Comments on: Nikon D3000 Digital SLR Review

By: josh

josh — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

i am the proud owner of 2 d3000s, it is a great camera for taking photos with, if you want a cheap but good quality of sd cards , i recomend you goto argos , as the sd cards are £15 but for that you get 8 gigabytes of storage, dont waste your money by going to curry’s , dixons or any other place as i realised that for 4 gb, that will set you back £40, and why goto a store selling something that holds half the amount of storage. i am a photography student and i bought this camera , i love using it, i take my camera every where with me now, every new place there i am with camera shooting, i find no faults with my cameras and recommend this or any other nikon to a person starting in a photography , they are a trustworthy company.
If you are looking for the D3000, go online, shop around , there are always good deals waiting for you online, as my second camera cost me a fraction of the price that my first did, and that was found on gumtree. Overall great camera , *********** , a ten star review.

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By: LES

LES — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:50:11 +0000

Hi,
thinking of buying the D3000,but I need to know whether it is suitable for taking quick pictures of cats,as they tend to move!!!!!! the shutter speeds on some cameras are slow and if you try and speed up you lose colour.Can you take quick succession shots with the D3000?
Can you offer some advice please.
Thankyou
Best regards
Les

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:25:05 +0000

I’ve recently bought the D3000. It’s my first DSLR but I am disappointed to find that the photos I take in Auto mode are very dark compared to my old Canon Ixus. I photographed a waterfall on a sunny day with both cameras and the difference is very noticeable. The D3000 pictures are both dark and ‘dull’ . Is there something I am not doing, or doing wrong? Any advice welcomed!

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:18:49 +0000

Got this camera using some money I won in a photography competition as my first DSLR and I am not disappointed. Very sharp pictures, good build quality and sensible controls. Good for the beginner but now that I’ve moved away from using it as a point and shoot I find it very rewarding. Would recommend it to anyone wanting a nice cheap DSLR that packs a punch.

By: Hugo Shepherd

Hugo Shepherd — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:27:18 +0000

May I also add to the above review, that the Nikon SB-900 Flashgun which I bought seperately adds the oomph! to anything I might do in a studio setting or when outside at night. This is a serious professional Flash-gun dedicated to the D3000 and D5000 as well as the D3X (if you can afford this type of camera). To my mind, this flash-gun was the right flash-gun for me, but you might find the SB-600 more within your range depending on how you view flash photography – it certainly does away with expensive Strobe lighting and being automatic, you don’t need to have a degree in calculus to work out the correct flashj to use on this flash-gun. Brilliant!

By: Hugo Shepherd

Hugo Shepherd — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:17:34 +0000

I first came to photography many years ago (I’m now 68), with a Voigtlander Camera, quickly followed by a Mamiya-6X40 Medium Format camera, a Hesselblad Medium-format camera and a Pentax ME-super 35mm camera (which I still have and use today). I used to do my own processing in a darkroom, complete with a Gnome Enlarger, and tried various processes including Ferrotype, Cyanotype and Bromide Printing. So it was a pleasant experience when I saw and bought the Nikon D3000 and found it an absolute dream to use. The original reviewer (here), echoes all that I could say about the camera and it gives back the time I can better utilise in taking Photos in the fields I like to follow such as Macro, Landscape, Portraiture and Wedding Photography, not to mention Wild-life and Sports or Action Photography – of which this camera was more than capable of. I have no hesitation in giving this camera a 10/10 for superb reproduction and an easy camera to use.. Hugo Shepherd

By: D. Isgruntled

D. Isgruntled — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:34:11 +0000

I’d just like to address some of the comments made on here if I may.

George – Oli is correct – the Nikon has the slight edge when it comes to capability, but will be restricted to manual focus with older Nikon lenses. This will not be a problem though unless you already own some of those older lenses. If you don’t know what they are, then it ISN’T a problem for you.

John (Summerfield) – This is just about the smallest and lightest SLR body on the market, so let your wife handle it. I think she’ll love it.

Terry – You seem to suggest anything above 55mm focal length needs VR. I think you’re giving people false impressions there. I love my 70-300VR lens, but I’d just like to say that most people can successfully take sharp photos with anything up to 250/300mm lenses hand-held (no tripod). This would also be true of ANY brand, not just Nikon.

Damien – If you’re genuinely serious about a glamour photography career then forget this type of camera. You’ll need the extra flash capabilities of more up-market camera’s regardless of manufacturer.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:46:49 +0000

Andrew,

To use any of the D series lenses on the newer SLRs the aperture ring does have to be locked at the minimum. Don’t worry though – this doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck using the minimum aperture all the time! It just allows the camera to control the aperture electronically, rather than by using the aperture ring.

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:27:02 +0000

I got a d3000 a few days ago and agree thoroughly with this review – get one and you wont regret it. The kit lens (with VR) is excellent but make sure you get a uv filter with it to protect the business end.