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I made my decision and picked up the Nikon D50 kit with 18-55 lens yesterday, charged the battery up, read as far into the manual as it takes to know how to take some photos in complete auto mode, and tried it out. The joy of having an SLR in my hands (its been over 30 years!) suddenly came back to me! I thinkI will be happy with this camera and my decision for the DSLR. The camera feels right in my hands, and the TTL viewing is for me of great importance. But aside from the TTL issue, the first quote above sums up another reason for my decision: despite the economics and having to wait some time before being able to acquire more lenses, I was certain I would have regretted not going that extra little distance for the SLR. Steve, Denmark |
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Congratulations, Steve. Enjoy your new toy and shoot a lot of wonderful pictures! I am really happy for you.
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As for your last sentence - I will get a DSLR in about 2 years time. In the digital world 2 years is a very very long time. I know exactly what I want, I just can't afford it right now - as simple as that. And yes, I thought long and hard about getting a D50 body. At the end I sold my Nikon with 24-70, 28-85 and 70-210 lenses, because they were too bulky and too long for a digital body. I just knew that I would want to buy new and better Nikkor lenses and that each one of thelenses I wanted would cost me much more than a D50 body. So I just put it on hold and got Fuji. Photography for me is a hobby and I have two kids to think about.:-) Best wishes, Alex |
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Alex-
I was not attempting to convince anyone at all. Rather, I was explaining, in some detail, the process that I had gone through. Each of us has to make our own camera decisions, based on some factors that might not even be apparent in the forum.So our decisions are very individualized and I, for one, certainly have great respect for the decisions that people make. In short, it is their own personal business. MT |
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The primary advantage of a super-zoom IMHA is size and weight. There was a picture on the Pany forum of someone with dslr (full size sensor I think) and all the associated lens that were needed to be the equivalent of a FZ-10/20 lens. Some of the lens were taller than he was. If you can determine in advance what lens you will need I'm sure that you can avoid this problem.
On the other hand, low noise at high ISO is better with the larger sensor's in dslr's. I'd recommend trying to find samples of the kind of pictures you want to take on this and other review sites http://www.imaging-resource.com/ http://www.dcresource.com/ http://www.dpreview.com/ download them and print them and then deside. But also try out the handling. I have an FZ-20 and tried out a friends Minolta Z-5. Took major menu diving to set up for a timer shot (e.g., run around and get in the picture). Just my $0.02 worth. Bill Edits to correct links. |
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Appreciate all your replies and info,
How much of a difference would there be in picture quality between 6 and 8 mp, if I was doing a little cropping.I usually view on TV / PCor only print 6 x 4, occasionally A4 and rarely something bigger which i get done in local photo shop. The reason I ask this question is that I am prob. going to wait and see the review of the new canon S3is, prob not much different from S2 but it has 6 mp and its black. Thanks artie magee |
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