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<blockquote data-quote="BeegRhob" data-source="post: 753496" data-attributes="member: 48712"><p>I had two Minolta 35mm bodies and a few basic lenses that I shot a few hundred pics with. I shot on AUTO and struggled putting the needle in the hole of the light meter. Some pics turned out "good enough" for me and I got hooked enough to research decent digital cameras when digital was just coming out, more or less. I ended up getting a Nikon Coolpix 5700, shot AUTO and jpegs a few hundred times and used Paint Shop Pro to edit (yes jpegs) to something that I was more happy with. I just loved the camera, but didn't understand how to set it up to use it better and it was cheaper than film to shoot! The Coolpix ended up getting stolen, so I went without a camera for years, other than pretty cheap/basic digitals and phone cams. When I moved to Alaska, after having been here on vacation a few weeks, I was really driven to get a DSLR. I found a used D3000 at the Stewarts in downtown Anchorage and bought it with a kit lens. Shot with it on and off for a few years, on AUTO and jpeg, until a year or so ago. I think I switched to RAW around then and started using aperture priority a few months later, or the other way around. Decided to upgrade and pretty much just used a comparison tool online to look at features. The one feature I really wanted was exposure bracketing and found a D5300 with a good price and snatched it up, and still haven't bracketed exposure hehehe. Bought a bunch of other Nikon bodies that I intend to resell. I like Nikons since I bought the Coolpix, but have nothing to compare them with really. I am learning the way they operate more and more, finally figuring out the method to the madness with their menu system to some extent. They have never taken a bad pic but their operator has! Switching, I would have to relearn a lot. I am happy with what I have, to say the least. I may someday upgrade to mirrorless, but who knows.</p><p></p><p>Rob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BeegRhob, post: 753496, member: 48712"] I had two Minolta 35mm bodies and a few basic lenses that I shot a few hundred pics with. I shot on AUTO and struggled putting the needle in the hole of the light meter. Some pics turned out "good enough" for me and I got hooked enough to research decent digital cameras when digital was just coming out, more or less. I ended up getting a Nikon Coolpix 5700, shot AUTO and jpegs a few hundred times and used Paint Shop Pro to edit (yes jpegs) to something that I was more happy with. I just loved the camera, but didn't understand how to set it up to use it better and it was cheaper than film to shoot! The Coolpix ended up getting stolen, so I went without a camera for years, other than pretty cheap/basic digitals and phone cams. When I moved to Alaska, after having been here on vacation a few weeks, I was really driven to get a DSLR. I found a used D3000 at the Stewarts in downtown Anchorage and bought it with a kit lens. Shot with it on and off for a few years, on AUTO and jpeg, until a year or so ago. I think I switched to RAW around then and started using aperture priority a few months later, or the other way around. Decided to upgrade and pretty much just used a comparison tool online to look at features. The one feature I really wanted was exposure bracketing and found a D5300 with a good price and snatched it up, and still haven't bracketed exposure hehehe. Bought a bunch of other Nikon bodies that I intend to resell. I like Nikons since I bought the Coolpix, but have nothing to compare them with really. I am learning the way they operate more and more, finally figuring out the method to the madness with their menu system to some extent. They have never taken a bad pic but their operator has! Switching, I would have to relearn a lot. I am happy with what I have, to say the least. I may someday upgrade to mirrorless, but who knows. Rob [/QUOTE]
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