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<blockquote data-quote="Blurrymess" data-source="post: 45751" data-attributes="member: 9022">Hello, I'm new to the forum. Got my D5100 not too long ago, and have been loving it! It's the perfect camera for all the applications I need, and most importantly, I get a great quality image that's super sharp (again, good for my applications). Like Clayton mentions above, I like to press all the buttons, shoot with different settings, and just mess around with it as oppose to reading every single page... though I have read quite a few pages. Every time I come across a hurdle, I flip open the manual for guidance. Granted it's not my first slr, or my first dslr for that matter, but all the button and functions differ enough to learn a new way. I've found it a pretty intuitive camera. It's a good balance of good image quality and light weight where you can use it anywhere without much hassle... one of the things that sold me on it. I don't feel like I'm lugging around a dumbbell, and I don't feel like I'm sacrificing image quality either, so I'm good with this thing. Got a 40mm 2.8 prime macro lens, including the 18-55mm that came with the kit, and finding the prime to not only be super sharp, but also has lots of applications. I may pick up a 50mm 1.8 down the road for indoor low light situations, but I'm good for now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blurrymess, post: 45751, member: 9022"] Hello, I'm new to the forum. Got my D5100 not too long ago, and have been loving it! It's the perfect camera for all the applications I need, and most importantly, I get a great quality image that's super sharp (again, good for my applications). Like Clayton mentions above, I like to press all the buttons, shoot with different settings, and just mess around with it as oppose to reading every single page... though I have read quite a few pages. Every time I come across a hurdle, I flip open the manual for guidance. Granted it's not my first slr, or my first dslr for that matter, but all the button and functions differ enough to learn a new way. I've found it a pretty intuitive camera. It's a good balance of good image quality and light weight where you can use it anywhere without much hassle... one of the things that sold me on it. I don't feel like I'm lugging around a dumbbell, and I don't feel like I'm sacrificing image quality either, so I'm good with this thing. Got a 40mm 2.8 prime macro lens, including the 18-55mm that came with the kit, and finding the prime to not only be super sharp, but also has lots of applications. I may pick up a 50mm 1.8 down the road for indoor low light situations, but I'm good for now. [/QUOTE]

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