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Nikon-D50

Nikon - D50 Review

Price (MSRP): $699
Megapixel: 6.1
Type: Digital SLR
Submitted by: Reviewer from Springdale , OH
Date Reviewed: 10/18/2006
Months Owned: 12 Months
Photos Taken: 501-999
Skill Level: Advanced amateur

What's Hot: Great weight and speed for using outdoors, yet works so well for shooting a family wedding. Great battery life—and who needs more than 2.5 fps/second ?

What's Not: Menus can be daunting and I question whether 6.1 megapixels is enough for enlarging.

Review: This is the first Nikon I have owned and I will never buy a different brand again. This is a terrific product. I carried it through Europe in August and it never let me down. My 18-55 lens was the workhorse lens, and the 10.5 fisheye was great inside. The 55-200 was superb when I was cruising down the Rhine and needed to capture those castles.

Overall Ratings
Overall quality
9
Ease of use
8
Fit and finish
10
Click-to-click speed
10
Display quality
9
Flash quality
9
Image quality
10
Overall value
10
RATING SCALE: 1 = WORST 10 = BEST

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