-to date it is.

I imagine I would be just as happy with a Canon but I really liked the feel of the Nikon and the simple menu navigation. And when I've wanted something for this long, it'd take an awful lot for me to change my mind

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indi
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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 11:53
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i hear that mate. good luck and happy snapping!!!


They threw in a leather bag and the 1 gig stick for free and the price dropped last time i was in, and they threw in a 75 - 300mm lense, sweet! and the final price $1399, fully tax deductible as its for my companies media solutions.

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Posted: 28th Jul 2006 14:36
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Quote: "The camera, lens, case and card was £450"


That's a good price for some nice kit. Wish I had the money for something similar. I had to go with a Minolta A200 which I got boxed, unused but second-user for £300 (normally £450).

My advice would be to make sure you delve into the world of apertures, shutter speeds and all the other malarky, and get away from program modes. It's one of the most rewarding hobbies you can take up.



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Posted: 29th Jul 2006 15:37 Edited at: 29th Jul 2006 15:38
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I took this one this morning, a nice example of how a large aperture can reduce the depth-of-field and make even the smallest of caterpillars look more menacing.





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Oraculaca
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Posted: 29th Jul 2006 20:00
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I got a D50 not long ago. I tried the 350d but it seemed too small even in my tiny hands. as an entry level slr it is great. gonna look into getting the 110mm sigma macro lens for it soon.
most of these were taken with the d50 though the Italy ones were with my old olypus c750
http://www.caedes.net/Zephir.cgi?lib=Caedes::Gallery&author=MrDibbler&page=1

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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 18:34 Edited at: 30th Jul 2006 18:38
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@BatVink:
Indeed, at the moment I'm getting used to judging how high/slow to set the f-stop and shutter speed to get the look I want in any particular situation. Spent most of today experimenting with the white balance aswell. I'm loving the fact that now I can take pics in RAW format any mistakes I make setting up white balance and other values can be tweaked afterwards to great effect.

I'm currently on the look out for any air shows that are coming up, hopefully I'll bump into another friendly D50/DLSR user who'll be able to give me some advice.

@Oraculaca:
Yeh, from looking around the net I've found that people either prefer the 350d for it's slightly higher specs or prefer the D50 because it feels more robust and 'slr-like.' Nice pics btw.

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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 00:00
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Quote: "as an entry level slr it is great"

These days, entry level gives you so many features, it's not really "entry level" any more.

Quote: "I'm currently on the look out for any air shows that are coming up"

Er...like the one at Sunderland today?



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