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About This Page: This is a discussion on Computers/Tech/Photo within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. So Im finally going to take the plunge into the wonderful world of DSLR. Im tired of using my wifey's little P&S Sony Cybershot and seeing my N90 and $5k
So Im finally going to take the plunge into the wonderful world of DSLR. Im tired of using my wifey's little P&S Sony Cybershot and seeing my N90 and $5k worth of lenses collecting dust.
Im looking seriously at the New Nikon D80. I have a friend that has a D200 and a D70 and swears by them.
Ive done quite a bit of research on the D80 but want to hear from the average Joe, not a corporate talking head with a padded wallet.
Any thoughts?
PS, No! I will not buy a Canon.
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Last edited by nocturn; November 25th, 2006 at 08:52 AM.
I have a friend who has (I think) the D70 and is happy with it. I'll get the scoop from him at the game tonight, but he was saying that one of the Nikons, the right side of the body is not big enough to fit comfortably in your hand so you don't get a good grip.
My girlfriend has a Canon and she loves it, but I can understand not wanting to replace all your lenses.
Jesus. I should have posted I was buying a Canon. I probably would've been inundated with "Nikon's are better" blah, blah.
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Originally Posted by Bandit
I have a friend who has (I think) the D70 and is happy with it. I'll get the scoop from him at the game tonight, but he was saying that one of the Nikons, the right side of the body is not big enough to fit comfortably in your hand so you don't get a good grip.
My girlfriend has a Canon and she loves it, but I can understand not wanting to replace all your lenses.
Bingo.
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Originally Posted by johnmac44
I read. Canon has the better lenses. Sorry. He asked for an opinion and he got mine. I prefer Canon. After owning several other brands, I found one that has the quality I prefer and as a scrapbooker, I want the best pictures.
...on the Nikon D80. Not Canon nor its better lenses. Thanks anyways.
I went ahead and bought the D80 and the 70-300mm DX, VR lens from Ritz. I noticed my old 70-210mm had a busted turret.
Got everything for just under 2k. I'll be getting a pretty fat rebate back from Nikon as well.
Soon as the battery charges, I'll shoot off some shots from around the house and post em.
Not that this really helps, since you've already pulled the trigger on the purchase, but for all future DSLR consumers, the decision as to which brand to go with shouldn't be made with body options, but which lenses you prefer and which ones you already have. Spend almost your entire camera budget on the glass, what ever you have left over should go to the body. Good glass does not depreciate.
Last edited by ValleyFan; November 25th, 2006 at 05:34 PM.
Other than some cropping, no image processing has been done.
All these were taken in really bad light. A massive fog bank moved in early this am and killed the light making the shots "softer" than I would've liked to see.
The mute ambient light was good however for color.
I'm really impressed with this camera's "Depth of Field". I shot a few pics of a flock of Titmouse (har har) that didn't come out well because the subjects move so friggn fast. But one particular shot has a incredible field depth. I'll post it later.
BTW,
#1 is a macro of dew on very large red Christmas bells hanging on my lamppost. (12mm)
#2 is a micro of one of my Tulip poplars. The blue/gray looked phenomenal in the fog. (18mm)
#3 is (obviously) a large Mocking bird @ about 300mm. I don't know if any of you have seen Eastern Mocking Birds but they are twice the size of the Westerns...Very impressive bird.
#4 is of my American Beech leaves. Love the reds and yellows. 25mm
#5 Is of my Emperor II Japanese Maple. 18mm
#6 is the backyard overlooking the Appomattox River. Boat console is @ the bottom right (oops!). 55mm
#7 Nandina Berries @ 12mm
I dig texture. #1 is my personal fav with #2 close second.
I tried to get a couple Blue Jays but they were more interested in kicking the **** out of each other than pose for a pic.
There's a difference between that Sigma lens and the DX Nikon lenses. The DX lenses are built for digital cameras, so there's no "chopping" of images. The lens I use the most is a Nikon 28-200 ED, and because it's a general purpose AF lense (as opposed to the DX digital-specific lenses), I have to really be careful of my framing since I'll lose about 1/4" of image of the right and left sides.
Chances are, that with the Sigma lense you'll only get about 100-105 degrees of FOV since the camera's CCD will only see that much.
THIS is the macro lens I'm thinking of getting someday soon.
And THIS is on my list of soon-to-gets, too. I want the vibration reduction feature.
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Last edited by FlyBoeingJets; November 27th, 2006 at 01:54 PM.
Opps! Sorry FBJ. I misread your post and I f'ed up my discription above. I read "MICRO" in your first post as in "Up Close" not macro.
I also realized I f'ed up in line #1 in my discription saying "Macro"..My bad.
None of the photos above were done in MACRO. Hell, I dont think anyone makes a 1:1 or better Macro lens in the 12mm range anyway.
Photo's #1,#2,#5  were all taken with the above Sigma.
Photo #3 was taken with a new Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5 - 5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR
Photo's #4 & #6 were taken with a new Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX
Last edited by nocturn; November 27th, 2006 at 05:20 PM.
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