Digital SLR Camera Reviews

A great camera with improved movie mode

I used to fund a 5D and enjoy a few years and found that a full-frame camera, simply exceptional. Like many others, I waited impatiently for the 5D Mark II, and pre-ordered one. After using a couple of weeks I am pleased to announce that this is a good update of the 5D.

If you are looking for this camera, what have you heard of the “black spot” problem. Unless you print photos the size of several meters to several centimeters, to see them. Sure, I downloaded a version of the firmware, if available, but in the meantime, I have never had any problems with the real world.

The size and the controls are very similar to the 5D – at ease very quickly. The viewfinder is excellent – bigger, brighter, and a welcome addition. There are many “under the skin” improvements, the largest 21.1 megapixels. Flexibility, much more focused, but be prepared for some big RAW file! Upgrading processor (DIGIC 4) keep things moving along at a good pace. I can not comment on the capture of high-definition video, because I flirt with her at the moment and have virtually no experience with video grapher. But in the perspective of lifelong learning. Capturing video was the icing on the cake for me – bought for the photos.

Disappointments are few and far between, like the fact that the battery is a different design so it can not be confused with the 5D. Presumably it has a longer life, but the pattern of trade would be good to keep the costs in full. We also regularly receive the 40D and Rebel (become IR) and thus the exchange capacity, the better.

If you are currently working with a crop sensor camera, you will be amazed what they have a complete picture will do for you (even if they are willing to spend money in some good glass – when the fever of the lens L and LL me again!). Note that the original 5D is still available, and very beautiful (and some robberies organisms used). The original is a fantastic car, and it is worth considering if your budget is limited.

One final point: the RAW files are not compatible with CS3. However, recently updated in the House of Light (2.2) solves the problem. No need to go to CS4 just for that.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

I bought and reviewed at the beginning of the Nikon D3 and decided to keep when I bought D3x. The reason is that I continued to shoot in low light, D3, outdoor, etc. The ability to shoot with the higher ISO settings, high refresh rate is what convinced me that I could trade I do not know that Results in detail D3X was almost convinced that more megapixels is after a loss not to kill them if they are smaller copies, photographs, but shows online on this line, it would be wasteful.

However, if you’re like me, is a desire to further improve the professional image with extreme clarity, detail, contrast, impressive in a word, you should try to show D3x. I doubt that my decision to keep the D3 in a zoo, but recently discovered that the two houses came to hand. I have the Nikon 200mm f / 2 lens D3x licenses for distance vision and near, and had 24mm to 70mm zoom on the Nikon D3. I managed about 150 shots in each room and I found what I liked, because the composition of my time, not because the camera are both great.

I found a picture to see pieces of 100% D3x unless both houses of RAW, the results are just incredible. I could literally see the separate tabs of a camel and an elephant, lion and even a few good shots from distance, convinced me that if I as a photographer who is largely D3x Nikon D3 and lenses. I love the construction of both the D3 and D3x, powerful sound for me. I was dragged to the two rooms with the above objectives, with 2 extra lenses for 7 hours at the zoo in Denver.

I have one hours or so throughout the day of rest stops every day. I would do it and I to 60 in a few months. I love the design and control of both houses, if you love are the same, to my knowledge, been considered in detail each menu item. I’m glad we kept two homes by the problem of slow for me it’s worth and love of the photographs I took both, but the resolution would D3X choice if I had to choose between her and D3. Nikon with more and better in a few years always do, but for now hard to imagine how D3x improve.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

We are with Nikon cameras and the glass of the early 70s. Over the years we have a good collection of glass are stacked and although he admitted that they migrate to the end of the film, we moved the value of our glass. It is clear that these things can empathize.

I know we all praised the ability of low-light and pending. I can not this scene would have been possible. Usually had to shoot an ISO 100 tripod. Now routinely used at 800 and 400! I go into small spaces and preservation of hand now! This feature is completely changed my style of photography!

Another feature I found is the smallest of areas AF. If the wildlife is much easier to lock the object when the animal fat in Malaysia (you know, like all the time). The fees again is difficult in these situations, the Nikon has the focus.

One last feature I’m excited is the virtual horizon. And now the norm of the camera just so much easier. Two ways to prove that the first is a large screen behind which seems to have a 747 is a kind of useless. The second is the function key on the front of the camera to the virtual horizon. Click here with the little finger, while looking through the viewfinder and the exposure is at the virtual horizon. You have arrived at “0″ and its level. Much easier to do than it seems. I’ve always thought that my level of functionality, but I was very surprised at how often I need a little tilt one way or another.

The camera has autofocus incredible, so the viewer can actually manually focus with it, if you want incredible screen on the rear can be used for a specific approach to control, and much more. Just a fantastic camera in general.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

My D5000 was delivered last night while at work. The woman opened the box just enough to remove the battery and load for me. After 12 hours of grueling work shifts that I had forgotten my new toy.

After many dogs drool when I got home I realized the box on the kitchen D5000. My heart began to stink. I tried unsuccessfully to my car to drive. My new toy here! Undo all with care. I followed the quick start guide, and is ready in no time.

