Comments on: Dreaming of a Nikon D50 http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:31:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 james Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:10:28 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/#comment-1141 Well, if by pro photo shoot you mean plenty of shots with heads cropped off and blurry abstractions of feet than I'm your man! Actually this review, one hell of an in depth review at that, pretty much has me settled on the D50. It has just enough geeky features to keep me busy for a couple of years without being to overwhelming to pick up and use. Thanks for the link! Well, if by pro photo shoot you mean plenty of shots with heads cropped off and blurry abstractions of feet than I’m your man! Actually this review, one hell of an in depth review at that, pretty much has me settled on the D50. It has just enough geeky features to keep me busy for a couple of years without being to overwhelming to pick up and use. Thanks for the link!

]]> By: JonECat http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 JonECat Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:45:21 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/#comment-1140 The D50 is a great camera. Unless you plan on doing a pro photoshoot anytime soon, it should be more that enough for taking pics of the kid. The D70 is a better camera but not for what you would probably use it for. DP review likes it, and I think they really know what they are talking about. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/ The D50 is a great camera. Unless you plan on doing a pro photoshoot anytime soon, it should be more that enough for taking pics of the kid. The D70 is a better camera but not for what you would probably use it for. DP review likes it, and I think they really know what they are talking about.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 james Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:04:31 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/#comment-1139 ....That's what I was afraid of. The D70 is double the price and I know <em>Management</em> won't fly with a $1,200 camera set up. She'd tell me to buy a laptop and a point and shoot.... all the same I'm pretty dumb with cameras so maybe the D50 would be DSLR with training wheels for me. ;-) ….That’s what I was afraid of. The D70 is double the price and I know Management won’t fly with a $1,200 camera set up. She’d tell me to buy a laptop and a point and shoot…. all the same I’m pretty dumb with cameras so maybe the D50 would be DSLR with training wheels for me. ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Mike Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:11:04 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/#comment-1137 I ran into the aforementioned photog at work today and asked him what he bought...it was a D200. He got some fancy lens with...total cost: about 3 grand canadian. I mentioned the D50/70 to him and he said that the D70 was much better...he thought the D50 was too dumbed down. Hopefully my friend Drew will post something here...his dad was a well known photo journalist and Drew has a pretty good sense of consumer cameras I think... I ran into the aforementioned photog at work today and asked him what he bought…it was a D200. He got some fancy lens with…total cost: about 3 grand canadian. I mentioned the D50/70 to him and he said that the D70 was much better…he thought the D50 was too dumbed down. Hopefully my friend Drew will post something here…his dad was a well known photo journalist and Drew has a pretty good sense of consumer cameras I think…

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 james Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:03:51 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/#comment-1135 My brother-in-law did wedding photography for a while with a Nikon D70 and he loved it, the only draw back he said was the need for bi-annual service. I loved the weight and feel of his camera so hopefully the D50 will feel about the same. My brother-in-law did wedding photography for a while with a Nikon D70 and he loved it, the only draw back he said was the need for bi-annual service. I loved the weight and feel of his camera so hopefully the D50 will feel about the same.

]]> By: Mike http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Mike Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:27:33 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/26/dreaming-of-a-nikon-d50/#comment-1131 I was talking to a professional photographer recently who was excited to be on the waiting list for some ridiculously overpriced nikon dslr...sorry I can't remember what model but I understand nikons are general top shelf... I was talking to a professional photographer recently who was excited to be on the waiting list for some ridiculously overpriced nikon dslr…sorry I can’t remember what model but I understand nikons are general top shelf…

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