New toy - Nikon D50 Digital SLR
For the past few weeks, a coworker and I have been discussing photography quite a bit. Recently, he purchased a Canon EOS 20D digital SLR camera, and now is getting back into film. A while back, I was huge into film photography, but I’ve found of late that I stopped taking pictures for two reasons: one, film has become a hassle, and I’m lazy; second, the digital camera I currently have (Canon Digital Elph S400) doesn’t have a lot of capabilities that I miss with film.
So, I’ve taken the plunge and today I ordered a a Nikon D50 digital SLR since I still have some Nikkor lenses. In addition, I ordered a new lens to go with the camera: Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX lens. That’s a lot of letters and numbers, but it is a decent zoom for a digital SLR, which in normal 35mm terms would be considered a 27-105mm zoom lens, which isn’t a telephoto, but is a good start. Eventually, I’ll probably add either a Nikkor (or Tamron) 200mm+ zoom, but that’ll have to happen later.
Hopefully, everything will arrive tomorrow!
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Overall, I’ve been very happy with the camera. The only thing it’s missing that would be really helpful is a depth-of-field preview. The D70s has that, but otherwise, it is a comparable camera.
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been researching the nikon d50 incessantly for days on end. after realizing that this is the perfect camera for me, i’ve decided to purchase one myself. hope it’s all what you’ve desired.