You camera nerds have gotten to me..

[Nilsen]

Today I got myself a D50

Lets hope the camera gods are nice to my clumsy fingers.

How long should I leave the the battery in the charger before I can take my first images. I know I could just check the manual, but its much better to ask you all. It gives me an excuse to tell you all that I have a new toy.

[straffo]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Today I got myself a D50

Lets hope the camera gods are nice to my clumsy fingers.

How long should I leave the the battery in the charger before I can take my first images. I know I could just check the manual, but its much better to ask you all. It gives me an excuse to tell you all that I have a new toy.

When the Orange light on the charger will be green .

Filled my 1 GB card today ... raw + jpeg is a bit too much

[Nilsen]

I bought a 512 card that i got cheap.

I'll prolly take some pictures tomorrow and show you how useless i am

[xrtoronto]

nice camera nilsen...what lenses did you get with this camera? I'm assuming it came with 50mm?

(are you planning on getting more lenese...28mm, 100-200mm zoom, etc.)

[Nilsen]

Its an 18-55 and to be honest, i have no clue what that means.

[xrtoronto]

well, a 28mm lens would be called a macro lens...it is capable of taking very detailed photos at close range (however, the foreground and background of the pics will be blury) see example below:



all this talk about cameras is encouraging me to do the same and get a new digital SLR

[Nilsen]

So the more mm's you have the further away you can take good pics? Is it the "SLR way" of measuring zoom?

[Mini D]

Pretty much Nilsen, since you're buying SLR lenses for it. There's an additional crop factor that actually increases the magnification on your digital SLR... so a 28mm lens would actually yield results similar to a 42mm (x1.5) lens on a regular 35mm camera. The higher the mm, the more the magnification. For taking pictures of birds, I use a 400mm lens. For taking pictures of the car at close range, I use a 10mm-22mm lens.

[xrtoronto]

bit more complicated than that...Shutter speed, apertures and depth of field, three most important elements in photography.

I found the following which may help explain (briefly) the importance:

link

[Nilsen]

so what is my lens like then? 4x zoom, 5 or more?

I'll try it out tomorrow for myself, and my dad is gonna teach me (one of the reasons for getting it)

I got him a Canon 350D for christmas and he has taken picture with his analog SLR's since the seventies. He has kept them all, and still uses some of them They are mostly Nikon's and some other brands that i cant recall. He is no pro, but it has been his hobby for over 45 years. Most of them are undrewater fotos tho.

[RAIDER14]

If you need rescueing from nerds throw a Star Trek DVD into the air and they will all scramble to get it allowing you to escape

[BUG_EAF322]

WTFG Nils good choice i still dont regret mine btw

Look at this links u see what u can do and about lenses

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/

http://www.pbase.com/dlcmh/nikond50

[Widewing]

Here's a couple of good websites for photographers, from beginner to expert.

Photocamel.com and Better Photo.

My regards,

Widewing

[Nilsen]

Thx for the links!

wow..those sample pics are outstanding! This camera may be a keeper

I'll upload some pics later tonight

[Staga]

Nude chicks with just viking helmets in their heads, please.

Thank you.