Ive taken the plunge

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Well after reading these forums and taking a lot of notice of what the forum members have said Ive taken the plunge and brought my first DSLR.

On the recommendation of one of the forum members I went to T4 camaras in Market Square in Swindon, they gave me some very sound advice, and showed me a lot of camera's (Thanks Richard if you read this) they went through what I needed and what I wanted to use the camera for, and in the end I brought a Nikon D3000, 2gig memory card, a filter to keep the lens clean, and a bag to put it in, all for under £400!!

I now have a camera that I can learn with, and to be honest with you all, looking at it, even I will have a job to screw up taking decent photos with it :lol:

I am going to go to the Cotswold wildlife park at the weekend and give it a good try out, I cant wait.

Thanks again to all the forum members who commented to my other posts and gave me good advice.
 
T4 are my local shop in Newbury too - sound advice and they've even talked me out of buying something I didn't actually need! Am more than happy to give them my money and the added bonus is the Newbury shop sells whiskey too.

Have fun with your new toy, plenty more advice here if you get stuck and of course there's the inevitable kit additions to research and discuss.
 
AF-S NIKKOR 18 - 55mm 1:3.5-5.6G

thats what is written on the lens, not sure what it all means? :bang:
 
The 18-55 maybe a little short for Cotswold Wildlife Park, ideally you want a lens between 200-300mm to see through the fences...

There will still be the Madagascar Experience (Lemur feednig time is 12:00), the penguins (which feed at 11am), rhinos & Zebras possibly, ducks, Meerkats and bird enclosure and if your lucky the wolves may be doing something lol...

Have a great day out, CWP is a superb place for the camera, you may even bump into the lesser spotted Cosmix3...
 
Thanks Ryan I will try my best mate.

so just out of intrest what would you buy to get the full set as it were, from what Im reading I need something under 18mm, for wide angle, and something above 55mm for zoom, I think if I buy two decent lens, one decent wide angle and one decent zoom I will have more than enought to be getting on with for a good couple of years till Ive learnt a bit more about photography?

And should I worry about a flash gun and a tripod at this early stage or am I getting a beyond my self, running before walkings as it were??
 
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As Ryan said, 18-55 may be short there, you will get shots but will need to look Nader for them, I have a tutorial in the tutorial section on her (zoo tips) may be worth a read, and have fun :D

TheNissanMan said:
Have a great day out, CWP is a superb place for the camera, you may even bump into the lesser spotted Cosmix3...
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Not this week end mate, in Studio Saturday then work Sunday :D
 
I've done exactly the same. I'm not familiar with Nikon lenses but am suresomeone will be along.

I currently have Sigma 10-20 which is superb, 100-400 which lives on the camera at CWP, 18-55 (rarely used) and 50mm which is great for portraits...

Only trouble I have is I borrowed a 70-200 f2.8 and love the lens so wantone of those as well lol.

Be careful with togging as it is addictive and can get very expensive very quickly lol :D
 
Lesco said:
AF-S NIKKOR 18 - 55mm 1:3.5-5.6G

thats what is written on the lens, not sure what it all means? :bang:
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AF-S Lens fitment
NIKKOR Manufacturer

18-55mm focal lenght

3.5-5.6 aperture so at 18mm the lens is capable of F/3.5 and will go down to F/5.6 at 55mm
 
I have the nikon 70-300, they retail for about £390 i believe. I have taken all of my animal shots on my site with it. Fantastic lens for the money. We have the nikon 70-200 2.8 & i rarely use that over my 70-300
 
I assume you don't have a lot of money to throw around, if thats the case then grab a tamron 70-300, around about £120 new, just make sure it has MIB, ie motor built in.

Tripod is a good idea again you don't have to spend a fortune, you can pick up a velbon sherpa 250R for under £60, and you wont out grow it for a while.. I still use mine all these years on.

Flash I would say don't worry for now, get used to working with natural light first, the tripod will let you play with slow shutter speeds and even shoot at night.
If you decide to get a flash have a look at the Nissin Di 622, cracking flash for the money and can be found for £109 new.

Above all of those I would say get a spare camera battery and keep it charged, you'll be surprised how often you use it.
 
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