? To me, the A & S ranges are simple - but then I only had manual on my OM1...
I do like the auto ranges on the D5000 though, to flip it to food and shoot away is great. Especially for me when I am slavering to eat the food before it gets cold....
buying an advanced camera as your first dslr
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I moved from a compact to a D70 back in 2004, and that transition didn't at all seem unusual. Granted, that was before the D50 came out (so the D70 was the "low end" model), but I would probably do something similar today if I had to start out again.
To me, the D7000 sounds like a logical starting point because it has most, of all the advanced features that someone could want. The more expensive cameras have better build quality, bigger sensors, and larger buffers, higher frame rates, etc..., but it's just that- an extension of existing features. If someone doesn't know what to do with a feature (WB, autofocus settings or picture controls for instance) then they can just leave them in the default settings and still be able to get good results.
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It's a fact that people are buying far too advanced cameras or at least not using their gear to the max. I spoke about this with a camerashop owner a while back and she told me that 90% of people using a DSLR never take it off Auto. While this is not 100% indicative of if the camera is too advanced for that person, I think we can all agree those people don't really understand what's going on.
I used to have Canon Ixusses, which I actually really liked. My first DSLR was a D60. This wasn't really a conscious choice for Nikon, it was just the cheapest model with the best price to quality ratio. I soon upgraded to D90 for the CMOS sensor. Right now that camera pretty much suits all my needs, I'd only upgrade to full-frame now for better high ISO performance but if you ask me once your camera is of a certain quality (say, D90 or above) it doesn't really matter that much any more, your vision is far more important.Posted 2 years ago # -
I went from OM1 and OM2 film cameras to the E10 digital. The jump to digital was simple at that time. Apart from a couple of p&s's, the next camera was the D5000 DSLR. WOW! What a shock. Fantastic little camera and had all the 'pro' ranges so not limiting in it's abilities but boy oh boy had digital come a long way since the E10. If you aren't really up for learning the complexities of these VDSLR's now, you'll get swamped.
IMHO the vast majority of DSLR's are probably under-utilised in terms of what they can do, but are still giving pretty good results even on auto. It is a good thing for us though because the sales help increase the market size so the manufacturers continue to drive technology forward to have a chunk of it.
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spraynpray said:
IMHO the vast majority of DSLR's are probably under-utilised in terms of what they can do, but are still giving pretty good results even on auto. It is a good thing for us though because the sales help increase the market size so the manufacturers continue to drive technology forward to have a chunk of it.Very good point, it's the 90% that don't really know how to use their DSLR that makes that gear affordable to the 10% that do know what they're doing :)
It's also just a thing that digital photographers have to deal with though: their constant geekish desire for new gear that they don't really need. I used to spend so much time reading reviews of lenses that I didn't really need, time I could've better invested in actually taking pictures. I think this will sound very familiar to you all. In fact the majority of threads on this forum is on gear, not on the actual content of pictures. Which lens should I get, which camera is better, technical issues etc...
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I took classes when younger but most of what know is self taught. I like shooting M and its a great way to learn with digital. If your willing to do a little legwork. Take a photo see how it looks. Change something. See how it changes the photo. This has been a great thing for me but I learn more hands on and less if someone is trying to explain it to me.
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Hi all,
It was the American author Mark Twain who said "Experience is the best teacher, but it's the fool's only teacher."
A class can work wonders.
My best,
Mike
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Well, that's told me!
;^)
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