Nikon D50

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Pros
Low price
Easy to use
Cons
Lacks some controls of Nikon's D70s

$689.00
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Nikon D50 Review

by Tracey Capen

- Nikon's 6.1-megapixel D50 digital SLR model is no photographic marvel, but it does fit nicely into the latest digital camera trend: making interchangeable-lens photography accessible to shooters who don't have deep pockets.

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User Reviews for Nikon D50

Reviewed by: Methuss

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Fast startup time, fast autofocus, and fast rapid shot mode.

Weaknesses: None to speak of.

Overall Evaluation: Having shot film all thorugh college this was my first DSLR and I have to say I'm impressed. It's a huge upgrade from my old N2000. I was in a toss up between the D50 and the newer D40, but the later was hard to find. As for the other user that said his locked up using older AF lenses... try reading the manual. You have to lock the f-stop to the highest setting on the older AF lenses for them to work with this camera. Once I did that, my Nikkor 70-200 AF lens worked just fine. Even my old Quantaray 500mm works. The only thing I had to give up from my old lens collection was a 2x teleconverter which didn't work. Even my old bounce-flash works. Picture quality has been smashing. No need to edit a thing and prints on my a Kodak dye sub printer come out looking superb. Given the excellent quality of the shots I've gotten so far, I don't even see why the D40 (which has built in basic editing like red-eye removal) would be needed.
Reviewed by: opalized

Duration of ownership: 1 Year

Strengths: Spectacular product, fast, reliable, easy to use, and learn. Unbeleivable battery life, button positioning, all around a wonder to use

Weaknesses: Alittle slow to focus on rare occasions

Overall Evaluation: This camera has saved me the cost of the camera in film purchases alone, and has performed equally or better than my nikon 35mm cameras in every situation. The battery life is far beyond what i expected. The durability of this camera is equal to or better than any previous camera ive owned both in the 35mm arena, and in the digital camera arena. The best purchase ive ever made, of any product by any manufacture.

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