Bought my first DSLR camera Nikon D60

[autophile]

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[versatilegenious]

dear @VCheng @autophile and other friends
In past years I did some still photography with old film roll cameras and with mobile phone cameras ... by profession I am a TV journalist and work with TV cameras, have some knowledge of white balance, frames per seconds and some other technicalities of tv production but still photography is yet to explore my me ... I have 50 k for DSLR .. what DSLR you think is best in this range .. I'll go for basic camera body first to get some experience with DSLR then may be I go for some quality lens and other stuff ... few days back I inquired about Nikon D3200 price from Camera market of Lahore and that was 37000 with one year warranty.. may be I can ad another 13k for better purchase .. looking forward for help
thanks

Get Nikon D7000. Its pretty cheap now but its one heck of a DSLR. Its now available for 44-45k body only.

[VCheng]

dear @VCheng @autophile and other friends
In past years I did some still photography with old film roll cameras and with mobile phone cameras ... by profession I am a TV journalist and work with TV cameras, have some knowledge of white balance, frames per seconds and some other technicalities of tv production but still photography is yet to explore my me ... I have 50 k for DSLR .. what DSLR you think is best in this range .. I'll go for basic camera body first to get some experience with DSLR then may be I go for some quality lens and other stuff ... few days back I inquired about Nikon D3200 price from Camera market of Lahore and that was 37000 with one year warranty.. may be I can ad another 13k for better purchase .. looking forward for help
thanks

Any basic DSLR is a great starting point these days. I prefer Nikon, but Canon offers good cameras too. Some prefer Canon over Nikon due to cheaper lenses for later additions. Your choice will depend on how far you want to take this exploration. A D3200 is good, but see if you can get a D7000. It has been superseded, but remains an excellent camera, so good deals are there to be found. Get a basic 18-55 kit lens if you have to remain within your budget and add other lenses later. Or you could start with an 18-200 lens, which will cover a wide range, and add a fast prime lens or two for later.

I am sure @autophile will have better advice for you because he is more knowledgeable and experienced in photography.

[autophile]

dear @VCheng @autophile and other friends
In past years I did some still photography with old film roll cameras and with mobile phone cameras ... by profession I am a TV journalist and work with TV cameras, have some knowledge of white balance, frames per seconds and some other technicalities of tv production but still photography is yet to explore my me ... I have 50 k for DSLR .. what DSLR you think is best in this range .. I'll go for basic camera body first to get some experience with DSLR then may be I go for some quality lens and other stuff ... few days back I inquired about Nikon D3200 price from Camera market of Lahore and that was 37000 with one year warranty.. may be I can ad another 13k for better purchase .. looking forward for help
thanks

I second what @vcheng has advised, you can never go wrong with it.

[autophile]

DSC_3271-2 by Masroor Gilani, on Flickr

[mirpk1]

Any basic DSLR is a great starting point these days. I prefer Nikon, but Canon offers good cameras too. Some prefer Canon over Nikon due to cheaper lenses for later additions. Your choice will depend on how far you want to take this exploration. A D3200 is good, but see if you can get a D7000. It has been superseded, but remains an excellent camera, so good deals are there to be found. Get a basic 18-55 kit lens if you have to remain within your budget and add other lenses later. Or you could start with an 18-200 lens, which will cover a wide range, and add a fast prime lens or two for later.

I am sure @autophile will have better advice for you because he is more knowledgeable and experienced in photography.

Thank you very much VCheng and @ genius for your response .. the only concern about D7000 is it is 16 mp and new models are tuching 24 megapixels like d3200 and d71/7200 .... regards

[drsaqibshams]

Could you please explain, what difference do you think those additional 8 megapixels would make?
I'm curious esp. since you jot it down as a concern.

[mirpk1]

Could you please explain, what difference do you think those additional 8 megapixels would make?
I'm curious esp. since you jot it down as a concern.

Dr sb I am here to learn sir ... why are you testing my poor knowledge about photography :-/ I can only refer a link to you

Do more Megapixels mean better photo quality? - Digital Photo Secrets

[drsaqibshams]

Megapixels is a term used as a marketing gimmick, nothing more. So don't worry about the megapixel count.

D7000, as suggested above, is a great camera. It's a prosumer camera and would be a great tool even if you use it for more serious photographic ventures.

I think I've mentioned it in another thread before, if you intend on buying a D7000, make sure you get a camera with no dead pixels. This was a problem reported in D7000 bodies on more than one forum. Also, if you notice oil spots on a D7000 sensor after using it for a while, just clean it and don't freak out. It's a common problem - one which tends to fade away.

I'm not a big fan of kit lenses, from either Nikon or Canon. But I guess in your budget, you can't expect anything better. So, your best bet would be to buy the D7000 with whatever version of kit lens you can buy it with. Use it for a while and then you'll start to realise what you fancy more, say if you're into landscapes then you could buy a wide angle lens, if you like taking portraits, you could buy a 50mm f/1.8 lens, if you prefer street photography, then Nikon's 35mm f/1.8 G lens is a gem of a thing. Please don't let anyone tell you what lens to buy, i know people just love to suggest a 50mm or even 70-200 f/2.8... Frankly, such people don't know what they're talking about. These are special lenses for specific purpose, so you'd only need them if you're into what these lenses can do. I hope you're getting my point, only you can identify what you enjoy photographing, and that would dictate the logic of a possible future purchase.

