Nikon D50 Review

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/' target='_blank'>http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Digital SLR's are quickly becoming the fastest moving segment of the digital camera market, this means more new digital SLR's, more competition and lower prices. The Nikon D50 is introduced as a more affordable and easier to use version of the D70 which was released just under fifteen months ago. Anyone who has seen or handled the D70 will immediately see a strong resemblance in the D50, it's only when you start to examine the camera in a little more detail that you notice the differences (we've detailed them below). Clearly the D50 is designed to compete with other affordable digital SLR's such as the Canon EOS 350D (Digital Rebel XT), Pentax *ist DS and Olympus E-300."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/frontview-001.jpg" /><br /><br />While this camera is getting kudos from all, I still think that it is worth it to spend the extra $200-$300 and upgrade to the professional cameras (i.e. Canon 20D, etc.)

[Vincent Ferrari]

I'm buying the Digital Rebel XT this week (Thursday to be precise)... It turns out that most of the people who have reviewed the XT and the D50 (or the D70) comparatively come up with the same conclusion:

6 of one, half a dozen of the other.

I think if you're looking at the D50, though, it's worth the upgrade to get the D70, or the XT. But then again, I'm no pro :-)