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Review: When the box arrived, I was over the moon. I've waited a while to get this Nikon D50 camera, after careful consideration. I was going to review it on Amazon that day, with a wonderful 5 stars, but I decided to give some thought and now I wish I could give it six. Previously I've owned a very heavy Nikon F301, which is a 25-year old 35mm. It still works perfectly to this day and I've taken some amazing photos with it. Naturally, I followed the brand and it hasn't let me down. The D50 is a perfect jump into the digital world from film SLRs and from compact digitals. I owned a Sony CyberShot, which while took amazing photos, lacked the power of an SLR. It does not have certain features that the big brother D70 has, but these are very specialist areas. Issues are taking photos at a maximum of 2.5fps, which is about the same speed as a film camera can load the film, so you're not any worse off. Also, some people have mentioned that there is no backlight on the top LCD screen - but remember, all the important features you need you can set on the LCD screen on the back and you can see most of them in the viewfinder. So it lacks one or two features and it only takes 6.1 megapixel images - but that aside, it's just over £400. You can not get this quality of photos from anything else for that price. The D50 is made from plastics, which make it very light compared to some competitors and to it's older film cousins. But don't think Nikon are skipping out on quality, things like the ring for the tripod to attach onto are metal, as is the hotshoe and the ring around the lens. Where quality is needed, metal is used; where it is not required, plastics are used to reduce the weight. As mentioned, this camera sits upright on a table without falling over - unlike older film SLRs! The main reason for this is probably the lens, as it weighs under half of some older versions for the same reasons. I could go on all day, so to sum up: yes, it lacks one or two features that you need to check if you're a professional but for its amazing price, you can do a lot worse than buy the D50. |
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