I hope this helps.

[mirpk1]

Megapixels is a term used as a marketing gimmick, nothing more. So don't worry about the megapixel count.

D7000, as suggested above, is a great camera. It's a prosumer camera and would be a great tool even if you use it for more serious photographic ventures.

I think I've mentioned it in another thread before, if you intend on buying a D7000, make sure you get a camera with no dead pixels. This was a problem reported in D7000 bodies on more than one forum. Also, if you notice oil spots on a D7000 sensor after using it for a while, just clean it and don't freak out. It's a common problem - one which tends to fade away.

I'm not a big fan of kit lenses, from either Nikon or Canon. But I guess in your budget, you can't expect anything better. So, your best bet would be to buy the D7000 with whatever version of kit lens you can buy it with. Use it for a while and then you'll start to realise what you fancy more, say if you're into landscapes then you could buy a wide angle lens, if you like taking portraits, you could buy a 50mm f/1.8 lens, if you prefer street photography, then Nikon's 35mm f/1.8 G lens is a gem of a thing. Please don't let anyone tell you what lens to buy, i know people just love to suggest a 50mm or even 70-200 f/2.8... Frankly, such people don't know what they're talking about. These are special lenses for specific purpose, so you'd only need them if you're into what these lenses can do. I hope you're getting my point, only you can identify what you enjoy photographing, and that would dictate the logic of a possible future purchase.

I hope this helps.

Thank you very much sir .. it helps a lot .. I mean it
regards

[nonoo1977]

Thank you very much VCheng and @ genius for your response .. the only concern about D7000 is it is 16 mp and new models are tuching 24 megapixels like d3200 and d71/7200 .... regards

Forget Mega Pixels at the moment. Straight away go to D7000. Body costs 44K these days (Brand New). + 50mm 1.8D which is around 11K or so. If u need wide angle lens, u will purchase it little later.

In your 50K range, add 3 or 4 K more, just buy D7000, u will not regret it. If u opt for d3200, d3300 or something else, later u will switch to amateur body, then d7000 again gonna be ur first preference.

I personally used both Nikon and canon.

I usually do Landscape photography. And Nikon is very very good in landscapes & Street Photography, though i used just a basic lens. The depth of detail in wide angle shots is far more richer than canon. But in long range zooms, sharpness is usually only around center of the frame.

For portraits & Sports Photography, canon is very good. reason is it gives very sharp result from each edge till center of the frame at 200mm range etc. As in both kind of photography, very tight framing is used to capture the moment.

Many fellows argue about expensive range of lenses in Nikon as compare to canon.

First of all, canon has more variety of lenses as compare to Nikon, but Nikon lenses are equipped with better optics.
Canon accepts many brands of lens, but not much in case of Nikon.

In case of 50mm Prime lens of both variants,

Canon 50mm is around 10K, and gives auto focus functionality on every EOS model of canon. Its very sharp and valuable lens one should have.

Nikon 50mm has 2 versions

50mm 1.8D --- Its is an excellent lens, not give auto focus functionality of D3xxx and D5xxx series. Its smallest aperture is f22. But on D7xxx, auto focus works very well. Noisy while focusing. Price 11K around.

50mm 1.8G --- Again its an excellent lens, auto focus works on every model. Smallest aperture is f16. Price 19K around.

But remember, lenses are not like cell phones, which one could replace after every two months or so. Buy once, but the good one.

Rest of the lenses of canon and Nikon are nearly in the same price tag. say if one can afford a 120K lens, then its not hard for him to buy 125K or 130K worth of lens of the same specifications of other brand. ( Its just an example).

Now come to mega pixel. Anything above 8 mega pixels is sufficient to take post card size prints.

[VCheng]

Thank you very much VCheng and @ genius for your response .. the only concern about D7000 is it is 16 mp and new models are tuching 24 megapixels like d3200 and d71/7200 .... regards

16 megapixels is more than plenty, you will never see the difference in routine use, unless you are planning large poster or billboard size enlargements. 24 MP and above makes for huge RAW files which are a pain to transfer, process and archive. Put the money into faster and better lenses and you will do much better.

[versatilegenious]

Forget about megapixels bro as others have said. If you are still confused, see the below image taken from a mere cellphone's 13MP camera
Buy a good capable body like Nikon D7000 and invest in some good glass.

[autophile]

today i broke this thing which stops the battery from falling out, don't know if it can be repaired.

[drsaqibshams]

today i broke this thing which stops the battery from falling out, don't know if it can be repaired.

Seems like an easy Elfy/superglue fix.

[nonoo1977]

today i broke this thing which stops the battery from falling out, don't know if it can be repaired.

If u are in pindi, go to saddar, gpo chowk, facing towards station, right next to rawal jugni, go inside the plaza, at the back end u see a camera shop. sure he can give some solution.

[autophile]

Ayub Park, Rawalpindi by Masroor Gilani, on Flickr

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[autophile]

Faisal Mosque Islamabad, Pakistan by Masroor Gilani, on Flickr

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