Ok so I am looking to get a digital SLR here soon.

I want to be at the bottom of the price range (LOL CHEAPSKATE LOL) so what sugestions can you give me ?

I was looking at the D50 as they are on sale at BestBuy plus I got another 12% off cupon, but I know DZ was giving me flack for that decision before. How bad is it really ?

thanks !

-Scott (please sign all your posts like I did to make it official)

 

oh yeah, it would be best to be at a retail location so used is kinda hard since I need to put it on the magic plastic money card

 

try buydig.com

 

http://www.myspace.com/slowrex

all the pics i have up there were taken with my D50 and kit lenses.

you be the judge of how bad they are.

 

love the d50.

 

I think I am debating between the Digital Rebel and the D50

 

go to a store and handle them. the D-reb XT felt cheap and was too small for my hand. the D50 felt better to me.

 

sounds like a plan

-Scott

 

I like how the D50 looks over the Rebel

newbie question: did the camera even come with a memory card ?

 

no, i have 2 - 1gig cards. seems to be enough memory to shoot in RAW and not have any problems.

 

d50 is a great SLR, but me a man and get the new d80 (i think its the 80)... that camera = sex

 

I gave you a little bit of crap because you were thinking of one of those picture taking boxes that starts with the letter "N". Honestly though, as long as you go Canon or that "N" brand, you really can't go wrong. Look in to the features, the Canons tend to have less noise at higher ISOs but the pictures from the "other guys" require less post processing because some is done by default in the camera (or at least that is how it was kinda, sorta but not really explained to me) and a wider range of available digital film speeds.

A few things I would suggest that you consider:
How does the camera feel in your hands?
this one is self explanitory.

How much maintenance are you willing to do to keep taking good pix?
The larger the sensor, the more likely you are to pick up sensor dust. My Mark II N has a larger sensor than my 20d and it requires more cleaning because of it. Canon's new Rebel XTi is about to be released - 10mp camera with ultrasonic sensor cleaning:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...newsletter.jsp

Does it have the features you want?
For example, the D50 has an ISO range of 200-1600, the XT and XTi have a range of 100-1600 at least, some other cameras like the 20d and the 1 series can shoot up to ISO 3200 and the 1 series can shot ISO 50 as well.

The D50 has spot metering, the lower endd Canon's don't - though I find that I rarely use spot metering on my Mark II N so this is less of an issue than I thought it was when I bought the new camera - I could really do without it.

The burst rate on the d50 is 2.5 frames per second as opposed to 3fps on the XTi.

The D50 has a flash synch speed as fast as 1/500th of a second, the mid grade Canons usually do 1/250th of a second (Same for the 1 series as well) and the Canon 5D and XTi synchs at 1/200th of a second.

Out of all of that, the most important things to me would be the ultrasonic sensor cleaning, the lower noise level at higher ISOs and the ability to shoot at ISO 100.

I buy most of my high dollar stuff from BH Photo (http://www.bhphotovideo.com) because it saves a ****load of money. If you have to have it locally, you can sometimes get Best Buy and other box stores to price match them but you still have to pay the sales tax.

-Dan

 

None of them do, but FWIW, I shot about 4 gigs of pix at your wedding and 7gigs at Matt's wedding on a 6mp camera.

 

Canon FTW!!!!

 

Shows how much DZ likes you scot... he only gave you measly 4 gigs of pix... while he gave that Matt character 7!!!