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I want to get great quality pics from this camera. I want to be able to get different lenses for this camera. What are the good brands vs. not so good brands?? Thanks ya'll!
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I LOVE my Nikon D40x. 10.2 megapixels means big, detailed images with great clarity, and the Nikon optics are first-rate. It's also got a great user interface, though if your photo store offers an introductory seminar (the Nikon rep in my city gives one about every month to new purchasers), it's well worth the time.
The D40x is a particularly good choice if you're a newcomer to photography as a hobby; if you just leave it in "auto" mode and let it do all the thinking about light, speed, etc., it'll take the best-looking snapshots you've ever seen. If you want to start learning a little about photography as a hobby, the D40x will let you change its settings in key areas that make a difference in how your photos will look, especially in "special" situations (low light, high-speed action shots, super-close macro shots, etc.)
For an example of how easy it is to use, take a look at this photo set on my Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfisher71/sets/72157600287588436/
Many of those photos were taken by one or the other of my two kids, one 16 and the other 10 (check the tags for attribution). My 10-year-old had used the camera once prior to our visit to the Japanese garden, and some of his photos from his first day with the D40x are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightningcharlie/
Again, those are from a 10-year-old who had picked up the camera for the first time that day. The barrel of flowers, in particular, is stunning, and be sure not to miss the ladybug on the leaf in the closeup of the blackberry blossom.
Since you specifically mention lenses, the D40x has one limitation about the kind of autofocus lenses it accepts. Specifically, while some Nikon cameras include a built-in autofocus drive motor (with a pin that goes into the lens), the D40 and D40x do not. Therefore they can only use their autofocus mode with lenses that have their own built-in drive motors, meaning lenses in the AF-S and AF-I series. You can also of course use other Nikon lenses but you'll need to focus them manually, which is a worthwhile skill to develop for any photographer.
The link in the Sources field is a very detailed review of the D40x, with a list of the controls, the display elements, and much more information, including a comparison with some of its competitors (notably the Canon EOS, another good choice).
As a final observation, the "kit" price for the D40x with an 18-55mm zoom lens is $799, well within your price range. The lens I chose, an 18-135mm zoom, bumps the price just over your limit to $1029, but the flexibility of the additional 80mm was important to me as I do a lot of motorsports photography and am not always in a position to get right up close to the action. If you're really looking to save money, the camera body itself is $729, and you can shop for exactly the lens you want for the price difference. But if you can squeeze another thirty bucks out of your budget and you even occasionally take pictures from a distance, I highly recommend the 18-135 as a good all-around lens for everything from closeup to mild telephoto work.
I LOVE my Nikon D40x. 10.2 megapixels means big, detailed images with great clarity, and the Nikon optics are first-rate. It's also got a great user interface, though if your photo store offers an introductory seminar (the Nikon rep in my city gives one about every month to new purchasers), it's well worth the time.
The D40x is a particularly good choice if you're a newcomer to photography as a hobby; if you just leave it in "auto" mode and let it do all the thinking about light, speed, etc., it'll take the best-looking snapshots you've ever seen. If you want to start learning a little about photography as a hobby, the D40x will let you change its settings in key areas that make a difference in how your photos will look, especially in "special" situations (low light, high-speed action shots, super-close macro shots, etc.)
For an example of how easy it is to use, take a look at this photo set on my Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfisher71/sets/72157600287588436/
Many of those photos were taken by one or the other of my two kids, one 16 and the other 10 (check the tags for attribution). My 10-year-old had used the camera once prior to our visit to the Japanese garden, and some of his photos from his first day with the D40x are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightningcharlie/
Again, those are from a 10-year-old who had picked up the camera for the first time that day. The barrel of flowers, in particular, is stunning, and be sure not to miss the ladybug on the leaf in the closeup of the blackberry blossom.
