Just bought a Nikon D3000

[GrantH]

I'm quite a bit jealous of your place of living. Care to trade? I've wanted to live in the Twin Cities for a few years now but the job market is full it seems, which is a good thing for those already located there.

 

[guitar guy]

If you read the Rockwell review ok the D3000, please take it with a very large grain of salt. That review has a way of making folks who purchased a D3000 feel like idiots for their purchase, and personally I think it is unnecessarily brutal. The information in the links so far is sound, but remember that you purchased a fine camera. It, like any other entry level DSLR will have its limitations, but it is a fine camera capable of taking fantastic photos if you do your part behind the shutter.

Funny, I actually did read that review last night before I called the CL guy about the camera. It seemed like a lot of quibbling about some finer points that really wouldn't make much of a difference to a noob like me. And I thought the $300 price tag seemed like a good deal so I went for it.

I see there's quite a book books on the market on the D3000. Can anyone recommend one that is particularly good, especially for a novice such as myself?

Congrats for a good deal and congrats for a good camera and tons of fun ahead. I have a D5000 and so wanted a D5000 book. After a couple weeks of looking at my manual every night I got pretty comfortable with my camera and don't care for a model specific book now.

Did you get the manual with yours?

Mick

Hey Mick, looks like someone stole your face. I used to catch the boys a lot back in the 80s

Yes, I have the manual and when I got the camera home last night everything was going well until I discovered I don't have an SD card. Guess that's kind of important?

I picked up a little book at Barnes and Noble, Digital Photography vol. 1 by Scott Kelby, looks pretty informative. I need to get a tripod. Well, actually I need to get a memory chip first.

 

[flatflip]

Funny, I actually did read that review last night before I called the CL guy about the camera. It seemed like a lot of quibbling about some finer points that really wouldn't make much of a difference to a noob like me. And I thought the $300 price tag seemed like a good deal so I went for it.

I see there's quite a book books on the market on the D3000. Can anyone recommend one that is particularly good, especially for a novice such as myself?

Congrats for a good deal and congrats for a good camera and tons of fun ahead. I have a D5000 and so wanted a D5000 book. After a couple weeks of looking at my manual every night I got pretty comfortable with my camera and don't care for a model specific book now.

Did you get the manual with yours?

Mick

Hey Mick, looks like someone stole your face. I used to catch the boys a lot back in the 80s

Yes, I have the manual and when I got the camera home last night everything was going well until I discovered I don't have an SD card. Guess that's kind of important?

I picked up a little book at Barnes and Noble, Digital Photography vol. 1 by Scott Kelby, looks pretty informative. I need to get a tripod. Well, actually I need to get a memory chip first.

HaHa, nice post. I dreamed last night that I put 2 sd cards in my D40. What a long strange trip it's been. I saw The Dead in 79, 80 & 81. Lots of fun. I'm still a fan and it's not hard to find a sound board patch that I haven't heard. I'm a big Derek Trucks fan now. I saw him once, a year or two ago. Would love to see him with Susan.

 

[guitar guy]

Well, let's see pics of those guitars...

Okay, here's my "other" Christmas present (first pics taken with the D3000 btw... sorry very amateurish I know)

 

[flatflip]

Nothing wrong with those pics. Nice Tele. My Father in law just got the Merle Haggard edition of the Tele. He is stoked about it. My son has a Strat and I'm stoked about that. BTW, I'm diggin' the old skool look of the Vox.