I am a man with big hands needed. The D5000 felt good in my hands. Not too heavy, too light. The black coating is done with a little rough to. Very nice. My right thumb is conveniently located thumb, while I found a house in the shutter. With strict control of D5000 were able to complete my wrist and point the camera to be expressed in a variety of positions. The camera felt good in the hand. I realized that this beauty can drag all day and not the syndrome of the wrist of the feared.

I was looking for subjects to photograph. Nights of work for everyone except the dog slept. It can not be reversed light switches, moving Knick women, or something that could involve the child to sleep. God woke me up a child. My wife had the testicles and breast quarter of 7.9 seconds. Sure, it rained for 2 consecutive days. So I sit back with a new camera.

I love the D5000. From a world point and shoot super zoom This is a welcome change for some soon. I have a film SLR to the end of 90 years, so I have some experience with digital SLR photography. But progress is much safer to go digital easy. I’m not a complete guide to all the time kind of person. Like most of us want the added functionality of the entire manual to play, but a good car and fast. I like to spend time with my family when we all go out and I do not like playing with the settings. The family gives me a lot of time on my side of the experience.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

I bought my first digital SLR (a Nikon D60), last November, I was intrigued by the announcement of the D5000. When purchasing my D60, the D90 is planned, but after personally, I chose the D60 form factor are much smaller, lighter and less expensive. Camera I was very happy with the D60, despite their poor performance, while slightly better than my old point-and-shoot has been fantastic.

Since the D5000 and the same sensor as the D90 sensor, but in a mild climate, is relatively small, I decided to upgrade. And I must say I am very happy with the D5000.

The D5000 shoot excellent photos, especially in low light and lighting difficult. The D5000 is the first camera I owned could take a picture of the night and record (and in some cases) that the eye sees. This is in automatic mode (without flash), no tripod with an average speed (F3.5-F5.6) Nikon VR. Impressive.

I came back and took photos of that night with the same settings for this Nikon lens 16-85 VR and the results are much better in my D5000 vs. D60. The difference between the D5000 and D60 is almost as dramatic light (below) as the difference between my D60 and the point and shoot camera. I have published several pictures to illustrate.

Using the Live View mode you can shoot the elusive, as the angles in a crowd or in a corner looking down, or make a self portrait. This does not work and the application of Nikon is the hinge on the bottom of the camera, so if you use a tripod, the options are limited.

However, the excellent image quality, especially in low light, and has contributed to the much smaller areas that can improve to compensate. Therefore, the D5000 is my vote of 5 stars.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

The first thing I did was morning and found some landscape photos with my D40 and D5000. In the coming days, I have dozens of pictures of various modifications to the D5000 test. I’m not my former VR 18-55mm zoom and the new 35 mm f / 1,8.

Immediately it was clear that the image quality of the D5000 is much higher than the D40. First, no matter if you want high res photos shown on the big screen, and the details that add texture to the landscape. Second, I do not know what magical transformation Nikon has launched the D5000, but uses light with a little more finesse and predictability. Note: The D-Lighting Everything is generally desirable, it is possible that the sacrifice of contrast that you want to situations of intense light.

The only problem is that I lived many paintings of wine with a strong iron ocher yellow, suggesting that the auto white balance in amber was happening. Green grass, in turn, Chartreuse and light blue sky. The rest of the images that resemble the perfect color I had more and more subtle than the D40, which is very good to have.

After playing with the settings for white balance by the way WB, ADL and running, I’m back in the room before the discovery that the dress seconds. But yesterday I came to the fact that the sun as you “direct” WB instead of “auto white balance”, the problem disappears and the colors are perfect.

A little internet search shows that the unpredictable behavior of the automatic white balance is a known issue in many digital devices. In essence, the camera tries to guess what the light conditions will apply, but most experts recommend to manually select and / or adjusting the white balance. Now, I do not think my Nikon D40 or other goods, that was the problem, but maybe there were other problems are related. For example, D40 is often a slight blue cast to the shadow that was not there. A brief D60 prisoners was worse in this regard.

Like the D40 before, the manual recommends D5000 automatic white balance for most situations, but you would want on this question. This is a bit disappointing, because the smart menu choices Nikon automated for many is part of the excitement of the D5000, but it seems that the problem of automatic white balance is generally reflex.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

I finally got my D700 and have for about one weeks, so now I wanted some first impressions about the advantages and disadvantages of views experienced amateur.

I am very pleased with the picture of the Convention. For this camera, I had the D100 and happy with him, but he was always a little embarrassing, because my Nikon lenses are converted from different formats of the CCD. Now I am back to 35 mm SLR I have the impression that the events much more in my old N90s. My favorite target, the 85 millimeter 1.4 seconds incredibly beautiful images with very shallow depth. I’m in heaven.

The elements I’ve used so far is quite impressive. ISO in normal quality is excellent. I do not see digital photos with this level of detail period. But what really impressed me was the standard ISO 6400. I played with a series of digital cameras for years and I do not think I’ve ever seen an aircraft that can produce the kind of image in low light the D700 is not. The sound is so weak that they are on earth.