Since you specifically mention lenses, the D40x has one limitation about the kind of autofocus lenses it accepts. Specifically, while some Nikon cameras include a built-in autofocus drive motor (with a pin that goes into the lens), the D40 and D40x do not. Therefore they can only use their autofocus mode with lenses that have their own built-in drive motors, meaning lenses in the AF-S and AF-I series. You can also of course use other Nikon lenses but you'll need to focus them manually, which is a worthwhile skill to develop for any photographer.
The link in the Sources field is a very detailed review of the D40x, with a list of the controls, the display elements, and much more information, including a comparison with some of its competitors (notably the Canon EOS, another good choice).
As a final observation, the "kit" price for the D40x with an 18-55mm zoom lens is $799, well within your price range. The lens I chose, an 18-135mm zoom, bumps the price just over your limit to $1029, but the flexibility of the additional 80mm was important to me as I do a lot of motorsports photography and am not always in a position to get right up close to the action. If you're really looking to save money, the camera body itself is $729, and you can shop for exactly the lens you want for the price difference. But if you can squeeze another thirty bucks out of your budget and you even occasionally take pictures from a distance, I highly recommend the 18-135 as a good all-around lens for everything from closeup to mild telephoto work.
What type of camera would take a picture of this good quality?
Jan
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/90/l_4a7cb726ddd94899818d5e6ac53d8951.png
Like, it just seems of such high quality. Is it the megapixels, or is a type of setting?
Because I ordered a 10.1 megapixel camera, but I don't know if there's more to a good quality picture than megapixels.
I'm new to this whole camera thing. xD
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Of course there's a LOT more to photography than megapixels! To get a good quality picture you need to have enough lighting (and also the right kind of lighting). But if you have enough light and you hold the camera steady, then pretty much any decent camera can take a picture like that. In fact, there's really nothing special about that picture at all. Some girl just held a camera above her head and took a picture of herself. You'll see a million other pictures like that on MySpace. At least her picture is clear and in focus, unlike most of the pictures that the emo kids take of themselves on MySpace.
But don't get fooled by megapixels. That is definitely NOT the most important thing. You can take decent pictures even with a 3 megapixel camera. What's more important is the quality of the lens, and the lighting. In fact, I can take very clear, super sharp and detailed pictures with a manual 35mm FILM camera.
Just to give you an example...I took these with my Argus C-3 camera. It's a vintage 35mm film camera, with completely manual exposure. (I take mostly landscape photos)
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/gatewaycityca/FL000003.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/gatewaycityca/FL000017.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/gatewaycityca/LakeFulmor600DPIdresized.jpg
I know everyone seems to think that photography is all about megapixels and taking pictures with a point and shoot digital camera and "photoshopping" them. But the truth is that if you understand the basics of photography, you can take good pictures with pretty much ANY decent camera. I prefer to use a camera with completely manual exposure control though, so I can have more creativity with my pictures.
Of course there's a LOT more to photography than megapixels! To get a good quality picture you need to have enough lighting (and also the right kind of lighting). But if you have enough light and you hold the camera steady, then pretty much any decent camera can take a picture like that. In fact, there's really nothing special about that picture at all. Some girl just held a camera above her head and took a picture of herself. You'll see a million other pictures like that on MySpace. At least her picture is clear and in focus, unlike most of the pictures that the emo kids take of themselves on MySpace.
But don't get fooled by megapixels. That is definitely NOT the most important thing. You can take decent pictures even with a 3 megapixel camera. What's more important is the quality of the lens, and the lighting. In fact, I can take very clear, super sharp and detailed pictures with a manual 35mm FILM camera.
Just to give you an example...I took these with my Argus C-3 camera. It's a vintage 35mm film camera, with completely manual exposure. (I take mostly landscape photos)
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/gatewaycityca/FL000003.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/gatewaycityca/FL000017.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/gatewaycityca/LakeFulmor600DPIdresized.jpg
I know everyone seems to think that photography is all about megapixels and taking pictures with a point and shoot digital camera and "photoshopping" them. But the truth is that if you understand the basics of photography, you can take good pictures with pretty much ANY decent camera. I prefer to use a camera with completely manual exposure control though, so I can have more creativity with my pictures.
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