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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Seriously, it'll take you and me 10 years to grow into our cameras, I swear, lol. There is *so* much to them to learn about! I don't think you'll be disappointed in the D5000 one bit, given all that it has - it's a truly awesome camera, and a great price too. Plus the 3-pay? Rocks!
As for "what toy next" (lol)? Def. get the SB400 flash via Amazon (or wherever) soon - it's the add-on flash so you don't have to use the camera flash (yuck!) - you can "bounce" the flash w/ the SB400. It's about $100 (xmas present from someone perhaps?).
As far as lenses...depends...do you want a zoom or a prime? A great prime everyone should have (imho) is the Nikon/Nikkor 50mm 1.8 - again via Amazon about $100, which is crazy for a lens - it is a "cult" lens, meaning everyone who has it LOVES it and can't believe how cheap it is. Blurred background CENTRAL, if that's your thing. You can get all kinds of bokeh (blur)!
But if you want a zoom...boy...you could go all sorts of places bc the range is so wide...I'd def. look into that one BrowniesMom has and see what she likes/dislikes about that lens. Do you want a zoom for like portraits/doggies or for taking pics of sports or ? |
Like Breny said, probably 99% of the pictures I take will be of the pupsters. So, I want good lenses to get the best shots of them. Would the lens Browniesmom has be a good zoom lens for this?
I don't know anything about prime lenses.
I'm crazy about the blurred background look, though. Do I need one for this effect?
What is the lens that comes with the camera for? I'm so confused.....
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