I recently sold my Canon G9 camera and bought a DSLR, the Nikon D90. The G9 was a great camera, but I quickly outgrew it and needed a DSLR. I took a couple weeks to extensively research and compare cameras before making my final decision (I also considered the Canon Digital Rebel T1i and the Canon EOS 50D). I didn’t want to rush my decision and wanted to make sure I made the right choice this time and not get stuck with a camera that I will outgrown in a year. In the end, I am more than happy with my Nikon D90 – I know I made the right choice!
In terms of lenses, I’m starting with a 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and a 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 zoom lens – both of which are internal focusing, vibration reduction lenses. Down the road, I also want to get a Macro Lens, but I can manage without it for now.
There were a lot of things I wanted to do before with my G9 that were just not possible, or if they were, it was a tedious and difficult process to accomplish. One of the things I like about my Nikon D90 is that there’s a button for everything and everything is all very easily accessible. And the fast 4.5fps shooting rate is awesome when taking photos of kids or more importantly, of the 3 dogs. Now, the only limitation I have (for now) is not the camera nor lenses themselves, but only my abilities…
Anyways, here are a couple sample shots I’ve taken with the camera so far. I was sick for more than a week and confined to my house so I haven’t had much opportunity to take many photos. Also, I’ve been really busy with charts lately too. The photos are not what I would consider “great” photos, but they’re my “first” photos with the camera :-) You can click on the images for a larger version.
Which one is your favorite?
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I like the one with Vanessa jumping into the pool, you froze her in just the right spot! Did you use burst for that? I would crop into it more to lead the viewer’s eye into that part of the picture.
Yeah, I used “burst” for that. I had (but deleted) a ton of shots from that day – that sequence started from her on the blue filter about to jump off, all the way to her in the water… I do have other shots of other dives she took and some really funny ones too. Gotta love 4.5fps!
I did experiment quite a bit with the cropping in this photo but in the end I didn’t want to crop it much more (for this photo) because it started to lose context. But I know what you mean!
PS – this photo was taken with the 70-300mm lens while sitting on the bench under the tree at the top of the hill…
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