Gary,
If you get the 5000 let me know what you think about it. I looked at one not to long ago and could not justify the move from my D80...I figure a significant move for me would be to a D300. Don't loose your D50...it's one of the few that will drive the auto focus in the older pro lenses...my D80 will also but a D90 will not...I dont think the D5000 will either.
Your 70-200 VR is a fantastic piece. I keep a 18-200 3.5 VR on my D80 all the time and keep a Nikon 70-300 4.5 for distance and a Sigma 10-20 in the bag for interior and close work. I opens up the cabin or engine room of a boat like a Circus Tent.:thumbsup:
The D50 is a great camera. I do want more resolution though. I tend to clip/crop pieces out of pictures and want to blow them up for print publications (no more NAGGING on the book please) and want the cropped sections to be able to be blown up to 8x10 size and still look good... Sorta like my signature picture below... it looks good on screen but I can't blow it up for print use because it is a cropped piece of a big picture. I think people tend to forget about that when arguing that 6MP is good enough. I think it's good enough if you never plan on cropping/clipping images... which is rare for me. For example, I could never publish this poster as the resolution is not high enough (it was cropped from the original):
I also want a faster continuous shutter speed... 2 fps is what is advertised on the D50 and I seriously doubt it does that. The 4 fps burst mode on the D5000 would have been nice in the above shot. Kid pounding on table... rolling on floor screaming... kicking his dad... etc...
I would agree the jump from a D80 to a D5000 would be tough to justify...
I've been looking at that Sigma lens... I don't have a super wide angle like that and I've been wanting it for some of the boat shots more and more.
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