Nikon D50

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Any other owners out there? Lets get into the nitty gritty of this camera. I like the 18-70 lense over the kit lense .

[D70FAN]

Any other owners out there? Lets get into the nitty gritty of this camera. I like the 18-70 lense over the kit lense .

Then you may like the Sigma 18-125 even more, but for different reasons. I sold my 18-70 after buying the Sigma (over a year ago). For $270 you might want to give it a try.

I have a D70 but results should be similar (and maybe even better).

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I also own the 70-300 nikkor which is pretty good. next i want to get the 60mm macro lense

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Looks like I like manual setting better. What ISO Fstop and shutter speed to you prefer? I like the S mode because it chooses the aperature for me. I know the smaller the F# the less light comes in and the smaller the iso the more light is used right? As for shutter speed I discovered indoors I can only go as high as 1/500 before it blacks out. To freeze a water fall what settings would you use?


Thanks for any help.

[D70FAN]

I also own the 70-300 nikkor which is pretty good. next i want to get the 60mm macro lense

Then you must have the AF-D verison, or you got the one good G that Nikon made. My 70-300 G is a paperweight.

[brandname]

Yes george i got the AF-D version. I kinda like the softness for some reason. Reminds me of real film .

[D70FAN]

Looks like I like manual setting better. What ISO Fstop and shutter speed to you prefer? I like the S mode because it chooses the aperature for me. I know the smaller the F# the less light comes in and the smaller the iso the more light is used right? As for shutter speed I discovered indoors I can only go as high as 1/500 before it blacks out. To freeze a water fall what settings would you use?


Thanks for any help.

- I think you will realize more control using aperture priority.

- The smaller the f number, the more light is allowed in, as this is really represented as f/A (focal length divided by Aperture). So for a given focal length in mm the smaller the aperture number, the larger the lens opening.

A 100mm lens at f/2.8 (100mm divided by 2.8) will allow twice as much light in than at f/5.6 (100mm divided by 5.6).

- The higher the ISO the more "sensitive" the digital sensor or film is to light. The aperture controls the "amount" of light available, and the shutter determins how much of that light is allowed to hit the sensor in a given amount of time, and how much motion is "stopped".

- In shutter priority mode, using flash, 1/500 is the limit of the flash sync. The Nikon D50 and 70 are unique in consumer dSLR's for this ability. Most only go to 1/250 sec. or less.

- For shooting a waterfall the faster, the better the stop-action, probably starting at about 1/250 sec. It depends on how far the water falls. If it's 10 feet it will be moving slower than at 50 feet, reaching full speed, at a falling distance, wherever terminal velocity is reached. Also water at the top of the falls will always be moving slower than just before the bottom.

You have a digital camera... so try several shots at different shutter speeds. Start at 1/250 sec. It's easier than weighing for average water weight and size and doing the math. But if you are a stickler for precision and like getting wet...

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/JianHuang.shtml

Or here.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/termv.html

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Very nice info. I like this forum 10 fold over the nikonians website.

[D70FAN]

Yes george i got the AF-D version. I kinda like the softness for some reason. Reminds me of real film .

That is definately the better of the Nikkor 70-300's. As I said before the G lens is junk, so you have chosen wisely.

[nwpoland]

what about the sigma 18-200 as the primary lens? any thoughts?