First DSLR

lordpektorni

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Greetings, i am thinking of buying my first DSLR because even though i am an amateur photographer it seems that the previous compact camera that i have is not sufficient enough to cover my needs. I was talking with a friend of mine(photographer) and she told me that she has an old Nikon D5000 that she could give me along with a 18-55mm and Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED VR lens for 200 euros(200 bucks). Is this a good deal for me? If not do you have any suggestions for a beginners dslr?

Thank you in advance
 
Sounds like a solid deal.
 
That is a great deal for that price. It's a great way to introduce yourself to DSLR and learn to manipulate shutter speed, ISO, and aperture to get the desired look.
 
Not a bad deal at all, this set will help you get into photography and learn the basics.
 
Sounds like a great price to me. Down the road, you could pick up a used Nikon 35mm 1.8G and or Nikon 50mm 1.8G for a low price and can get very creative with.
 
Deal sounds fine to me.

Buying a camera is a painful task. Like, you have to first consider 5 important points while purchasing a camera be it a DSLR or a simple webcam:
1) Durability
2) Ease of use
3) Affordability
4) Purpose of use
5) After sale/purchase service
Well, thats better than the usual monocausal attitude of people towards cameras, but still sounds VERY incomplete.

Shouldnt there also be stuff like:
- bang for the buck ratio
- reachable image quality
- reliability
- performance / speed (autofocus, fps, buffer size, processing speed)
- endurance / battery life
- flexibility / extensibility, especially available lenses and their quality, but also flash system etc
- investment saftey / backwards compability / longterm value / shortterm and longterm resale value
- used market
- secondary companies products for this system

Also, are you kidding ? Why would anyone care about such things with a webcam ? These things cost like nothing and nobody ever does any serious test on them.

You want high quality video ? You get a real video camera, not just a webcam.


P.s.: Oh and I should add - yes ergonomics are important, but ease of use can be a DISADVANTAGE with cameras. The better cameras are, the more they demand from the photographer.
 
The D5000 is OLD sensor tech...but with two consumer lenses and the body for $200, the price is fair and reasonable. The camra is not nearly as capable as a newer camera, but for $200...who can complain too much? There has been a pretty substabntial improvement in the lkow-end Nikon bodies and how good their images and video are since the D5000 was a current model--but the price is like $440 for the body only!
 

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