Luckily the kit lenses from Nikon and Canon come with stabilisation available. A large command dial is easy to use and clearly marked so easy to see. The screen is bright and rich with clear, concise illustrations. The diminutive size of the camera is illustrated nicely here.
However, all three cameras are built to a reasonable quality, though the Nikon feels more solid and that could just be the design. The only similarities it has to its forebears are the built-in SteadyShot Inside stabiliser and Sony's exclusive hotshoe.
Nikon's command dial is quite flat so doesn't get caught in a kit bag. The large screen on the back is bright and gives all your necessary information. The screen of the Nikon D shows the aperture as a graphic and the shutter speed wrapped around it. Options on the right are accessed by pressing the? The Nikon is relatively small so on trips out, you're less weighed down. On the A, Sony have added an interesting new feature which makes picture taking a lot easier.
It works by showing you in layman's icons what a particular setting will do. It's explained in more detail in the full review of the Sony Alpha A and helps newcomers to photography a lot more. Nikon have introduced their own Guide feature on the D which isn't as easy to use as the Sony but that doesn't mean it's difficult either. Liking to do things differently, Sony have placed the command dial on the left. Sony usually opt for their own Memory Stick, but the A has a dual slot.
The easy to use guide on the screen has a sliding wedge shaped meter to judge exposures for yourself and learn more about photography. Styling for the new models is completely Sony influenced. Canon retain their reputation when it comes to being easy to use and my only gripe is that the Live View button isn't marked as such. To enable it, you have to switch it on in the main menu then press the Set button. Budget DSLR group test: Performance All three cameras were put through their paces in a variety of conditions and tests.
All pictures were taken at the same time to ensure fairness and were taken with the kit lens so this is as close to the real world as you're going to get. Click on any of the thumbnails to open the full size images. Exposure With a predominantly pale subject in the frame, Nikon gives a lighter result compared with the other two while Sony gives the darkest.
That's not to say that Canon is the best because exposure can be subjective depending on your interpretation of the scene and what you consider acceptable. The Canon does well with backlit subjects as it retains a certain amount of detail in the silhouetted area, while keeping the brighter areas looking detailed without burning out.
Burn out appears when the sun is directly in the frame but there was no lens flare at this time either. The Nikon suffers with backlit subjects and gives exposures with lots of detail in the shadows but the highlights can lose detail.
For example, when it comes to thinner items such as branches on trees, the the light tends to bleed over. By contrast, Sony has a problem with silhouetting backlit items and it's good in this case to use the D-Range mode or a bit of fill in flash if the subject isn't too far away. Sony have the D-Range mode in the function menu. Contrast reducing modes are available on the other DSLRs too.
Canon utilises a Light Optimising mode to increase dynamic range. Nikon's D-Lighting was the first dynamic range compensation mode seen on a camera commercially. They all work well, giving a more balanced exposure although the stronger the option on the Sony, the more like HDR the image will look. Nikon's D has the punchiest colours as you can see from the green moss. All the cameras on test have three types of metering to choose from but the Canon is the only one to not employ a spot metering mode.
Instead it uses Evaluative, Partial and centre-weighted. In this context, it is worth noting that neither the D nor the D are weather-sealed. The above size and weight comparisons are to some extent incomplete since they do not consider the interchangeable lenses that both of these cameras require. Yet, since both cameras are based around an APS-C sensor, their respective lenses will tend to have similar dimensions and heft. The table below summarizes the key physical specs of the two cameras alongside a broader set of comparators.
If you would like to visualize and compare a different camera combination, you can navigate to the CAM-parator app and make your selection from a broad list of cameras there.
Any camera decision will naturally be influenced heavily by the price. The listed launch prices provide an indication of the market segment that the manufacturer of the cameras have been targeting.
The D was launched at a somewhat lower price by 25 percent than the D, which makes it more attractive for photographers on a tight budget. Normally, street prices remain initially close to the MSRP, but after a couple of months, the first discounts appear. Later in the product cycle and, in particular, when the replacement model is about to appear, further discounting and stock clearance sales often push the camera price considerably down.
The size of the sensor inside a digital camera is one of the key determinants of image quality. A large sensor will tend to have larger individual pixels that provide better low-light sensitivity, wider dynamic range , and richer color-depth than smaller pixel-units in a sensor of the same technological generation.
Moreover, a large sensor camera will give the photographer more control over depth-of-field in the image and, thus, the ability to better isolate a subject from the background. On the downside, larger sensors are more costly to manufacture and tend to lead to bigger and heavier cameras and lenses. Both cameras under consideration feature an APS-C sensor , but their sensors differ slightly in size. The sensor area in the D is 13 percent bigger. As a result of these sensor size differences, the cameras have format factors, respectively, of 1.
Both cameras have a native aspect ratio sensor width to sensor height of Despite having a smaller sensor, the Canon D offers a higher resolution of This megapixels advantage comes at the cost of a higher pixel density and a smaller size of the individual pixel with a pixel pitch of 5. Moreover, it should be noted that the D is a somewhat more recent model by 1 year and 1 month than the D, and its sensor might have benefitted from technological advances during this time that further enhance the light gathering capacity of its pixel-units.
Since , DXO Mark has published sensor performance measurements that have been derived using a consistent methodology. The table below summarizes the physical sensor characteristics and sensor quality findings and compares them across a set of similar cameras. Beyond body and sensor, cameras can and do differ across a range of features. The D and the D are similar in the sense that both have an optical viewfinder. The latter is useful for getting a clear image for framing even in brightly lit environments.
There is a big diffence between these two cameras. If you want to be able to use autofocus on Nikon D there is a need for having an autofocus motor inside the lens. We really encourage you to look closely at our lens compatibility charts at the links below.
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