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What attracted you to Nikon?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 753494" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>My wife started a small business in 2017 and the pictures she was taking with her cell phone were not good enough to be included in trade magazines and blown up into 8 1/2 x 11 display posters. She also needed macro capability because part of her biz was reproducing historical antique stiched samplers, and she had to have pictures of individual threads in order to be accurate. So she gave me a couple hundred dollars and asked me to get a camera and lens that could handle it, since she knew I was a film (Olympus) shooter back in college. Like all good modern persons, I hit up YouTube and searched for 'best entry level DSLR'. I happened on Tony & Chelsea Northrup's channel almost immediately, and they recommended the D3300 because of its superior sensor compared to other brands, for the price. Found one used at B&H for $250, and a used Nikkor 40mm micro for around a hundred, and away I went. It was everything the Northrups (and others) said it was, and when I upgraded I stayed with the brand. And intend to when I upgrade again (hopefully a D500).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 753494, member: 46690"] My wife started a small business in 2017 and the pictures she was taking with her cell phone were not good enough to be included in trade magazines and blown up into 8 1/2 x 11 display posters. She also needed macro capability because part of her biz was reproducing historical antique stiched samplers, and she had to have pictures of individual threads in order to be accurate. So she gave me a couple hundred dollars and asked me to get a camera and lens that could handle it, since she knew I was a film (Olympus) shooter back in college. Like all good modern persons, I hit up YouTube and searched for 'best entry level DSLR'. I happened on Tony & Chelsea Northrup's channel almost immediately, and they recommended the D3300 because of its superior sensor compared to other brands, for the price. Found one used at B&H for $250, and a used Nikkor 40mm micro for around a hundred, and away I went. It was everything the Northrups (and others) said it was, and when I upgraded I stayed with the brand. And intend to when I upgrade again (hopefully a D500). [/QUOTE]
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