Nikon D5200 Costco??

[TipsE-Z]

So... with the misses and I expecting, a month in Europe coming up soon, and my wife's old 35mm finally kicking the bucket I picked up the Costco Nikon 5200 2 lens deal. I don't know jack crap about cameras, photography, or anything near it. I took photography in school so I could kiss girls in the black room.

My wife seems to think that the Canon (she has a Canon 35mm) SL1 deal at Costco would be a better camera. The cameras seem to match up on stats except for a $200 price difference, 28 autofocus points, and 6 mega pixels... My question is, how much of a difference will we see on the megapixel count? Anyone have personal experience with either one or both?

I already ordered the D5200 but the beauty of it is that I could always return it if needed.

[Russ Chung]

Chris,

Have you forgotten? Women are ALWAYS RIGHT.

The Nikon has 33% more pixels (24 megapixel vs 18 megapixels) and 20% more magnification at full zoom (300 mm vs 250 mm). That would explain the 25% difference in price ($950 vs $750). Unless you plan to get into real serious photography, I'd let Kayla win this one.

Russ

[TipsE-Z]

Amen Russ. I'm not sure what her plans would be with a camera. She does really enjoying taking great pictures though.

[daniel_buck]

If she already has canon EF lenses, the SL1 would be a nice choice, wouldn't need to buy lenses

Any decent modern camera will have more than plenty of megapixels.

[TipsE-Z]

She has a Canon lens that is about 15 years old from her 35mm. That's about all I know about it. I figured it wouldn't have the same mounting configuration as the newer DSLR cameras. Did I figure wrong?

[daniel_buck]

If they are EF mount, they will fit. if They are FD mount, then no. Canon switched from FD to EF a while back, more than 15 years though, it was the late 80s when they switched. Do you know the exact model of her old camera?

[TipsE-Z]

I don't have a clue sadly.

[TipsE-Z]

Well. Got the camera, and been playing with it some... Freaking thing has crazy amounts of features; thus making me afraid of touching it. So far seems to take good shots though!

[sarah]

Well. Got the camera, and been playing with it some... Freaking thing has crazy amounts of features; thus making me afraid of touching it. So far seems to take good shots though!

How fun! You're making me want to upgrade... hehe

[TipsE-Z]

How fun! You're making me want to upgrade... hehe

I wish I knew enough to say do it! But I don't. All I know is that we can use an app over the wifi for it to take a photo of us, thus making family portraits easier. Oh, and it can make a photo look like a drawing.

[sarah]

I wish I knew enough to say do it! But I don't. All I know is that we can use an app over the wifi for it to take a photo of us, thus making family portraits easier. Oh, and it can make a photo look like a drawing.

That's awesome! It probably does video too. I think mine was the last model that didn't. Sounds like a fun camera!