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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Another ? for Photographers
What is a good professional quality camera to get started with? I was looking online and am quite overwhelmed!
Re: Another ? for Photographers
When I was researching, I was torn between the Canon Digital Rebel XTi, the Nikon D40 and the Olympus E510. I wound up getting the Olympus because I found a deal on Amazon that came with an extra lens, plus it has the LCD live view, which was really helpful for making the transition from point-and-shoot to DSLR. I absolutely love the camera and would recommend it, but that's not to say that the Canon or Nikon wouldn't also be great (if I could afford it, I'd be a Nikon girl all the way!)
I love the new Lily pics btw...SO cute!
I went for the Canon Rebel XTi. It was a lens issue for me. All of the Canon lenses have built in auto focus but some of the Nikon lenses do not (and the ones with it are more expensive). I researched them both on Amazon and found the Canon was best for my first digital SLR. After 6 months I still feel like I made the right decision for me.
I spent less than $600 on the camera kit (w/ starter lens), a 2 gig Compact Flash and an accessory kit on Amazon which included a full sized tripod, carrying case and extra rechargeable battery pack.
I also went back and forth between the canon and nikon and I decided on the D40. I spend $480 on the body and the two basic lenses (the 18-55 and the 55-200). From all the research I did I felt the two were pretty similar aside from the brand name.
If you are looking for a good place to shop for one I recommend bhphoto.com. They often have used equipment you can buy as well as new.
i also went with the nikon d40. That was mainly because I knew that I planned on sticking with Nikon, and this way i was used to the interface and the lenses were interchangable.
as far as Nikon lenses not having built in AF, that is not 100% accurate. The best way i can explain it is that the D40, to save money, does not have a built-in auto focus drive motor, so it only works with AF lenses that are AF-S or AF-I (meaning they have built-in focus motors). any other AF lens will be a manual focus lens on this body. However, the higher models of nikon DSLR (D70 and up) do not have this issue.
I got my D40 when they first came out so i paid around $800 for the kit, but now you can get it for much less...
I recently bought a Canon Xsi. I love it. It has LCD viewing (although I have not figure out how to get autofocus to work with it although I believe its possible??). I bought it instead of the Nikon D40 b/c of the autofocus thing and I bought it instead of the Nikon D60 b/c I could find a better price on it. The Nikon D90 that just came out take video too so that a nice feature (although it does make the camera cost more)
I paid $775 for got the camera body, a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens (which I HIGHLY recommend for portraits and its only $85.00), a Canon 75-300mm lens on www.adaroma.com. I then paid $350 more to order a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens as my everyday lens (since I didnt get the kit lens b/c I have only heard negative things about it) from www.bhphotovideo.com.
I just wish I would have bought it sooner. I kept meaning too but never did till I lost my old Camera. I have only had it about 1 month but the picture are so much nicer then my point and shoot. problem is I take SO many now b/c there is no delay so its click click click