I have finally bought my first SLR camera, a Nikon D40! It is the smallest and lightest and probably the cheapest SLR camera on the market and I love it.
I was looking for an affordable and good SLR camera to start learning photography on a higher level and I think I have found it. The D40 comes with a very good 18-55mm lens for nice portraits and landscape shots. I have purchased an additional 70-300mm Tamron lens, which allow me to zoom in a far distance object and create macro shots of bugs and flowers. Very sweet lens for again an affordable price.
Okay, here are some newbie shots I have made in the Shanghai Wild Animal Park from yesterday’s visit:
There are some more photos made with this camera when I was in Xi Tang a few days ago:
http://productdesignforums.com/waikitchung/photos?album=2&gallery=13
If you are interested in the camera, check out some good reviews here:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40.htm
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40/
7 responses so far ↓
1 Johnson // Oct 6, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Nice photos! Is that you use 70-300mm Tamron lens for shoot them?
2 waikit // Oct 7, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Thanks Johnson! Yeah, the photos above were shot with the Tamron lens.
Check out some more at:
http://www.flickr.com/waikitchung/
3 Nacho // Apr 15, 2009 at 5:39 PM
So how much did it cost? I’m interested in buying one!
4 waikit // Apr 22, 2009 at 11:03 AM
The camera with standard lens costed me about 3000 rmb (around 300 euros)
The zoom/macro lens was 2000 rmb (200 euros)
I believe you can get it cheaper now.
5 Mike Yau // Sep 17, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Cewl!
Try to make some shot where the object is not in the middle, that makes the picture more interesting. But a good job! Btw, when are you coming back to Holland?
6 waikit // Sep 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Hey Mike, what a surprise to see you posting here! Thanks for the tip, yeah I am still a newbie in photography. I am back in Holland between Oct 1-11, so cu soon
7 evgenija // Apr 6, 2010 at 11:52 PM
Hello! I am planning to spend a few days in Shanghai very soon and I want to by there Nikon D40. Please, tell me some address there, where I could look for the Nikon D40. Thanks!
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