Nikon D3000 Short Review

This is just a short review of my new camera, or should I call it first impressions. Anyway, I bought a Nikon D3000 just a couple of days ago, so I can’t really make a full review yet. Especially because this is my first DLSR camera and I’m still getting used to it. But I already love it. I will not bother you with all its technical details, you can see specs of Nikon D3000 on Nikon’s website.

Nikon D3000 First Impressions

This “review” is made from an amateur’s point of view.

Feel and Look

Compared to my point and shoots that I’ve owned before this one really gives a professional feel and look. It’s not too big tho’. Actually, it’s almost too small for my hand. I’m almost 2 meters tall and my hands are a bit bigger than average I would imagine. So when I hold the camera I basically only have 3 fingers actually holding it, and it becomes uncomfortable after a while. Build quality feels nice. Material is some sort of hard plastic, but seems very strong and solid. Overall the feel and look is pretty good.

Image Quality

Photos are  much better than by any compact I used before, obviously since it’s a DSLR with a much bigger sensor. I’ve read reviews by pro photographers and some were not satisfied with the picture quality. Well, maybe if you compare it to more expensive DSLRs that is true, but for someone like me who is used to normal point and shoots the image quality is excellent.

Ease of Use

The menus on the camera are really newb friendly. Which is also one of the reasons why I bought it in the first place. Camera has a Guide Mode, which lets you select what type of photos you’d like to shoot and it adjusts all settings for you. In addition to that, you can always press the question mark button in menus in other modes and you will get an explanation of what each feature does. Excellent for a beginner!

This were the first impressions. I’m happy that I bought Nikon D3000, I don’t regret buying it at all. I will probably make a bit more detailed review when I get more used to it and learn to actually use it better. Too bad the weather right now sucks and I can only do some indoor shots. But worry not, I will post photos soon.

And what camera do you have? What’s your experience with Nikon D3000?

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