DSLR camera

[Wayne Maybury]

Originally Posted by bomelia

This link has been mentioned in the past before, and it is one of the best sources for information: http://www.dpreview.com/

You can pick several models and compare features side by side.

Mike

Thanks for that link Mike. From what I read there, I cannot see any reason to not go ahead and buy the D3000. It may not have every feature of the top end cameras, but I am not looking for an overly sophisticated camera anyway.

Wayne

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

Sorry for the delay, been a busy couple of days for me. I was meaning that the D50 at work and the D3000 my neighbor have both had lenses that are 18-55mm. Like I said, I really don't know much about cameras. I know how to use the one at work to get really high res pictures of small electronic components, but beyond That I am lost. When I tried to do the same with her D3000, the picture was not quite as good. I assumed it was the same lens since it was 18-55 just like at work. I see you listed 2 different ones so I am assuming that is the difference from what you posted previously.

It looks like the main difference between the 2 18-55mm zooms is that one of them has Vibration Reduction. That will you to have sharper pictures with everything else being equal.

The question that comes to mind for your experiment is were you doing everything the same with both cameras? Were the following all the same?
- ISO
- Apeture
- Shutter speed
- Same Amount of light (dimly light room versus brightly lit room, natural lighting versus flash?)
- Tripod versus handheld

Just thinking about it though, I can think of some things where the camera body would make a difference:
- Does the camera body support vibration reduction (which I don't think is applicable for Nikon, as they use VR in lenses)
- Resolution of the camera sensor (are the resolutions very different)
- Noise Reduction capability of the sensor/body (some bodies have better noise reduction at the same ISO as a different body based on newer technology, physical size of the sensor, etc.)

[Joe Wicked]

To be honest, I don't remember what the ISO, aperture and shutter speeds were on the D3000. I just used similar lighting to what we use at work and took a few quick pictures. Now keep in mind, for personal use it would work for me, as I don't see myself needing pictures of Micro electronics that phones use. Both were handheld.

I think the D3000 is a 10MP and the D50 is 8 or 6 I can't remember off the top of my head, but the D50 seems to have better pictures close up. For a normal picture not macro, the D3000 visually seems to be a better picture.