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TGB! · 05-22-2007, 04:58 PM

With the Nikon D80 and D40x out (dSLR), you can find D50's and even D70/s's out there for cheap (well relatively cheap - couple hundred).

A point and shoot is good, but youll come to regret it if you feel like you want to keep up with photography (and most do). Theres something about taking a good shot and "emoting" with it that fills a mans nutsack with pride.

My recommendation - grab a D50 on the cheap (you shouldn't pay more than 400 for it - dont let any shithead on CraigsList tell you otherwise), and then get a 50MM 1.8 lens (plus w/e stock lens they got). Also, I have a photography book that I got when I first got my camera, and god damn if it aint the fucking bee knees in explaining photography BEYOND "Point the camera and shoot".

I sold my camera awhile ago (mechanism on the inside broke, and cost more to repair than I paid for it), and am shopping for a new one. . .but it will either be a D50 or a D80 (more than likely a D80, and I am itching to pull the trigger on one right now). I'd stay away from the D40 - you cant use older lenses that dont have the autofocus on the LENS itself; what that means is that since the D40 doesnt have this feature (on the BODY of the camera), any lens you buy MUST have AF on the lens, or you're stuck manually focusing the lens, which defeats one of the "convenience" purposes of a digital camera.

In the end though, the camera body itself doesn't matter much (well it does, but lets assume your not buying a KONAN or a SUNY from Algeria and are buying one of theig four - Canon, Nikon, Pentax or Sony), it's the lenses you buy and your own learnedness that will make all the difference. beer:

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TGB! is Offline Command Sergeant Major Posts: 2,644 Join Date: Dec 2003	05-22-2007, 04:58 PM With the Nikon D80 and D40x out (dSLR), you can find D50's and even D70/s's out there for cheap (well relatively cheap - couple hundred). A point and shoot is good, but youll come to regret it if you feel like you want to keep up with photography (and most do). Theres something about taking a good shot and "emoting" with it that fills a mans nutsack with pride. My recommendation - grab a D50 on the cheap (you shouldn't pay more than 400 for it - dont let any shithead on CraigsList tell you otherwise), and then get a 50MM 1.8 lens (plus w/e stock lens they got). Also, I have a photography book that I got when I first got my camera, and god damn if it aint the fucking bee knees in explaining photography BEYOND "Point the camera and shoot". I sold my camera awhile ago (mechanism on the inside broke, and cost more to repair than I paid for it), and am shopping for a new one. . .but it will either be a D50 or a D80 (more than likely a D80, and I am itching to pull the trigger on one right now). I'd stay away from the D40 - you cant use older lenses that dont have the autofocus on the LENS itself; what that means is that since the D40 doesnt have this feature (on the BODY of the camera), any lens you buy MUST have AF on the lens, or you're stuck manually focusing the lens, which defeats one of the "convenience" purposes of a digital camera. In the end though, the camera body itself doesn't matter much (well it does, but lets assume your not buying a KONAN or a SUNY from Algeria and are buying one of theig four - Canon, Nikon, Pentax or Sony), it's the lenses you buy and your own learnedness that will make all the difference. beer: