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Yeah, not had a full play with yet (had to do some work - it's a joke:shrug:
)
Got a few options set to how I like and took a few pics. So yeah, ISO is a lot better up to 3200 (not mucked around beyond that or below - the d90 starts at iso200)...pic quality seems good, very similar to d3000 (at very low levels) as i'd expect....I reckon iso 3200 on D90 looks similar to d3000 at 800ish, or very close.
Speed is brilliant (a few with nicer cameras might think it's nothing special, but it's machine gun fire IMO
), no more waiting for buffers to clear etc. The D90 will fill, but it's a silly number and not worth thinking about IMO - when it fills it will clear super quick anyway.
More buttons seem great, and is much more of an advantage than I appreciated, and that's only using it for an hour or so....
I am grinning today with the D90, and with a D5100 now I still think I would be smiling, but this is more of a constant grin
(thanks for selling me your D90 Mel i'm very happy
)
Talking of the back display that's the first thing I noticed, the resolution is brilliant.
Ran out of time to check out the display and keep the settings constantly on....it only displays the current setting when i press the info button, otherwise it's off by default and a black screen. I dont have the camera on me but it's probably in the menu or the LV button thinking about (maybe toggles between live view, display settings and OFF)
Will no doubt take thousands of pics over the long weekend
As for lenses, well I have the 35 1.8 (it's only ~£150 quid new
) on around the house etc. Parks and out and about more often than not features the 55-200 (non VR) - I stupidly got this for about £5 less than the VR version when I knew nothing a while back - it's surprisingly good though and great for portraits/candids.
Was tempted to think about an all rounder, but you need to remember there is no lens does it all - not sure of you use primes much, but I use the 35 a lot and am used to extreme sharpness and great contrast/colours now...i dont think i'd be happy with an ultra zoom these days (?) maye it depends what you are used to though. 18-105 sounds a good range though and will no doubt be very good. Think when you get used to primes you look at the whole thing differently tbh. (well, i do)
I'm going to stick with what I have for now, but I reckon a 18-70ish 2.8 (third party) and something fast from 50/70 up another 100 or so would be ideal. It's a very individual thing though isnt it really. Nikon do a fast 28 prime now as well for about £600
but i'll give that a miss....mind you i forgot, I dont need afs - I have a camera with a focus motor now so might see what quality older stuff is around in a while but happy for now.
(I'll send over a friend request and see if that works - it might be the site as i clicked the other day and it locked the whole thing up)
)Got a few options set to how I like and took a few pics. So yeah, ISO is a lot better up to 3200 (not mucked around beyond that or below - the d90 starts at iso200)...pic quality seems good, very similar to d3000 (at very low levels) as i'd expect....I reckon iso 3200 on D90 looks similar to d3000 at 800ish, or very close.
Speed is brilliant (a few with nicer cameras might think it's nothing special, but it's machine gun fire IMO
), no more waiting for buffers to clear etc. The D90 will fill, but it's a silly number and not worth thinking about IMO - when it fills it will clear super quick anyway.More buttons seem great, and is much more of an advantage than I appreciated, and that's only using it for an hour or so....
I am grinning today with the D90, and with a D5100 now I still think I would be smiling, but this is more of a constant grin
(thanks for selling me your D90 Mel i'm very happy)Talking of the back display that's the first thing I noticed, the resolution is brilliant.
Ran out of time to check out the display and keep the settings constantly on....it only displays the current setting when i press the info button, otherwise it's off by default and a black screen. I dont have the camera on me but it's probably in the menu or the LV button thinking about (maybe toggles between live view, display settings and OFF)
Will no doubt take thousands of pics over the long weekend
As for lenses, well I have the 35 1.8 (it's only ~£150 quid new
) on around the house etc. Parks and out and about more often than not features the 55-200 (non VR) - I stupidly got this for about £5 less than the VR version when I knew nothing a while back - it's surprisingly good though and great for portraits/candids.Was tempted to think about an all rounder, but you need to remember there is no lens does it all - not sure of you use primes much, but I use the 35 a lot and am used to extreme sharpness and great contrast/colours now...i dont think i'd be happy with an ultra zoom these days (?) maye it depends what you are used to though. 18-105 sounds a good range though and will no doubt be very good. Think when you get used to primes you look at the whole thing differently tbh. (well, i do)
I'm going to stick with what I have for now, but I reckon a 18-70ish 2.8 (third party) and something fast from 50/70 up another 100 or so would be ideal. It's a very individual thing though isnt it really. Nikon do a fast 28 prime now as well for about £600
but i'll give that a miss....mind you i forgot, I dont need afs - I have a camera with a focus motor now so might see what quality older stuff is around in a while but happy for now.(I'll send over a friend request and see if that works - it might be the site as i clicked the other day and it locked the whole thing up
)
