Which Nikon DSLR To Go For?

[TSIVipul]

Wait a minute. That means that there is no TTL viewfinder, but its an electronic viewfinder?

Yups, it has got an electronic viewfinder with an LCD screen inside, but then even Canon EOS also has the same.

 

[AMG]

No, sir.
The canon and Nikon have TTL (aka optical) viewfinder.

 

[nickandre]

Here are two shots taken from my alpha:

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I dont get whats the usp of the sony alpha from these shots? Though i would appreciate if you could throw more light on the sony alpha and what you meant by electronic view finder. Or do you mean that it shows stats in the view finder and hence electronic?

 

[AMG]

There is no USP of the sony DSLRs.
Ever seen a professional photographer use a Sony? They use only Nikon/Canon.
And if you dont want to shoot professional, get a Bridge for God's sake.
Sony Alpha is trying to create a sub-category between Bridge and DSLR.

And now for your second question.

Buying a camera: Optical versus electronic viewfinders | Macworld

Viewfinders, Optical vs Electronic

 

[nickandre]

Amg thanks for the info. Feels good to know that my cam has a pentaprisim OVF.
The only place i use EVF is with red and phantom cameras

 

[DK9659]

I was also very much confused ,choosing my first dslr, after reading tons of reviews ,finally went for Sony A58.and am pretty happy with my decision.

 

[dhoom9]

Friends,can you suggest a DSLR for me. I am no expert. I have seen both Nikon & Cannon. There is a similar model of Cannon against Nikon's D3200 allowing another lens for extra 4k. Nikon has another base model D3100. I opted D3200 for it has more mega pixels. Pl suggest for me. I have a plan to take photos Nature like Mountains,wild life.

In race, jockey is as important as horse. In driving, driver is as important as vehicle itself. Same in photography. You have to master photography skills and there is no option to it. Otherwise professional with Nikon D3100 can have much much better result than you having advanced & costly DSLR Nikon D5300.

So I suggest you to go through web sites like Digitalcameraworld or Dpreview, get acquainted with various aspect / terminology of DSLRs & DSLR photography, prepare your requirements (all that you do before selecting / purchasing new car ), the choose the company & model, or ask in forum. My suggestion Nikon D5200 or D5300 (if can spend little extra).

 

[Prakritij]

No one but you can decide if you need more focus points. In general, you can use just the center focus point to focus on the subject and then recompose the camera to frame the shot as you would like and take the picture. Now the focus and recompose method is NOT recommended if you are shooting portraits wide open because of the shallow DoF. In this case, it is better to frame your shot and choose your focus point (or better yet: manually focus). And, more focus points come in handy when you are trying to continuously track/focus on moving subjects.... say birds taking flight.

Also the 1fps burst mode difference will matter if you are doing high speed photography. like flying birds for example.

If you intend to do landscapes/stills/family/kids, dont even bother.

PS: Found a neat youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xNpLhhPypk

Thank you for your valuable inputs. One of my friends was kind enough to lend me his D3100 for learning and familiarizing purposes which IMO is quite similar to the D5100/5200.

I'd say go for Sony Alpha, I was also in same dillema some days back and at the end bought the Sony Alpha finding it more advanced and of course Sony A.S.S. too.

I'd recommend you to at least go through Alpha too once before making the purchase.(BTW, mine is lying unused now as I find it boring - it hasn't got an engine )

WIll definitely look for the Sony Alpha. Thanks bro.

Also got a taste of the very Nice Nikon D7000 which is bugging my mind to extend my budget and go for it. But its a semi-pro camera and more than twice the price of D5100.

Many DSLR users(I found in the world wide web), the professional kind, is of the opinion "Invest more in a good body than in lenses". One of my friends explained thus...D90, D7000/7100, etc. comes with inbuilt AF motors and can be used to exploit lenses that doesn't come with one. Also between similarly speced lenses, the ones without AF motors are considerably cheaper.
I also found out that entry level Nikon cameras are menu driven and to access many controls one have to navigate through the camera menu displayed on the LCD, however the Nikon D7000/7100 etc. have dedicated buttons for various functions and there will be no need to take your eyes off the viewfinder to change settings once you get the hang of the buttons.
The D7000 which I got hold of for a few seconds was considerably heavy than the D3xxx/5xxx cameras and as said in this thread the D3xxx/5xxx will feel like toys in the hands of those using the D7xxx cameras.

Please correct me if I am wrong anywhere as I am new to this part of the world of imaging.

 

[yoscenario2000]

After lots of confusion between Nikon D5100 & Nikon D3200, finally I opted for D3200.

Anyone having/used D3200 here? How's it?

 

[Sidd7hartha]

After lots of confusion between Nikon D5100 & Nikon D3200, finally I opted for D3200.

Anyone having/used D3200 here? How's it?

I have one and I am highly satisfied by its performance. I am no professional expert,but I would say it is a perfect instrument for beginners. Only its lens that comes with the camera has not much zoom. You can not shoot a bird with all its beauty seating on a tree.

 

[VISHNUCARCRAZY]

I would just like to add a point,Nikon's are for those who don't have time for colour enhancements and other edit jobs,Canon lacks colour enhancements but does the job well.