procrastination leads to confusion - need help :p

[incisor]

procrastination is the pits :(

the D90 with the 18-105 is tugging at me and then i see a d3100 with both a 18-55 and a 55-300 VR lense kit for less and then there is the canon offerings...

or stick with the fuji or ????????


bearing in mind i am a photographic bunny, oh wise ones, what the hell should i get?

your considered opinions please. considering i will not be entering competitions etc etc :p but would love to be able to take a decent shot of the things i am interested in

i want to take photos of in order of mostly done

1) family snaps

2) vehicles at swap meets etc etc

3) birds on my property, especially the little ones (fairy wrens etc) that are often 100ft away

4) landscape shots

5) nice flower shots

[Narangga]

Thought about all that and couldn't be stuffed mucking around with the lenses again and so when for a super zoom compact.

Chose the Panasonic FZ-35 due to the HD video at the push of a button while focusing for a still shot.

Sony and others have good units too.

Don't know if they are an alternative for you Dave?

[Bushie]

If you go down the dSLR route don't discount Pentax

eg Pentax K7 DSLR Camera (http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category983_1.htm)


More confusion .................................................. ..............................

Martyn

[abaddonxi]

Have you had a play with them in a shop? The difference in ergonomics might make a big difference.

A fixed lens doesn't give you much option for the future.

At a hundred metres you're bird pics aren't going look too hot on the Finepix.

[incisor]

played with a d90 tonite with the 18-105 vr on it and was very comfortable i thought.

but from what i have garnered i will need to go to a 300 lens to get my fairy wrens in really good shots....

[abaddonxi]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://www.ghilliesuitclothing.com/blog/)


Or y'know


http://www.ghilliesuitclothing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/jackal-ghillie-suit-12gsc.jpg

[incisor]

Nikon D3100 Ultimate Kit w/18-55mm & 55-300mm VR Lenses 2YR warranty/ Bag and Tripod (http://www.camerahouse.com.au/products/DSLR/Nikon-D3100-Ultimate-Kit-18-55-55-300mm-Lenses-2YR-warranty-Bag-and-Tripod.aspx)

hmmmmmmmmm

[isuzurover]

Personally, I have decided to go nikon - mainly because all of our (nearby) friends also use nikon - so in case we want to borrow a lens...

However pentax seem the best alue for money by far if you think you will just buy a body and a couple of lenses.

I an now trying to decide between a D300s and a D7000

[Chucaro]

Inc, for sure you have read many posts here about cameras and lens and almost all the posters believe that the lens it is the most important component.

My recomendation is that if you go for Nikon go like this:

Get a body only which feel comfortable in your hands
make sure that you can use the following excellent lens and much better than the ones in the kit.

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 (http://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=118)an aweome optics excellent for family portraits and low light and super cheap. About $ 115

This lens on the D90 (http://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=1792)($689) will be equivalent to a 75mm lens in a full frame camera.

Nikon 70-300 VR (http://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=961), excellent lens good for sports, birds and wildlife photography. I use it for my birds photos with the D300s
This lens cost $ 468 :eek: absolutely bargain, cost me $ 1000 on a Nikon dealer
Will work well with the D90
Cheers
Arthur

[incisor]

decision made

thank you ALL for your assistance

PS

my wife is not at all impressed with you lot at the moment

so i had to buy her a canon 210 IUX to keep in the good books...

[weeds]

Nikon 70-300 VR (http://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=961), excellent lens good for sports, birds and wildlife photography. I use it for my birds photos with the D300s
This lens cost $ 468 :eek: absolutely bargain, cost me $ 1000 on a Nikon dealer
Will work well with the D90
Cheers
Arthur

will this lense work on a D60??

[miky]

decision made

thank you ALL for your assistance

PS

my wife is not at all impressed with you lot at the moment

so i had to buy her a canon 210 IUX to keep in the good books...


So... what did you get?


.

[Bushie]

x3 :D:D


Martyn

[incisor]

was going to post a pic of it up when it arrived.. :p

i tried a couple of Pentax K series and didn't like the feel as much as i liked the Nikon D90

when push came to shove i liked the D90 better than the D3100, just felt way better built.

a relation of mine works for pentax distributor and i had access to good pricing on them but went with the advice here on getting something i felt the most comfortable with.

ordered a Nikon D90 from DWI after having a chat to a couple of different mobs mentioned here.

camerahouse at north lakes were very helpful but way too dear at 1100 for the D90 body but i will buy some filters etc from them over time to pay back the assist they gave me letting me play with the various models.

be happy to see it when it lands as my HP945 is getting way too weary and the iphone 4, as hard as it tries, doesn't cut it when it comes to flower pics :p

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=33728&d=1298783951

[incisor]

guess what just arrived!

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=33757&d=1298861664

[one_iota]

Ok... when are you going to open the boxes? :p


'cause we can hardly wait.

And don't tell us that you are going the read the instructions cover to cover before you start playing.

[incisor]

but

nikon's attempt at the same boxes with default settings (resized to 800x600)

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=33759&d=1298868776

can i go back to reading the manual now :p

[incisor]

50
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

70
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=33762&stc=1&d=1298871527

300
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=33763&stc=1&d=1298871540

[Chucaro]

Congratulations Inc, great choice, now live your wife for a week in charge of the shop and go photographic trip :cool:

[Chucaro]

will this lense work on a D60??

PM sent :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

50
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=33761&stc=1&d=1298871485




Its almost like being there;):clap2:

[Ace]

Good choice Inc, i bought the D90 aswell, as you know. Im more than happy with my choice, still learning the functions and ability of the camera, but I'll get there.

The joy of a digital camera is its free to learn on, no need to pay for film over and over again as you take practice shots.

matt

[incisor]

now live your wife for a week in charge of the shop and go photographic trip :cool:

it's pronounced Corowa :D:D:D:D:D:D