Entry-level Digital SLR (DSLR) Camera Choice: Nikon D40, Nikon D50 (D60)

Many people believe that when choosing an

entry-level single-lens reflex (SLR) camera

one should take what he likes more, say, the main thing is the pleasure of shooting. Controversial advice, but I followed him, get tired of absorbing and processing information.

I did not compare matrix

CMOS

and

CCD

, I knew nothing about

crop-factor

, I just seriously sick of my point-and-shoot and I had agreed to buy technics on the growth, such a visual aid for learning. The choice was simple:

Nikon D40

or

Nikon D50

(then

Nikon D60

still was not appeared).

Nikon D50

was a little too expensive, and with my budget I could only buy it as second hand. That confused me greatly, because I could not even check on the camera performance. Plus, purely visual, I did not like the design. And the screen of

nikon D40

was larger that was important for me after using

Olympus

.

So simple determined, I became the owner of the budget

slr Nikon D40 18-55 kit

, without any kinds of VR. Three focus points, nikon's "distinct jpg",

NEF format

(

RAW

), lack of a screwdriver and an additional screen, a small number of function keys. And what inspiring me was high

working iso

! Made not the best choice, I still used and loved

D40

, a little reliable workhorse. And if you do not want to grow as an amateur photographer, and to inquire into technical details but just to photograph - I entirely advise taking

Nikon D40

instead instead

prosumer

. Or

Nikon D60

, which is the same as the

D40

, plus a couple of features. Do not pay attention to cutting features. You can take even second-hand, you only have to ask the seller about the

camera shutter clicking

quantity, i.e.

camera mileage

. Have in mind that the

shutter resource

of this camera class is of approximately 50 thousand clicks.

Additional info about an entry-level DSLR choice (Nikon D40, D50, D60)

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Canon vs Nikon

In my case, the question was formulated exactly as:

Canon

or

Nikon

?

I started enthusiastically clicking with point-and-shoot

Olympus Ultrazoom 765

. I cannot say anything good of it, except that it was digital. Autofocus worked very incorret, and it was driving me mad. I thought about buying

a prosumer

, in particular,

Canon Powershot

, but after examining the price I realized that

entry-level digital SLR camera

would be much better then.

Pentax

seemed exotic to me. I looked at the

Olympus E300 double kit

, but "

Olympus

" and "

noise matrix

" has become synonymous for me, and the option was no longer needed. All that remained were

Canon

or

Nikon

. Holy war among fans of these brands does not stop ever, and there is a lot of information, and both dignities and disadvantages are bulged.

Canon

has

L-series lenses

of high-quality, but of too large price. They say only the red ring around the lens (a distinctive feature of

L class

) cheat firm price for $200. I do not know whether it's truth or not, but the lenses are really professional. Nice picture plastic is among the

Canon

advantages also. That's a fact:)

Nikon

is famous as reportage equipment with prehensile, grasping, and fast autofocus. They advise

Nikon

to those who are not yet ready to invest in the lens park while entry level lens of this system is better than main competitor's analogue.

Get tired of comparing the advantages and disadvantages (they are roughly equal), I just went to the store and holded the bodies of both systems in my hands. Greatly praised

Nikon ergonomics

earned flattering reviews not in vain: camera lied in my hand like a glove. The choice became obvious to me.

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