advice on a camera upgrade?

[pocketcthulhu]

Had a nice long chat with my sister about camera's the other day (she's a Major dslr fan, she's one of those crazy run around in the jungle save the rainforest type.)and she pointed me towards the 500 series, I couldn't bring myself to get a new one for almost $400, but got a used one from amazon for $290ish and while that's a step higher than i wanted to pay I figure It will pay for it's self the next time my daughter does something cute.

 

coolpix p510

[Suden]

As long as the cute thing she does isn't dropping your camera in the toilet. ;) Gotta love kids.

[Heisler]

And along those lines I finally scored the Nikon lens that I wanted for macro photography, although I haven't had a chance to mess around with it and it came with a lot of stuff I don't need. In fact I think the reason I managed such a good price on it is because it came with so much other stuff like; a Nikon FM camera, two flashes, and a dozen filters (including my favorite type, a polarizing filter).

 

The lens? Nikon Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8 Lens, completely manual, but my Nikon DSLRs (D70 and a D50) can handle it without a problem.

What I bought

What I wanted out of it

Edited March 18, 2013 by Heisler

[CashWiley]

Man, I wonder if I still have my old Nikon from college. Pretty sure I had a couple lenses in the bag...

[Heisler]

Well, if you are into film and can't find it, I do have three Nikon N70s and the aforementioned FM, oh and a Pentax K1000 from highschool. And then there is the camera I inherited from my Uncle a Minora with 5 lenses.

[eastman]

Well, if you are into film and can't find it, I do have three Nikon N70s and the aforementioned FM, oh and a Pentax K1000 from highschool. And then there is the camera I inherited from my Uncle a Minora with 5 lenses.

 

I miss the K1000(s) that I used to own. I should get another K1000 one of these days, since I own far better glass now than I did back then.

[pocketcthulhu]

so old camera, took about 5 pictures to get a clear non blurry image.

new camera first shot. granted this one is a bit darker but I haven't adjusted anything nor was I trying to recreate the first shot.

Edited March 22, 2013 by pocketcthulhu

[CashWiley]

Your scientific method is lacking. You moved the mini for the second shot.

 

[pocketcthulhu]

Your scientific method is lacking. You moved the mini for the second shot.

 

agreed, hence why I edited the post saying I did that on purpose so I wouldn't get any silly posts like this

[CashWiley]

I'm from Camelot.