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Can Not Say Enough About The Nikon D3200
By Alex Garza on Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2015
I have to say that I did some research and talked with a friend of mine that is very much into photography. As an entry level model and for what I needed the D3200 had all the features I was looking for. I received this camera and started taking pictures right off, and I was very, very pleased with the results. The Nikor 18-55mm lens is a very good all round lens and takes some very good pictures. I love the action feature on the D3200 and have shot a few nice action pictures. There was no blur, and the pictures were clear and crisp. For the price I paid i was very pleased as well. I looked at several stores and online wen I came across this deal it was too good to pass up. The camera is easy to use and can function as a pint and shoot or use it in the manual mode, either way is just as easy. I will say this, invest in a UV filter for you lens. These filters are only a few dollars and I would highly recommend using one. If you scratch the lens filter you are only out a few dollars, compared to a few hundred dollars for a new lens. Believe me you will nit regret buying one, but you will be crying if you scratch your new lens. The camera itself is light weigh enough as not be bulky and has a great feel. The other thing I have learned about Nikon cameras is that all Nikor lens will fit a Nikon body. While some lens functions may not work with the camera, however this is what the manual functions come into play. So it is possible to get older camera lens in great shape for a lot less money. This was another selling point that I liked about the Nikon over Canon. There are several filters that you can add to the lens like ND, and polarizing filters that will give you nice effects. I really can not say enough about this camera, if you are looking to break into digital photography then this is a really great camera. It has all the features I was looking for and then some. I would recommend shooting in RAW format. This was recommend by my friend who knows digital photography and sells some of his work. I do not remember all the details behind the reason for this but this is quality I shoot in. For someone who use to shoot only film, this was my entry into quality digital photography and I am very impressed with the Nikon D3200. I am a amateur photographer at best and I really wanted to get back into taking pictures. This setup was at a great price point and is a really good rig for the amateur photographer or someone looking to start off in photography and needs a good camera to start off with without spending a arm and a leg. I hope this review will help someone who is thinking about what camera they should buy or someone who may be on the fence about jumping into a digital SLR camera.
Top critical review
20 people found this helpful
Toyish plastic - made for a the $400 point-shoot crowd
By Gabby on Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2012
I sent it back and got the D7000 - wow what a difference. Thank you Amazon! I'm disappointed at some of the reviewers boasting they feel they got a D800 at a D3200 price. This is STILL a D3200, and is meant for a very large, but very neophyte audience. Nikon knew there were millions looking for a DSLR for $500 - maybe so they could say they had one. Well here it is, and believe me you get what you pay for. If you believe the egos of the prior reviewers, you'll certainly be disappointed when you try take this camera out of the simple, picture-led guide mode. True, this camera is very much entry-level, but it's REAL entry level. And the 24mp does not look like 24mp - unfortunately the way the computer processes the image it ends up looks more like 8mp. The images are hard to describe - it's like they're synthesized or over manipulated. Even the RAW seems compressed and lossy. I saw a side-side close up analysis/review of the image, and although it's 24mp, most of the pixels in, say, a 20 pixel radius are all the same! The camera doesn't have the power to distinguish the pixels for clarity like the higher end cameras. Point and shoots do this as a matter of course, then they brag they have "24mp" etc which may be misleading some into thinking "well 24mp is still 24mp". But it's not. Go do your online homework and look at the analysis photos from this camera. You'll see what I mean - and that pans out in real life. Just one step up, the D7000 is 10x the camera, and yields much brighter photos. It's sort of like an old round 50's style TV vs a new 90" hi res LED TV. It's plastic case gives it a chintzy feel, it's VERY slow at shot acquisition (you will certainly wait a bit till it's figured out how to take the shot), autofocus is awful even with $3000 glass, metering is whacked, short battery life you name a bad trait and this camera has it. Oh - and don't get caught in the rain with it either. However, it is lightweight. And to some that's quite important. Like a tourist that has to lug a his new SLR all over creation, when they're used to a little pocket camera. This camera is 1/2 the weight of any DSLR. And it also has a real dumbed-down "guide" that takes about 30 seconds to setup a shot - so that whole sophomoric 7th-grade level guide thing is a bust. And the scene selector on top doesn't help at all either. In both my wife's, my 24 yr old son, my and my Mom's use, about 30/50 shots were blurred, mis-flashed, mis-exposed to WAY out of proportions etc. So why have 24mp for a camera that can't handle it? The lens that it comes with (mandatory) is just more cheap plastic mess. If this camera was sold w/o the lens it would be in the $299 range. We put a $3k lens on this camera with little improvement - it still just can't cope. Don't fool yourself into thinking you're clever by purchasing a $4000 camera for $400. You've got a $400 camera. But I wouldn't waste your time/money - get the D7000 and be done with it. If you're that hard up for $$ where you can't/won't shell out another $200 for the pro camera, then go back to a point and shoot
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