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A few newbie questions-Nikon D5200 accessories...
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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 290730" data-attributes="member: 16090"><p>1. Lense Hood.</p><p>The recommended hood is quite small, practically useless. To protect your lense get a good quality 52mm UV filter. I use Hoya, but you can go B&W also. Do not get the cheaper ones.</p><p></p><p>2. Card.</p><p>Unless you shoot a lot of images even 32GB is over kill. In D3300 the 32GB 45mbps card can hold upwards of 1600 images. For the 5xxx and 7xxx sercies where the NEF is 14 bits, the card will hold around 1400 NEF images. That is a lot of images to risk to one card. Secondly even video requires less than 45mbps card, so getting faster card will not help at least in this camera. For D800 or MF back, yes but here no. Ideally you should use at least 2 16GB cards, cycling between them.</p><p></p><p>4. Wide angle.</p><p>The kit lense is excellent at the lower end. Instead of getting another zoom, keep the kit lense for general shooting and get a few primes. Get 35mm F1.8DX and the 50mm F1.8G lense and you will have sharper images and low light performance at a nominal cost.</p><p></p><p>5. Battery Pack.</p><p>If you want to make the camera bulkier and heavy get a external battery grip. Else a couple of extra batteries with an extra charger is a better option.</p><p></p><p>6. Books.</p><p>With so much material available on the Net, buying a book is not worth it. You should rather spend more time with your manual. Some of the photography sites have excellent tutorials which are worth reading. In some cases you can get PDF of the tutorials, which you should keep in your phone for ready reference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroy, post: 290730, member: 16090"] 1. Lense Hood. The recommended hood is quite small, practically useless. To protect your lense get a good quality 52mm UV filter. I use Hoya, but you can go B&W also. Do not get the cheaper ones. 2. Card. Unless you shoot a lot of images even 32GB is over kill. In D3300 the 32GB 45mbps card can hold upwards of 1600 images. For the 5xxx and 7xxx sercies where the NEF is 14 bits, the card will hold around 1400 NEF images. That is a lot of images to risk to one card. Secondly even video requires less than 45mbps card, so getting faster card will not help at least in this camera. For D800 or MF back, yes but here no. Ideally you should use at least 2 16GB cards, cycling between them. 4. Wide angle. The kit lense is excellent at the lower end. Instead of getting another zoom, keep the kit lense for general shooting and get a few primes. Get 35mm F1.8DX and the 50mm F1.8G lense and you will have sharper images and low light performance at a nominal cost. 5. Battery Pack. If you want to make the camera bulkier and heavy get a external battery grip. Else a couple of extra batteries with an extra charger is a better option. 6. Books. With so much material available on the Net, buying a book is not worth it. You should rather spend more time with your manual. Some of the photography sites have excellent tutorials which are worth reading. In some cases you can get PDF of the tutorials, which you should keep in your phone for ready reference. [/QUOTE]
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