Nikon D5200

[Paws]

Need a new digital camera and thought of stepping up from a compact camera to My First DSLR™.

My object of desire is the Nikon D5200. Now I only have one question: which colour? The bronze model is not available here, so it's either black or red.

I'm tempted for the red one, but I'm not sure if I will be able to sell the camera in a few years if I don't want it anymore.

 

[Kahaih]

The red and bronze is probably just a coating and will show scratches, nicks, and scuffs.

The black is probably black material all the way through.

 

[Keeland]

The red and bronze is probably just a coating and will show scratches, nicks, and scuffs.

The black is probably black material all the way through.

Nicks, scratches, dropped lenses with unusable, bent. lens-filter threads are badges of honour to the real photographer.

But alas, their are few real photographers left. Real photographers shoot daguerreotypes only and go mad after five or 10 years.

 

[swerve]

A friend of mine just bought one...

The sales lady told him that he should get black -- since it will look more professional...

He bought the RED one...

I say it up to you -- pure personal preference...

 

[Kahaih]

Nicks, scratches, dropped lenses with unusable, bent. lens-filter threads are badges of honour to the real photographer.

But alas, their are few real photographers left. Real photographers shoot daguerreotypes only and go mad after five or 10 years.

That's fine, but he said he might sell it in a few years.

That will be easier and more 'profitable' if it doesn't look too beat up.

 

[Keeland]

I have a Canon SX-30 that I bought a few years ago. It's a point-and-shoot super-telephoto but with most of the controls for shooting aperture priority, shutter priority or fully manual. And it shoots only jpgs, unless I jail-break it to shoot raw, which I can't be bothered doing. I think the new model has reached SX-60.

But my heart belongs to Nikon — I've had three Nikkormats (film) and still have one, along with four primes — a 50mm Nikon, 28mm Nikon, 135mm Nikon and a 200mm Vivitar.

If I were to buy another camera, the D5200 probably would be it, since a full-frame is absurdly expensive, more's the pity. But I don't shoot enough anymore. I haven't had the Nikkormat out of its case in more than a year. The Canon is too handy and the pictures don't cost anything to "process."

I do like the red, though. And if it flops, it might be worth more as a rarity in years to come.

 

[T-Rexx]

But my heart belongs to Nikon — I've had three Nikkormats (film) and still have one, along with four primes — a 50mm Nikon, 28mm Nikon, 135mm Nikon and a 200mm Vivitar.

The only Nikon I have ever owned was a Coolpix s8000 I bought about 12 years ago. I paid $1,000 for it. It was such a stunningly BAD camera that I am amazed to this day that Nikon ever allowed that camera to go to market.

Among other things, it had a shutter lag time of about 3 seconds (about 3 seconds after you pressed the button, the camera finally took the photograph). That is so long that it is virtually impossible to photograph anything that is moving.

A $1,000 camera that can't photograph anything that's moving. My head spins.

 

[Keeland]

A $1,000 camera that can't photograph anything that's moving. My head spins.

My SX-30's like that. I have to hold the shutter button halfway down so it can focus and fart around with the exposure, if it's on automatic, before I take the pic. At that point I can reel off as many pix of the subject as I want.

But manual operation doesn't include manual focus. So if the subject is moving toward me or away, I'm up the creek. Not that it happens much.

I bought it more for its extreme telephoto as for anything else, and that is very good. (Its video isn't bad, either.)

 

[Paws]

The red and bronze is probably just a coating

Hmm yes, totally forgot about that.

I ditched the plan for Nikon shortly after anyway and went for the mirrorless Panasonic Lumix G6...

 

[T-Rexx]

^ Good choice.

 

[al123xxx]

I love cameras
Right now I'm using an Oly EM5, thinking of upgrading to EM1.
Still like micro4/3 system because of its lenses