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25 Reasons to Choose a P&S Camera Instead Of an Overpriced DSLR (minor typo corrections)



 
 
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Old May 18th 09, 07:44 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Dimitris M
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Default Nikon D-5000

Yes, I have try it. It is very nice camera. The picture quality is as D90
but the Live view is better and faster. The only minus is that the display
has not the resolution and size of D90's.

BTW, 995 was my favorite camera ever for comfortable shooting. I hope that
Nikon one day will make a new semipro like that. S10 was bad camera, very
basic.
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Dimitris M



Anyone tried the new Nikon D-5000? It seems to be positioned between
the "entry level" D-60 and the "enthusiast level" D-90.

I'm giving up on my old (3.3 mpixel) Nikon 995 -- it just doesn't cut in
any more.



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Old May 18th 09, 09:10 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Paul J Gans
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Default Nikon D-5000

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Earle Jones wrote:
Anyone tried the new Nikon D-5000? It seems to be positioned between
the "entry level" D-60 and the "enthusiast level" D-90.


I'm giving up on my old (3.3 mpixel) Nikon 995 -- it just doesn't cut in
any more.


Does that mean that I have to decommission my Nikon 990?

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Old May 18th 09, 10:03 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Don Wiss
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Default Nikon D-5000

On Mon, 18 May 2009, Paul J Gans wrote:

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Earle Jones wrote:
I'm giving up on my old (3.3 mpixel) Nikon 995 -- it just doesn't cut in
any more.


Does that mean that I have to decommission my Nikon 990?


Nope. Both the 990 and 995 excel at macro photography. And you need a
second camera to take pictures when you want to sell your other camera on
eBay. So keep it. Make it your eBay sales camera.

Don www.donwiss.com/pictures/ (e-mail link at page bottoms).
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Old May 19th 09, 05:36 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Bob Williams
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Default Nikon D-5000

Earle Jones wrote:
Anyone tried the new Nikon D-5000? It seems to be positioned between
the "entry level" D-60 and the "enthusiast level" D-90.

I'm giving up on my old (3.3 mpixel) Nikon 995 -- it just doesn't cut in
any more.

earle
*

Don't throw out the Coolpix 995 just yet.
For Close-Up Photography, it will leave the D5000 in the dust.
Bob Williams
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Old May 19th 09, 07:40 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
David J Taylor[_11_]
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Default Nikon D-5000

Paul J Gans wrote:
In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Earle Jones
wrote:
Anyone tried the new Nikon D-5000? It seems to be positioned between
the "entry level" D-60 and the "enthusiast level" D-90.


I'm giving up on my old (3.3 mpixel) Nikon 995 -- it just doesn't
cut in any more.


Does that mean that I have to decommission my Nikon 990?


Just make sure you take the batteries out if you're no longer using it.

David
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Old May 19th 09, 03:35 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Neil Harrington
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Default Nikon D-5000


"Dimitris M" wrote in message
news:1242629051.489605@athprx04...
Yes, I have try it. It is very nice camera. The picture quality is as D90
but the Live view is better and faster. The only minus is that the display
has not the resolution and size of D90's.

BTW, 995 was my favorite camera ever for comfortable shooting. I hope that
Nikon one day will make a new semipro like that. S10 was bad camera, very
basic.


I agree with you about the S10. I bought one and returned it -- the only
Nikon I have ever sent back. I loved the swivel-lens design and the lens
performed very well for a camera in that price class, but I found the
autofocus extremely unreliable. In anything less than bright sunlight it
would misfocus wildly, far more often than it would focus correctly.

I'm looking forward to the D5000 myself. Love those small-body Nikons -- I
have a D40 and a D60 and they're both great.


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Old May 19th 09, 04:36 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
ASAAR
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Default Nikon D-5000

On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:36:50 -0700, Bob Williams wrote:

Don't throw out the Coolpix 995 just yet.
For Close-Up Photography, it will leave the D5000 in the dust.


Not really. The CP995 may leave many other DSLRs in the dust, but
the D5000's LiveView (with magnification) is invaluable for macro
photography. Obviously not with a kit lens, but with either a micro
lens or mounting the kit (or other) lens on an extension tube. It
would be even better if the D5000 had a higher resolution display
such as that used in the D90/D300/etc.

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Old May 20th 09, 07:50 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Bob Williams
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Default Nikon D-5000

ASAAR wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:36:50 -0700, Bob Williams wrote:

Don't throw out the Coolpix 995 just yet.
For Close-Up Photography, it will leave the D5000 in the dust.


Not really. The CP995 may leave many other DSLRs in the dust, but
the D5000's LiveView (with magnification) is invaluable for macro
photography. Obviously not with a kit lens, but with either a micro
lens or mounting the kit (or other) lens on an extension tube. It
would be even better if the D5000 had a higher resolution display
such as that used in the D90/D300/etc.

Yes, but that is the problem.
You must buy an ADDITIONAL lens or accessory attachments for the D5000.
to get the picture that the 995 can capture out of the box.
Bob
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Old May 20th 09, 02:14 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
ASAAR
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Default Nikon D-5000

On Tue, 19 May 2009 23:50:33 -0700, Bob Williams wrote:

ASAAR wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:36:50 -0700, Bob Williams wrote:

Don't throw out the Coolpix 995 just yet.
For Close-Up Photography, it will leave the D5000 in the dust.


Not really. The CP995 may leave many other DSLRs in the dust, but
the D5000's LiveView (with magnification) is invaluable for macro
photography. Obviously not with a kit lens, but with either a micro
lens or mounting the kit (or other) lens on an extension tube. It
would be even better if the D5000 had a higher resolution display
such as that used in the D90/D300/etc.

Yes, but that is the problem.
You must buy an ADDITIONAL lens or accessory attachments for the D5000.
to get the picture that the 995 can capture out of the box.


You see it as a problem. I see it as an advantage. Add a good
macro lens or a single or reversed pair of lenses on a bellows and
the photo quality of the D5000 leaves the CP995 *far* behind in the
dust. Compared to its peers the 995 was a nice camera, but there's
more to photo life these days than taking nice eBay pix of small
objects, which can also be done by many other P&S cameras.

An "out of the box" CP995 wasn't sufficient for many of its
owners, as its accessories show. Here's DPReview's take on it :

The solid, fixed converter lens and/or accessory mount with its
small, 28mm threaded ring creates an immediate link to an idea
few other manufacturers have exploited, and none as well as
Nikon. From the 900 to the 995, two wide-angle lenses, a super
wide-angle fisheye, and two definitively sharp telephoto lenses
make the entire 9xx series into "system" cameras. The fact that
Nikon has been able to maintain this 28mm threaded ring through
increases in the physical size of the imaging chip (the 990's chip is
around 10% larger than the 900/950 imager) without having to
redesign the converter optics is slightly amazing from a technical
point of view.


http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp995/

Not a bad 3mp camera, but it sold for $900 in 2001. Adjusted for
inflation that amount should be able to get you very close to a 12mp
D5000 kit (incl. 18-105mm VR), and a very nice macro lens as well.

 




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