shots. You never seem to get the shot you wanted. With the D50, I was able to continuous shoot frames to my satisfaction. It did appear to be at least the 2.5 shots per second as advertised. Everything that I needed to do so far has been pretty easy to set up on the camera. I have not taken any night shots yet and hope that it works well in-doors. As another pet peeve of mine,"Red-Eye" with these small digital cameras. Only thing you need to do if you purchase...get a memory card along with your purchase...The camera does not come with even a small (64mb) card! My only negative but not enough to cost them a full "Star" in the rating. So if I had the choice, it would have been 4.5 stars but only because Nikon did not include even a small SD memory card.
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I am in love with this camera, April 2, 2006
Reviewer: Bookwoman "Nadia"
Is it sick to be so besotted with a piece of machinery? I am totally loving owning this camera. The battery life is amazing, the photo quality is crisp and while the auto function is great for an Digital SLR beginner, the manual functions are challenging enough to keep things interesting. I decided on the 28-80mm lens which for my purposes - strictly family and friends photography - is totally sufficient. The software is easy to install and use - check out the 'muvee' function for a great way to liven up looking at a million photos of your kids - a great way to keep grandparents happy while not boring them to death with a standard old slideshow. If it could make coffee in the mornings, I'd marry it.
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Mediocre product, March 30, 2006
Reviewer: Sheri B
Easy to use, no frills camera - features that suit me just fine. The problem with this one is that shooting in automatic mode produces poor images. I was hoping this camera would replace my point and shoot. I was wrong.

Problems i ran into in full auto mode:

1. When shooting outdoors colors are very pale (overexposed).
2. Poor contrast outdoors.
3. Sharpness is very low.

Seems if you want good pics you need to go into settings and set every scene individually. Why include full auto mode when it delivers nothing but terrible results? I do not recommend this camera.
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 Superb Value! Minor moire issue!, March 30, 2006
Reviewer: Michael P. Kukielka "BORG"
Thanks to cameras like this, there has been explosive growth in the digital SLR camera business. This is an excellent entry-level SLR camera which scales very well for the advanced user. There is a significant learning curve for cameras of this type, but that is part of the fun! Once you've commanded the basic principles of photography and learned to use the features of the camera, there is nothing you can't do in any situation! I can't imagine ever going back to a traditional digital camera unless I need to keep one in my pocket for 'discrete' occasions. The advantage with SLR is control! You are not at the mercy of a digital cameras limited or inaccessible control features.

There is no need to fear! This camera is designed for the SLR newbie! It has all the standard automatic modes but implements them FAR better than any non-SLR digital camera (not to mention far more quickly). However, if you really want to take advantage of this camera's unique capabilities, you will want to learn how to use it without the automatic features. I consider this camera an investment; it has been instrumental in fostering my understanding of photography. You won't be able to use it to its maximum potential right away so be prepared to practice extensively.

My only complaint, and I bring it up only because I haven't really seen it mentioned, is that the Nikon camera seems prone to producing moir� in some situations (like a car's radiator or thinly striped shirt). This has been something of an annoyance and probably would be unacceptable for most advanced photographers, but is not a common occurrence in most of my photographs.
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Great place to start in digital photography, March 28, 2006
Reviewer: Sam Hill "satchelpig"
After some extensive research, I settled on the D50 as the best value in the dSLR market. I worked it down to the D50, the D70s, and the Canon Digital Rebel.

It was my goal to jump from taking a bunch of point-and-shoot photos with my much-beloved Fuji camera to really learning photography with some level of sophistication by jumping to a DSLR with some real power.

I am still working my way along the learning curve as a photographer, but I have been thrilled with the d50. I had the benefit of a friend with a d70 and was able to handle that camera extensively before my purchase. It has some added features, but if you, like me, are not at a photography level where you need cutting-edge stuff like depth-of-field preview, you would never know the difference. I have yet to take a photograph and have the feeling that I wish I had spent the extra money on the d70. It may well be that this is an "entry-level" dSLR, but if that is a fair description, it is also fair to say that the "entry" point is very high. More often than not, the phrases "value" or "entry-level" imply "get ready to be disappointed." That is definitely NOT the case here. If you've never had a pro-level dSLR, at least, you'll feel like you're using a Ferrari.

One concession I did make to the d70 was the lens, however. The consensus on the lens is that the d70 comes with a better base lens than the d50, so I bought the d50 body and the d70 kit lens separately. I've been very happy with the results.

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