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| bigandy Fri 27th Mar 2009 09:55
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please please someone help im just about ready to upgrade my olympus E410 and have been looking at the following cameras to buy and my head is totally battered....which one would you choose and why, i do some wedding's and have been asked to do portraits and i usually just go out when i have nothing to do and just snapaway, so please HELP
Choose between
Nikon D90
Nikon D200
Canon 450D
Canon 40D
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| Edelweiss1851 Fri 27th Mar 2009 15:30
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I am into buying the d90 but sceptical because of it's weight. I am more into natue/macro.
Good luck.
Edelweiss1851
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| Captivelight PRO Fri 27th Mar 2009 16:54
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Probably a good idea to find a branch of Jessops, and go in and pick up each camera to see how it feels in your hand. If you are shooting weddings you want something comfortable to hold as you could be holding it for some time, and, for example, you may find the 450D too small to be comfortable, or the 200D too heavy. Which ever one feels best in your hand is the camera for you...
All the cameras listed are perfectly capable of doing the job... which is why at the end of the day it should come down to your personal preference. I use a couple of 40D's ... they are a nice size, a nice weight with battery packs on, and do the job they are bought for.
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| bigandy Sat 28th Mar 2009 07:35
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Thanks i have tried going into jessops and having a hold of the cameras and my head is still battered, ah well i suppose i will just have to keep going in till the staff get sick of me.
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| kazi Sat 28th Mar 2009 09:14
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i can highly recomend the 450d!
for portraits v.good especailly with the 50mm lens which arnt too pricey!
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| Seentoday Sat 28th Mar 2009 11:32
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Set your budget, and buy the newest you can get. go to the shop and hold them in your hands, and see which feels more natural to you.
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| Seentoday Sat 28th Mar 2009 11:32
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Set your budget, and buy the newest you can get. go to the shop and hold them in your hands, and see which feels more natural to you.
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| fourdeadpresidents Sun 29th Mar 2009 15:08
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Virginia bought a D90 and it is awesome!!! Comes with a 18-105mm lens that just blows my mind for being in a kit... fits well on my D70 too... shhhh... Virginia hates when I take that lens off her camera...
We got it at Best Buy and we looked online and it was on sale but not at the store. They gave us the sale price, plus gave us a better deal by giving us the SD card free too...
http://www.fotothing.com/virginiabrill
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| virginiabrill Sun 29th Mar 2009 17:35
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For weddings, I think the D90 would be a good choice. It deals amazingly with not blowing out the white. All the detail is perfectly preserved. I haven't tried out the other cameras you mentioned, but I know the D90's white balance is also very good. I personally love mine.
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| bigandy Wed 1st Apr 2009 11:21
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thank you for all your comments i will consider everything you's have wrote thank you
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| jamesrb PRO Sat 2nd May 2009 21:49
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Or how about the Nikon D5000 ? Apparently a bit lighter than the D90. :^)
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| sweetcokies Sun 24th May 2009 20:40
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I used nikon D90 it's quite a bit heavy and the photo is great, the colors are well distributed it's patels, I swithed to olympus its nice too but the problem I meet most of the time the lense stuck from the sand specially if there is sandstorm I cant used it, I switched again to nikonD60, its super! I can do whatever capture I want, and it's handy for me.
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| Wildspirit PRO Sat 11th Jul 2009 05:09
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Originally posted by Edelweiss1851:
I have just ordered the brand new Pentax K-7. Go to http://www.pentax.com and look it up if you want specifics. I liked the old *istDS (6mpixel) and so the 14+ megapixel CCD appealed to me; having experienced the lightweight feel and loving it, I'm hoping to be posting pics with it in about 10 days, two weeks at the most.
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| stephenMlang Wed 29th Jul 2009 16:47
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This may or may not help. If you are including a D200 in your list, what about the D300? I use a D300 and it's one hell of a tool. Best creative SLR I've ever had. Learning curve can be steep. But, once you get over not having auto settings, the camera drives you to think a bit more about the possibilities for your shot. It is head and shoulders above everything else in your list and you should be able to pick it up for much the same as the D200 if you shop around.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD300/
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| biggles Mon 3rd Aug 2009 15:21
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I am happy with my D200, cant see moving on from it for a long, long, time.
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