The D50 lacks many important features. The lack of DOF preview is a problem for people who want to shoot macros, close-ups and other focus-sensitive applications. The lack of mirror-lockup makes it hard to shoot on a tripod without killing the mirror's initial vibration.

Other than that, the D50 also lacks the D70's wireless flash commander capabilities. The D50's burst rate is slower, but can burst for more shots, if this feature matters to you at all.

The D50's kit lens also leaves you wanting more, compared to the D70's kit lens. All in all, the D50 could have been a great value product, but sadly it lacks too many serious tools.

Can the D50 embed EXIF comments like the D70? Also, can the D50 be uploaded with custom curves like the D70? I'm not very sure about these finer features ...

What is the price for D50 kit right now anyway?

Let me know what the bulk purchase price is ok? I'd like to keep up to date with this model - maybe can get for my sister. I promised her an SLR if she scores flush As for SPM.

Haha my sister is the president of her school's Photography Club! Right now she's only shooting with a Sony S60, but she's always complaining about its poor close-focusing ability. So I told her to work hard and she'll get something better one day ...

PS: D70s made in Japan? But the D70 was supposedly made in Thailand too right?

This post has been edited by richx: Apr 11 2006, 09:41 PM

Doesn't matter Japan or Thailand lar. As long as it does what it's supposed to. My camera's made in the Phillipines, and my lenses made in Vietnam. And my sister doesn't need a true macro lens yet lar - a Sigma DC 17-70 should do, with its 20cm close-focusing abilities. Let her learn the SLR art first.

Not to mention DOF preview ...

DOF preview is critical for anyone interested in macro photography - not always pros. The DX 18-70 is a good lens - if you can afford it, by all means go for it. I find the range of a 18-55 range to be about enough for a kit lens, and I especially like the size savings.

Not made in Malaysia?

Yeah ... is it the lens can't do much, or the photographer can't do much with the lens? Kekeke ...

And how do you expect the D2X to have remote flash commander feature when it doesn't even have a pop-up flash? Why is this feature so important anyway? Are you thinking of setting up a studio using a bunch of SB-800s?

This post has been edited by richx: Apr 12 2006, 12:15 PM

Portraiture? In a studio-type environment can lar ... But out in the open? You're better off with a flash bracket and chord. The wireless communications takes some time too ...

Why are so many people interested in the 18-200 VR? Seems like a rather optically compromised lens. I'd wait to see what the Sigma DC 17-70 with its 20cm focusing ability can do, as well as a bunch of other lenses. Not a big fan of high zoom factor lenses - they're almost always optically compromised in one way or another ...

Nah I'm not buying anytime soon lar. My sister's sitting for SPM end of this year only - and results coming out long after that - I just want to know what kind of prices the items can get for - have to plan my savings! But I might not get her a D50 due to lack of DOF preview - and my sister is primarily a macro shooter, so it might be important to her!

When is it anyway? I wouldn't mind meeting up for yumcha/chit-chat with you guys if I can make it. Friday~Sunday I'll be away to Kota Bahru with my family tho ...

Because flash + bracket + the right length cord is more manueverable. If you want a real studio setup, get real studio strobes ...

I think maybe Canon offers better incentives/kickback for sales of the cameras eh? They do have the price margin and marketing money to do so.

On the subject of Olympus, I do think that the ZD 14-45 kit lens that comes with the E-300, E-500 and E-330 are indeed superior to the kit lens you get on the D50 and EOS-350D. It's got true USM/SWM-type focusing mechanism, for one.

Re: From the other thread about bargaining ...

The shop people might think you come from the competition to check on their price bottomline, or that you're going to open a competing dealership. Some of them stupid want to protect their price margin and not do volume business in this case. Of course, your nego skills and manners also count alot.

Aggresive because their products have fallen behind in the (number) game that they created themselves. Shot their own foot, you can say. But I have little respect for them, because they seem to blatantly attack the opposition without giving credit where credit is due - that shows they lack credibility in what they say ...

You can't mess the two up. The DX 18-70 from the D70 is a mid-range lens with rather good performance, and rather hefty in size. The DX 18-55 is a wimp of a lens in terms of construction quality, and is rather small and lightweight.

Hehe just tell my size and heft lar. The DX 18-70 is large-ish and rather heavy. It's also got two rubber rings around the lens. The DX 18-55 is small and light, with one big rubber band around it for zooming, and a skinny plastic rim up front for focusing.

Err, the DX 18-55 is poorly constructed, and is designed with no intention for manual focusing (skinny, unmarked ring!). The so-called SWM mechanism is also half-baked, with no ability to overwrite AF without flicking a switch - which reminds me of Canon's normal DC-driven EF lenses - not something you'd associate with USM/SWM systems. But it claims to have ED elements. Hahahaha ...

Optically speaking, it's got rather average-to-poor corner sharpness, esp. at wide open. Given the price difference between the D50 and D70 with lens, I'd think the D70 is very much more worth it with the better lens.

Err, no it wouldn't make any sense to do so. Then again, stupidity and idiocy transcends boundaries of all sorts.