Comments on: Canon EOS 500D or Nikon D5000? Not Making Comparison Is Futile…

By: Nuno J

Nuno J — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:37:10 +0000

Hi jonathon,
What you need is: a good obective, and above all, a good burst (without flash, means you must have good indoor light) to capture action. Nikon can take more pictures per second than Canon, 4/sec against 3,4/sec, D5000 has the same sensor as Nikon D90 which is an advantage, both Cameras do the job right, Canon may do the job also, but i guess… it´s your choice. Read all the above posts it may help.
Greets

By: jonathon entry camera guy

jonathon entry camera guy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:02:15 +0000

Which is better for entry level indoor sports photography? I am a bit unsure of either being decent entry level sports cameras but i love the HD video function on the Cannon with picture taking possibilities while filming. Seems like it has the best of both worlds but FPS is somewhat low for indoor sports photography. Anyone out there have some advice on this because I have about 1000 to spend on a camera and other higher end faster FPS cameras dont seem to have HD possibilities. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

P.S. Mostly taking indoor professional volleyball photographs from shorter distance,

By: brandon

brandon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:48:49 +0000

Maybe the sales person mistaken it with Sony A550? A550 is a greater dslr with more features than these two. Here in Malaysia also many ppl will say don’t go for Nikon D5000, go for EOS 500D or Nikon D90 instead if possible as D5000 really just can’t compete with these two. A550 is comparable, with HDR features!

By: Ennes

Ennes — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:43:21 +0000

Hi There

I’m new to teh DSLR world, yesterday i went to the local shops shopping for my new camera, i really liked the Nikon D 5000, the guy at the camera department told me that i was wasting the money and should be looking at the new Sony A 380 as it was a much better camera, hea said that it was far better than both teh nikon and the Cannon 500d so i went for it, he also said that it had teh full HD recording, anyway long story short when i got back home i soon discovered that the Sony was hardly anything what he described, no HD recording ( no recording at all) and teh photos werent as good as i expected, so this morning i went back and complained to his manager about the crap that the salesguy was feeding me, suprisignly the Manager dediced to swap the Sony A 380 for teh Nikon d5000 with a VR twin lense kit as well as teh extreeme speed * gig card and a $ 100 camera bag at no extra cost, i think i got a pretty good deal. I gues my advise is if you are not sure what to go for just go teh oppsite what the sales guy advises at Harvey Norman in Australia.

Cheers.

By: Jaxon S

Jaxon S — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:52:19 +0000

The image quality of the Pentax K-x is good. You may also want to look at Canon’s new camera the EOS 550D or Nikon’s upcoming upgrade of the D5000

By: Poorna

Poorna — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:53:22 +0000

I use to use a manual SLR camera Pentax K1000 for a long time. then for some reason i couldn’t practice it further for around 10 years. Now i am back and i want to buy one digital SLR camera. Which one is best digital SLR…..Pentax, Canon or Nikon…..am very confuse and I want to buy the best one…….Please help

By: Rahul Mehta

Rahul Mehta — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:42:56 +0000

Hi….Since you have already covered 18-55 mm …. You can go for the Nikon Nikkor 70-300 VR Lens … is in the same price bracket. If you want a cheaper alternative, go for a Sigma 70-300 OS Lens for Nikon (around $400) ..

By: Ramy

Ramy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:29:01 +0000

Hi everyone, am new to photography, Thanks to this site i have finally decided to buy the D5000 after a long and painful search.
mine came with an entry kit 18-55 lense, and i need to get now a more advanced lense that can work outdoors shooting objects and people where i can play with the blurred background and get good results and also contains Autofocus for sure, looking for an affordable one doesnt go over 700 $, anyone can help please? thanks

By: Nuno J

Nuno J — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:52:29 +0000

Hi Confused,
Read all the previous comments, and i guess you wont be so confused.
In case you missed this feature Nikon D5000 has a children photo mode. When you try to photograph children, the biggest problem is that they hardly stay still, so you must compensate in other ways, first you can use Nikon children mode factory setting, or you can setup your own settings, and work your shot timing, anticipating movements and situations.
On the other hand, colors on Nikon are more true due to Nikon´s technology.
You must consider maybe that your kids may want to take a picture of their father and mother, uncle´s whatever, you´ll see , in this case you need a robust machine, and in this chapter D5000 also win´s. The flip over LCD can be turned to the person you are photographing, this way if it´s a kid you can show him/her their own image and get their attention. My Niece, 2 years old already makes some poses to the camera, and she always want to see each and every photo i take from her, the secret to this: speak a lot with the kids, explain what you are doing, and what you need them to do, make a countdown to the shot, usually they will wait for it to end ;o) funny hã! Get a fast SD card and set the shot mode to burst.
Get also a 200mm,250mm or 300mm objective, you can keep the distance and still take wonderful close ups, and work the depth field.
Canon is also a good camera, but , my opinion, Nikon shows more quality in many levels. Remember, photograph is all about ….Light and what you do with it, and nothing else.
Have a nice choice.

By: Jaxon S

Jaxon S — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:29:54 +0000

Hi confused,

I still think the swivel LCD on the Nikon is a great advantage, especially when photographing children…