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Too good to be true?

  • 27-04-2011 8:26pm
    #1
    glitter-bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭


    Same 'ol story, looking for camera, sick of P & S but can't afford a high end DSLR. Looking through Argos I found this

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5593189/Trail/searchtext%3ENIKON.htm

    I know I won't be able to afford lens down the road so would I be better off with something like a Coolpix? Just looking for standard photos, baby etc but would like to get into it more but would the lack of lenses hold me back?


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  • #2
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    not too good to be true, just last years camera. its fine and will take magazine quality photos if you know how to use it.
    as for lenses, standard answer is to get a nifty fifty (50mm f1.8) which is about the cheapest lens available. its also an absolutely amazing portrait lens.
    I got mine in perfect nick on adverts for less than a hundred. kit lens will be fine for about a years learning


  • #3
    glitter-bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭glitter-bug


    Thanks Mawk, not too bothered it's last years. I'm sure the other cameras won't laugh at him for wearing last years lens. Time to have a think...


  • #4
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    Great deal - go for it!!


  • #5
    Tin Foil Hat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,665 ✭✭✭Tin Foil Hat


    mawk wrote: »
    not too good to be true, just last years camera. its fine and will take magazine quality photos if you know how to use it.
    as for lenses, standard answer is to get a nifty fifty (50mm f1.8) which is about the cheapest lens available. its also an absolutely amazing portrait lens.
    I got mine in perfect nick on adverts for less than a hundred. kit lens will be fine for about a years learning

    That 50mm/1.8 won't autofocus on the D3000.


  • #6
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    As the Pope has pointed out- that's a fecking great deal. Go for it OP- you won't be disappointed.


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  • #7
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    Tin Foil Hat wrote: »
    That 50mm/1.8 won't autofocus on the D3000.

    by the time she decides to upgrade, she can get the nikkor af-s 50, that will work fine.


  • #8
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    Snap that up. Good price.

    The Nikon Kit Lenses are quite good, so you will be right with it to get started.


  • #9
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,891 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Tin Foil Hat wrote: »
    That 50mm/1.8 won't autofocus on the D3000.
    yep, it's a bit more expensive, but the 35mmf1.8 is a better choice anyway.


  • #10
    emrys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭emrys


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    yep, it's a bit more expensive, but the 35mmf1.8 is a better choice anyway.

    nikon have just announced a 50mm 1.8 G lens some nice sample pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/phantomas/5660705610/

    of the available primes at the moment I would definitely go for the 35mm DX 1.8 though.


  • #11
    peckerhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Review from a bald bloke.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NZ1TReCHOA


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