Nikon D50 is consider as an affordable segment for DSLR Market to compete with their friend Canon Eos 350D,and Olympus E-300.At our testbed here,we got a D50 comes with the AF-S DX 55 Lens Kit for maximum impression.
Editor Opinion
When the first time i saw this little big chunk,i felt that the solid body of the camera will be the first which impressed me.D50 have a very simple and fast operation for newbie,on the top will have the conventional swtiching ring which provide fast switching mode like Auto,Manual,Scene,A,S mode which act as AF(Auto focus).Oh,fuck it! Auto Focus mode also will have such many mode,they categories by S,M,Full auto mode.Really a marvelous machine which a-like my dad’s auto transmission gear.Meanwhile,of course its equipped with an monochrome LCD which function as the battery meter and the ISO indicator.So the color LCD will just function as the picture playback as user’re expected to use the optical focuser than a LCD screen not like a normal digital camera.
For the enhancements,my friend’s D50 added with a Flash Lamp to provide a more faster and brighter saturation in high shuttle condition.While the last is the Camera’s sensor which opted with the highest ISO 1600 while ,the F8 focal length is 200mm which spot a very clear and wide angle performance for shooting.Thanks to Nikkor Lens for these great specification.
Here some sample snapshot by The Editor,=D [Click To Enlarge]
The Depth of Field is clearly noticeable in high shutter speed even in extreme condition.But the Sensor wont fail you tough!=D
Conclusion – Pros
- Good resolution and detail, just slight less ‘crisp’ than the D70/D70s
- Use of default color Mode III delivers punchy vibrant colors
- Low noise even at high sensitivities, better than competitors
- Excellent image parameter control; sharpening, tone, color mode, saturation and hue
- Custom curves allows user definable tone response
- Nikon Matrix metering II , brighter than D70/D70s
- Body design, finish and build quality
- Very fast camera operation, virtually no startup, minimal usage delays
- Larger viewfinder eyecup (less stray light)
- Viewfinder focus screen display of memory card and battery status
- Fast SD write performance
- Excellent continuous shooting buffer usage, slower but more frames in 30 seconds
- Most camera settings available via buttons on camera body
- Lighter than D70 although not as small as Pentax or Canon competition
- Help pages on custom function menus
- Image comment attachment
- Multiple color space support (sRGB, Adobe RGB)
- Orientation sensor for automatic image rotation
- Fully Nikkor lens compatible (plus new DX lenses)
- Large, 2.0″ LCD monitor
- USB 2.0 (Hi-speed) transfers
- Value for money
Conclusion – Cons
- Not as crisp (per pixel sharpness) as D70/D70s
- Still some moire / maze artifact pattern visible (noticeably less than D70/D70s however)
- Kit lens performance is pretty average, corner soft, light fall-off
- No Kelvin white balance selection
- No backlight on status LCD
- No mirror lock-up (vibration reduction for long / macro exposures)
- One command dial
- LCD monitor display gamma can make some images appear over-exposed when they aren’t
- No viewfinder grid lines (surprisingly useful if you’re used to them; D70/D70s)
- No vertical grip (portrait grip / battery pack) available
- Encrypted white balance in RAW files limits third party converters
- RAW+JPEG only captures a Basic quality JPEG
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