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Which is better for a starting DSLR?
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Hey, I’ve been looking at different DSLRs to get me started into photograhy properly and I’d come to rest on the idea of getting the Nikon D5000. There was a bundle with two lenses and a case for £650 odds with some other stuff thrown in but a few people have been saying the D90 would be a far better camera to get. Its £780 for the body and a single lens with £60 cashback from Nikon. Is there enough extra features or better points about the D90 over the D5000? Any advice would be appreciated.
I also have an article on this exact question:
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hope it helps!
Please take my views on this with a grain of salt/tongue-in-cheek/whatnot (I’m just making a light-hearted point:) … but the “which DSLR” question can’t be answered and it is utterly unimportant IMO which DSLR you get as a first. You have already made the right decision by going the DSLR route (compared to 4/3 and digital compacts anyway); by the time most people know how to use all of the features efficiently, even of the D5000, the camera is gonna be yesterday’s news anyway.
Save your money for another good lens down the road, if you want to spend. Otherwise, if you sell-on the D5000 reasonably quickly if you do decide that you’ve perhaps “outgrown” it, you’d take less of a loss than selling the D90 as well. If you really like the D90, get it of course. Welcome to consumerism :)I am a Canon owner so I don´t have direct experience with Nikon but I can say that D90 is worth the money (the main reason is that Nikon´s entry level cameras are too low end and amateur-oriented, especially when compared to Canon 500D or 550D).
But as I said on the other thread; lenses are the most important part of your equipment and unfortunately for you, kit lenses are usually crap, no matter if it´s D5000 kit or D90 kit.The Fine Print wrote:
if you sell-on the D5000 reasonably quickly if you do decide that you’ve perhaps “outgrown” it, you’d take less of a loss than selling the D90 as well
If he sells the D5000 – the cheaper equipment, the harder to sell (and it´s the same for lenses).
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