Some upgrade advice please and shared experiences

mhphan · Nov 27, 2011

Hi, I'm a novice photographer and have been using the Nikon D50 for awhile now, taking scenery shots, family photos and miscellaneous creative shots here and there. I'd like to get a little more serious and am considering the D7000, but was wondering if the D90 would be a good enough step up. Not sure if I'm asking the right question, but please share any advice or experience you've had with each body or any other you think would be a good step. Thanks for the help.

KmH · Nov 27, 2011

The D50 is a great camera.

The biggest steps are made by upgrading the photographer's knowledge and skill, and that also costs a lot less.

Just the fact you are asking indicates you could shore up your basic understanding of how digital a camera, lens, lighting, and digital photographs work.

Here is a great group of online tutorials that can help you accomplish all of that: Digital Photography Tutorials

scorpion_tyr · Nov 27, 2011

Upgrading cameras without knowing exactly why you're upgrading would be a big waste of money. If you pay $300, or $3,000 for a camera and leave it on AUTO, the pictures will be the same (not very good).

mhphan · Nov 28, 2011

Yes, points understood. I'm reading up more and I'll check out the tutorials. Thanks.

Dao · Nov 28, 2011

mhphan said:
Yes, points understood. I'm reading up more and I'll check out the tutorials. Thanks.

I agree with others. Your camera is not bad at all. There was an user here used to use D50 for his work (before upgrade to D90) and his photos are quite good. I even found his work in a facebook ads banner from a company who sell t-shirts. So photography knowledge and experience are important as well.

As for the camera, I do not own Nikon camera, but from what I read, both D90 and D7000 are great cameras as far as camera body upgrade concern. Besides camera body upgrade, camera lenses or lighting equipment (such as flash) are also important in terms of photography equipments.

However, if you do not know what to upgrade yet, that means you may not truly understand what your current camera equipments limitations are. Once you know more, you should know what to upgrade.