DSLR Replacement
Discussion
Hi All
Had a disaster yesterday - here for info
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0... Frozen Pipes
My camera kit was on the floor and was completely soaked - camera does not turn on at all, or even show anything on the display when off - lens are full of water. Insurance should be ok - were ok on the phone but all subject to a loss adjuster. Anyway I need advice.....
Camera is a Nikon D50.
Lens 1 - 18-55 1.35-5.6
Lens 2 - 70-300 1.4-5.6
Was bought as a kit - I have no documentation (destroyed in the flood) from the purchase (2005 or 2006) - but I think it was about £600. Can anyone recommend suitable replacements? I like Nikon but am open to change. (Commander Jameson and his 550D has caught my eye).
I did ask before about whether to upgrade this camera but the general advice was then to add to it - now have no choice. I need replacements.
Thanks
Had a disaster yesterday - here for info
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0... Frozen Pipes
My camera kit was on the floor and was completely soaked - camera does not turn on at all, or even show anything on the display when off - lens are full of water. Insurance should be ok - were ok on the phone but all subject to a loss adjuster. Anyway I need advice.....
Camera is a Nikon D50.
Lens 1 - 18-55 1.35-5.6
Lens 2 - 70-300 1.4-5.6
Was bought as a kit - I have no documentation (destroyed in the flood) from the purchase (2005 or 2006) - but I think it was about £600. Can anyone recommend suitable replacements? I like Nikon but am open to change. (Commander Jameson and his 550D has caught my eye).
I did ask before about whether to upgrade this camera but the general advice was then to add to it - now have no choice. I need replacements.
Thanks
Well, assuming you go new, the latest bodies will be an advance on the D50 in many areas. There's been a jump in sensor capabilities.
Your comments suggest you're a bit ambivalent towards the Nikon styling, so maybe now is the time - having lived with a dSLR for a few years - to assess what you like/don't like about it. Then go and compare to Canon. Which one is more comfortable to use, has the right buttons in the right places, or a menu system that is logical to you and easy to use.
But you don't even say whether you want to keep to a dSLR or that you might consider other alternatives. The results from compacts are closer to dSLR these days - for example, look at all the new Nikon announcements.
Not to mention all the other interchangeable lens options these days.
Personally, if keeping to dSLR as a replacement, I'd go out and find the lenses you want to use - then get the body that fits them. Your mileage may vary......
ETA: meant to say - sorry to hear what happened, presumably your household insurance will come into play. You could try contacting Nikon UK to see if they can service the lenses - possibly not, or possibly not economically viable, and I wouldn't know, but must be worth the ask.
Your comments suggest you're a bit ambivalent towards the Nikon styling, so maybe now is the time - having lived with a dSLR for a few years - to assess what you like/don't like about it. Then go and compare to Canon. Which one is more comfortable to use, has the right buttons in the right places, or a menu system that is logical to you and easy to use.
But you don't even say whether you want to keep to a dSLR or that you might consider other alternatives. The results from compacts are closer to dSLR these days - for example, look at all the new Nikon announcements.
Not to mention all the other interchangeable lens options these days.
Personally, if keeping to dSLR as a replacement, I'd go out and find the lenses you want to use - then get the body that fits them. Your mileage may vary......
ETA: meant to say - sorry to hear what happened, presumably your household insurance will come into play. You could try contacting Nikon UK to see if they can service the lenses - possibly not, or possibly not economically viable, and I wouldn't know, but must be worth the ask.
Edited by K12beano on Friday 3rd February 08:21
Sorry to hear that. What a nightmare. I hope it all gets sorted soon.
On the camera front, take a look at the D90. It's a more modern take on the D50 so you'll feel at home. It's been discontinued but is still available new and there are usually some decent deals about. Even cheaper used of course.
Good luck with it all.
On the camera front, take a look at the D90. It's a more modern take on the D50 so you'll feel at home. It's been discontinued but is still available new and there are usually some decent deals about. Even cheaper used of course.
Good luck with it all.
Gad-Westy said:
Sorry to hear that. What a nightmare. I hope it all gets sorted soon.
On the camera front, take a look at the D90. It's a more modern take on the D50 so you'll feel at home. It's been discontinued but is still available new and there are usually some decent deals about. Even cheaper used of course.
Good luck with it all.
Was about town today looking now the insurance have confirmed the write off of my camera and lenses.On the camera front, take a look at the D90. It's a more modern take on the D50 so you'll feel at home. It's been discontinued but is still available new and there are usually some decent deals about. Even cheaper used of course.
Good luck with it all.
Looked at the D3100 and D5100 - they are so much smaller than my D50, and really don't feel like an SLR - I have no doubt in their quality but they just don't feel right to me.
So looked at the Canon 1100D - I like the bigger size but my filters and macro lens add-on and my flash gun are all Nikon - it will mean extra expense changing them round if I go the Canon route.
So I feel it is the D90 - but noone has it in stock. I can go for this with the 18-105 kit lens, and a Tamron 70-300 lens for the insurance payout - if it was in stock, I am informed it will be but when is anyones guess! I don't mind waiting a month or so...... do I have a forlorn hope here?
mattyn1 said:
So I feel it is the D90 - but noone has it in stock.
Where have you tried? Grays are showing them on their "Specials" page - which normally means they have some.... http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/products/speci...The problems are to do with all the disasters that befell Nikon in Thailand after Japan.
Edited by K12beano on Saturday 11th February 22:51
K12beano said:
here have you tried? Grays are showing them on their "Specials" page - which normally means they have some.... http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/products/speci...
Thanks for the link...have tried local shops and some online (Jessops, WEX), all complaining low stock because of the Thai floods.mattyn1 said:
I can go for this with the 18-105 kit lens, and a Tamron 70-300 lens for the insurance payout - if it was in stock, I am informed it will be but when is anyones guess! I don't mind waiting a month or so...... do I have a forlorn hope here?
The insurance company are allowing me to claim for my battery grip as it is not compatible with a new camera (D50 to something newer). They are questioning however whether the D90 is a suitable replacement - they want to give me a D3000 with a standard kit lens 18-55 and a £400 Nikon 70-30mm lens.My arguement is the D3000, or D3100 or even the D5100 are a lot smaller than the D50 - being powerfully built I have large hands and they do feel like bridge or compact cameras in my hands - the D90 is almost identical in size to my old D50 so should be ideal, especially considering the package I have found.
I have also mentioned the autofocus motor is missing in the D3000/3100/5100, and was in the D50 and is in the D90. They are considering it all.
andy-xr said:
D7000 is what you're after
....or a D4 because that's got a "Ken Rockwell Button". Surely your insurers know you have to have one?The D7000 is a bit of a small body again compared to a Dxx sized Nikon. I looked at one and didn't like the fact that too much of the controls are hidden in menus rather than at your fingertips....
Purely a personal opinion.
K12beano said:
andy-xr said:
D7000 is what you're after
....or a D4 because that's got a "Ken Rockwell Button". Surely your insurers know you have to have one?The D7000 is a bit of a small body again compared to a Dxx sized Nikon. I looked at one and didn't like the fact that too much of the controls are hidden in menus rather than at your fingertips....
Purely a personal opinion.
mattyn1 said:
Is video the only difference between the D300 & the D300S?
"Main" difference, I think if you search out the original press release there were a few other evolutions, but it wasn't the jump of the D3s over D3 for example.ETA - I wasn't far out.... http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/press_room/press...
Dual card, better screen, use of multiselector button.....
Edited by K12beano on Monday 20th February 21:31
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