I used a SanDisk 16GB Extreme and very impressed with the write speed of the camera. RAW photo quality, I have 800 photos on the memory card and transfer in the team is excellent, given the size of the file. The shutter speed is excellent. I have mostly portraits, but then I found Candids fired several shots in succession and the D700 works very well. I find it strange that, in terms of much faster and the D3, but I have not much faster can imagine.

I recommend this device if you can afford, as most other cars are less expensive. If you want high quality photos and pictures in low light, with all products, the camera and provides a value for each piece of the cost. I hope this review has helped in some way. Thanks for reading.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The D700 with a larger sensor than the D300, but approximately the same power megapixels means that the size and density of the pixels on the D700 is much smaller than the D300. The report is 1.4MP/cm2 vs 3.3MP/cm2 for D700 and D300, respectively. A ratio means less noise and lower the ratio supports the D700. For the D700, it means less noise to capture images even when using the D300.

My real point of this validation theoretical advantage. I have noticed that although the noise level D300 is very good at ISO 1600 and even 3200, has shown the D700 noise levels consistently below the D300 to shoot at ISO setting and the same lighting conditions. This is most noticeable when shooting at night with the many lights on the edge of the main theme.

As to the interpretation of the color I have not noticed any significant difference between the D300 and D700 in time, I use the D700. Maybe because I have the test in the afternoon and evening.

When using the D700, the full-frame sensor means that the focal length of the lens factor of 1.5x to repent. So a 50mm lens is a 50mm lens for the D700 but the equivalent of 75 mm for use with the D300.

While this is a disadvantage to the remote side may seem, profits high and the angle can only be described as a revelation. The benefit for the wide application D700 comes not only from a broader perspective. Maximize the D700 and makes full use of lenses, like the excellent Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, so buying D700 as a revelation.

As for the physical differences between the D700 and D300, while these two models are about the same size, the D700 is slightly heavier than the D300. This is not a problem for me.

Make sure you have the best grip for balance and the life of the battery. I think the D700 has a better performance of the battery of the D300. If you are not portraits, a portrait of the Show disc and download your personalized image for your camera. The results are very nice.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

The transition to the Nikon D300 is the operation of the new features that were not present for the D100 I had for several years. It was time to bid.

When shooting a concert in a target quickly without the flash and Auto ISO feature is used with various types of measurement tends to expose the camera on some shots and are more exposed. The exhibition is the failure of the D300 to decide what ISO to use, and in some cases has gone to ISO 1600, ISO 200 or 400 when the ambient light would. Counselor for the ISO-road vehicle with the photo inside.

When shooting indoors without flash, the camera often overexposed by 1 / 3-2 / 3 with matrix metering. This is easily fixed by adjusting the exposure compensation. Another way is to use the center weighted average, which is more in line with the measurement.

With a 12MP camera is my project target acuity defects more likely. Here the breathing techniques, how to keep the machine so the lake is clear with the photo’s. I also found the AF fine tuning is useful to adjust the front or back focusing goals and Nikon lenses still require some adjustments.

ISO performance was excellent. My main use so much fast action sports in the gym, under the light flashes when they are not allowed and have some very nice action photo. For those who never go beyond the automatic adjustment of the current camera I would not recommend this device, because not even one.

The screen is larger, to access information about the exhibition display, etc. The buttons are well placed to better address the D100 and is more comfortable in your hands. Auto focus and exposure are far more advanced in the D100.

Although they are still in learning mode with this camera, I am convinced that it was worth it. In the absence of D200, when he moved to the left I can not comment on the passage of the D300 value.

Quality and functionality are what you expect from Nikon. I especially like the burst mode, but requires a fast card to keep up.

I recommend this camera to all photographers without reservation. I bought my own outside the Amazon. No bribes or Nikon them, unfortunately.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

After reading all the opinions and comments professional and let a few weeks ago I jumped on it with the purpose kit 18-200 VR. I am not a professional, even if I go in a professional way, but I seriously my picture. My question is mainly the family and grandchildren and the landscape. I’m constantly experimenting with the settings and never check icon in the Standard mode button on my D50, so the car seemed a natural upgrade for me.

The range of the menu system can be incredible, if only out of the box, which will be shot striking images, notably the “P” (program) modes. However, once past the standard features, you can use one tenth the capacity of this camera without reading the manual for the camera in front of customers. I give the quality of textbooks as a B-. Their statements are very good, but the limits of absurdity and the organization may be forced to go through the manual just to the vernacular understanding of the function can find.

The LCD screen is a hit. I am reluctant to adjust the brightness of “0″ because I’m afraid the photos to ignore, but a slight increase in brightness.

Battery life was for me less than 1000 photos were received. More like 500 or something. I do not know whether this is due to the lens of virtual reality, because I often used my Sigma. 500 is still far away and I’m happy.

The weight of the device is uncomfortable for some, but not for me. My hands are big and filled the room and the “balance” how it feels in your hands in different directions in which it feels to me as a balanced exercise 18V cordless. Although it is cumbersome weight evenly distributed and can be activated and manipulated without effort, at least not for me.

In general, I can honestly say that I love. Can not much better than that!

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars