dynaquest1 Loc: Austin, Texas

HowLynn:

We all get an email each time a post is made to a forum question we have commented on. Your two word "Nikon D4" suggestion took you only 5 seconds to post but all the rest of us had to click on a link in the emails you generated only to find an answer that you may have thought was funny - but was of no use to the question asked. Plus you wasted our time. Please don't do that.

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

Why Doc ..... gotcha .....

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

What car is good for driving? Ford or Chevy. Maybe Dodge or Chrysler or Honda or Toyota?

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

WTF? He answered the OP's question, short and to the point. You're asking people to respond in accordance to what you find convenient?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

1, we don't all get the annoying, inbox clogging emails that you speak of. I get zero, zip, nada !!
YOU, are the one that chose to get all that junk mail, only YOU can get rid of it.
It is Lynn's RIGHT to write one letter, one word, or ten pages. It is your right to choose to recieve them, but not to ask a Hog to censor their participation on the Hog, because you don't agree with it
Now stop being a BULLY, and let everyone have fun.
Cheer up ;-)
SS

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Now Wabbit, this gives a whole new meaning, to going to the camera store to, hold it, fondle it, lick it, click it, kick it, and see if the interface works for us.
I'll take two Nikons please!!
SS

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

This is the first thing you ever said I agree wit Doc ..... but ya forgot to recommend "Nikon" .....ha,ha,ha,ha,

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Don't get sucked into that this or that top-selling brand is the one for you..you'd just be buying into marketing science rather than using "buyer science" - deciding what you need,and then looking for the brand and model that most fully meets those needs and requirements within your budget. When someone recommnds a brand and model, expect them to explain why!

For example,
I had some specific personal requirements and needs:

A fully articulated LED screen ( a great aid for someone with a bad back and
bad knees)
Live view and live histogram,
High frames-per-second (fps) for birds in flight,
Highly accurate and continuous automatic focus throughout burst exposures, An immobile mirror ( so no mirror slap vibration),
In-body image stabilization ( as opposed to in-lens stabilization that adds to
the price of every lens),
High-quality electronic viewfinder ( I prefer to optical finder)
High-performance sensor (Some brand make their own and some also supply
sensors to other manufacturers as well)
Excellent customer service,
extensive lens choice; large number of high quality prime and zoom lenses

so, based on the above, and the incredible number highest quality prime and zoom lenses made by Minolta and Sony, as well as many Zeiss, Tamron, and Sigma lenses that maintain full automatic focus with the Alpha lens mount, my choice was, clearly, the Sony SLT Alpha series of bodies. I bought he Alpha77 with crop sensor for wildlife/ birds. Then I added the Alpha99 with full-frame sensor for landscapes, general nature, and macro imaging. For my purposes, they are made-to-order for my two main realms of photography!

So, decide your needs and requirements and start from there (not from " My brand is best..well,...it just IS, .So there!"

Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Panasonic, Sigma, and even the oft-touted Canon and Nikon might be found to fill your particular needs, and all have models and lenses that will function to perform more than adequately to fill your needs for the only function you have mentioned, school photography...but there's much more to photography that you may wish to explore!

so, slow down, take a few deep breaths, and start your search rationally!

Best regards,
Dave in SD

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

^^^^HALL OF FAME POST!!! :thumbup:

Could NOT have been said better....

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

I coulda and in one sentence Doc ..... Nikon D5100's got all that and more

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

In camera stabilization and an articulating screen? Really?

:hunf:

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

Great customer service too?

:hunf:

GordonB. Loc: St. Petersburg, Fl.

I fully realize that one of the main reasons for this forum is to help answer others' questions. However, does anyone ever get the feeling that it's simply not worth the effort in some cases, and the end result that you KNOW is coming down the track particularly when it's a Canon vs Nikon question?

Happy Holidays to All!

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

And it can shoot 10 or 12 fps? Really?

:hunf:

Looks like this Nikon D5100 is a REAL smoker!


:mrgreen:

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

If you don't feel it's worth the effort click on a different thread. There's no rule that you have to respond to posts you have no interest in. Easy peasy!