Nikon D50

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Well!,i have owned over 14 digital cameras so far, from all different brands, like: Canon, fuji, Olympus,Panasonic, Sony and now Nikon. The reason i buy Nikon last is because i work as a fotospecialist for the big newspaper for over 25 yrs now.The company i work for used to have all Nikon gears for over 15 yrs, now they have switched to all Canon gears, due to the fact that Nikon digital has alot of problems with dynamic range and noise. They used to have Nikon D2H series.I personally worked on thousands of Nikon pics back then and i have found that Nikon has bad noise issues and white balance.
<br>I finally decided to sell my Sony R1 and replace with Nikon D50, after about 100 test shots, i found that D50 colors are somewhat fine, but i can see clearly that its lack of dynamic range, its seems to blow hilight details, and shadow end seem to plug, another word its too short of dynamic range.The noise issue seems to be better now at high iso. I use it with my Sigma EX 24-70mm f2.8 one of my sharpest lens, the colors are fine, sharpness on D50 is fine too, but in overall as far as pics quality i think Sony R1 produces better images, but Sony R1 is a slower shooting camera as D50.
<br>The goods, i think D50 has very solid build, compact, fast shooting and fast AF, menu is easy to use, great price.
<br>i paid 330$ for D50 used in demo shape, for the price i cant complain, it does what i expect, a good camera to beat around, when i dont want to lug around my bigger cameras.
<br>I found that d50 compact size is good, but its too small, my pinky finger is hanging out when i shoot, so i bought the generic battery grip holder for it. this will be my back up camera. great camera for anyone who wants to start of with thier 1st DSLR, its price body only is less than most point and shoot cameras.
<br>I compared D50 pics to my Fuji S2 and S3 pros with the same lens, No question asked!, Fuji produces much better quality.
<br>then come my Sony A100 on 2nd place.
<br>My 2 centz.

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I've owned about 150 cameras in the last ten years,35mm SLRs, medium format film cameras and several digital cameras including Canon Digital Elph and a couple of Kodaks. It took a while to take the big jump to digital SLR, and I have to say I'm very plea

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It was possible to take awesome photos right out of the box without reading the manual. It has a variety of scene modes, but most of the time, I don't even need them. The worst feature of my Nikon Coolpix camera (1st digital for me) was that I missed all action shots because of the shutter lag. The D-50 has no shutter lag, plus you can take continuous photos, too (2.5 per second). It has no movie mode, but I never used that on my Coolpix, either. The biggest con for me is that it isn't as portable as my Coolpix. I can't throw it in my pocket. The tradeoff, of course, is that I have the larger lenses that interchange, more versatility, more expandability, etc. The battery life is amazingly long. I love my camera.

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