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Absolute steal this bargain is for a beginner this camera is great. Taken some amazing studio photos along with outdoors and nature photos. Ideal if you don't know all setting as you can use auto but so easy to get on with and work
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I used an analogue / film Nikon SLR in the olden days, and was really interested in using the full range of manual adjustments to take all sorts of photos. Having put the old camera away several years ago when digital came along, I have wondered for a few years when I would take the step of buying a digital SLR. Well a few months ago I did it. Being on a budget, and also being new to DSLR photography I stuck to this basic model. In some ways it was the right choice. I was disappointed not to get a paper manual, how they can think that a digital manual will do I really can't imagine. For the price you pay for the camera I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to supply a proper manual as well. Consequently I have learned through 1) fiddling with all the settings (doesn't everyone!); 2) trying to look at the digital manual on my tablet which is a complete pain and basically doesn't teach me much at all; 3) looking for advice on the internet, there are good tips around but what a long-winded way! 4) Giving up trying to figure it out and sticking to simple stuff. I remember with my old Nikon I had a full but straightforward paper manual which taught me so much and enabled me to really learn my camera. And I could take it everywhere with me, and flick through the pages! But I really feel I don't know my new camera well. I have discovered some good things about the camera : - you can set the white balance for a given situation, so your pictures come out with great colours ( but I can't remember how I did it!) - The focussing and shots are quick - The zoom is pretty easy (better than a bridge camera and back to the good old days) - it is great for taking product photos for my Ebay shop, and I can switch to a basic resolution for this; - Overall for a beginner to photography the automatic settings are very useful; - The camera is solid and has a good feel to it without being too heavy. The bad points : - although battery life is good, there is no battery level indicator, and there isn't much warning before it dies, and I don't have a spare, so this can be embarassing / annoying. - you can't view the photo you are about to take on the digital display, only through the viewfinder. Why not? - The close ups aren't close up, I love macro photography and this camera as is won't cope (on my old camera, I could turn around my lenses for great close-ups). - Very hard to take astronomy photos without a B setting. - And what about the cable release? Not a screw hole in sight. - The kit lenses let in less light than my old lenses - The spot focussing is good, but the automatic light metering is a complete pain and I find I have little control over it. - I don't understand the settings where aperture is fixed but you can change time, and where time is fixed but you can change aperture. On my old camera that was so simple! Two rings and a lightmeter and bingo! - to someone who likes using all the adjustments of the old cameras, this new camera can make life hard. - Post processing! This is a new subject to me, and I could do with some training. I can adjust pictures well enough to display on Ebay, but I would love to try stock photography, something that requires not only great photography skills, but equally good skills in "fixing" the great photos you took so they are "punchy" etc. Overall I am very pleased with my purchase, I just wish I had more time to learn it better, to make the most of it! I am still a fan of Nikon ..Read full review
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