My Nikon D50

Although it is longer in production or probably at most of your camera store, I will just write about Nikon D50 since I am using it right now. Next investment will be Nikon D300 or maybe...D700x(probably if I am that good photographer)

Note: Nikon D50 taken from Nikon.com.sg


This is the first post for this blog and of course making the grand entrance is my very first digital Nikon D50. Bought it in 2005 with only the knowledge of using auto function in any type of cameras. Like most people, I bought this camera out of the brand and because it was the cheapest among the Nikon and Canon. Reason I choose either this two brand when i bought D50 is, to be honest, I only knew these two brands in term of high quality image it produce and No. 1 choice for most professional photographer. Don't get me wrong, there are many others that are also very good such as Leica, Sony Alpha, Hassleblad, Pentax, Olympus etc... But like I say I have zero knowledge in camera.
Anyway, I learn to use this camera by spending hours in the bus travelling thru and flow to work reading the manuals. Trust me, It is really IMPORTANT that you read the manual. If you don't understand some of the technical terms in it, go to the web and find out more. there is no point buying expensive camera and not knowing or using every single specs of the camera. Nikon D50 cost me SGD$1450. Thats really expensive. For me and maybe some of you guys. Trying all the functions such as Aperture Priority, Full Manual or Program will also help you understand more on your camera and improve your photography technique. No harm trying, its digital!!!! You can delete unwanted images you preview without coming out a single cents. So its free trial and error. For a solid one year, I bought at least two to three magazines a month to read and learn techniques and compositions. And this cost money...hmmm....well it's ok since I gain a lot of info and advices from their editors and even professional photographers.

Nikon D50 has already stop production and being replaced by its successor which is Nikon D40x and D60. They are a fantastic camera with better quality functions and give much much quality images compare to my Nikon D50. You see Nikon D50 is only 6 megapixel (will post about it in the near future) compare to D40x and D60 both using 10 megapixel which massive I mean in term of the size you want your image to be. Both successor lowest ISO is ISO100 compre to D50 which is ISO 200. Will post about ISO in another post. To make things simple about ISO is that the smaller the ISO is the less grainy(noise) your image will be. Nikon D50 images taken with ISO200 will show quite a lot of noise even with a good lighting. As a microstock photographer too, a lot of my images are being rejected due to unacceptable amount of noise level. The built in white balance in D50 is fixed, so you can adjust the level compare to the rest of Nikon cameras.


Alright before you guys start condemning me especially those D50 users, let me just say the good part of this camera COMPARE to D40 and D60. One thing I am happy about D50 is its versatilty. You see D40x(also the early version D40) and D60 can only use DX lens or lenses that has its own AF/Manual(motor drive) switch. So you need to use all those latest version of Nikon lenses or any other brand that has its own motor drive. A friend of mind borrowed my Tokina 124 for awhile and he was left with dissappointment cos he can only engage the lens in manual focusing. And most of the DX lens.... well they are a bit more expensive.



Ok below are some related links that you can click on


Nikon D50 users images posted on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikond50/pool/


Technical Specs of Nikon D50,D40,D40x and D60 in one go

Nikon Camera


Visit these blogs to find out more about Stock Photography

http://www.myersonphoto.com/blog/category/stock/

http://stock-photography-blog.blogspot.com/


View my stock images using D50