i have looked, felt and played with many different models
and listed the 1s i like
dont like the feel of the D1000 as an example

D3x is a beaut but a little expensive

So you lost your D50 but if you still have lenses left you should go for a Nikon again. + You can buy the cheaper Tamron/ Sigma lenses for the Nikon too. (Dont know if this works for Canon too)

nope lost all of it
lenses charger etc, was all in the case

yeah would like some opinions on the sigma and tamron lenses, from those that have used/know them

Just saw there are tamron/ sigma lenses for Canon too.


I personally bought my Nikon cause I´ve kow they have a very good AF
+ the lenses have VR http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/image-stabilization.htm
+ I like the menu.. it´s fast too use.. even at the beginning.. I dunno about canon menu but if you worked with a nikon once I guess it will be easier to handle for you if you stay at nikon.
+ You can use your lenses/ flash on every nikon comes out the next years.. so it´s easier to upgrade the body.

The tamron/ sigma etc. lenses are fine too, but they usually have a slower AF

ok
if i go with nikon i hav looked at the lenses available, but hav no idea which are good and which arent
what a will need is:
1 for standard pics / everyday use / portraits
zoom/tele lens for sports / wildlife +- 300mm

later stage a wide-angle for landscapes

which would u suggest (in a decent price range)

Standard lens on a crop body would be a 35mm lens, those go for reasonably cheap. However, I'd reccommend going with a 50mm though, which'll run closer to a standard portrait lens, and still be very useable. A 50mm f1.8 lens is pretty cheap, light, and very good quality.

The cheapest 300mm telephoto you'll find is the Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Lens, which is just over $500. It's worth looking at the dirt cheap 55-200mm lens if you want a cheap telephoto, you have to remember that the effective focal length of a lens on a crop body is longer to that of the same lens on a full frame body.

As far as wideangle, the kit 18-55mm lens is acceptable at 18mm, all the other wideangle's for DX are quite expensive.

yeah i have noticed the excessive price of the wide-angle

i am glad i havent been looking at the wrong lenses then
my thoughts were the 70-300mm VR AF-S
also thought of the 55-200 VR

and then the 35mm or 50mm for the std / low light / indoor shots

after your advise and reading up alot more i am prob going to go for the nikon D60 and a few decent lenses

thanks again

thanks to all that helped out here
i had decided on the Nikon D60
untill i went to buy it this week, they had such a good package deal on the D90 that i got that instead
got 2extra lenses a good tripod etc etc etc

only played with it a little this morning, and i must say i am loving it

thanks again

Good buy on the D90

I was going to recommend it.

I don't really like the D60, it lacks several features that even your D50 had.

D5000 is way overpriced imo, you might as well make the step up to the D90.

aint had much time to spend playing with it yet
thanx