Owners Ratings:
Nikon D50 (Overall)

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Average rating (241 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.70
 Features()()()()()() 4.54
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.77
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.72
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.84
 Overall()()()()()() 4.71

Owners Opinions: Nikon D50

NamePostedOpinion preview
HrvojeP17 Aug 09After 3,5 years of continuous use and some 20k shutter releases, ...
dholl14 Jun 09I like the D50...but do shoot in RAW as you'll be able to manage ...
dholl14 Jun 09I like the D50...but do shoot in RAW as you'll be able to manage ...
Yenta26 May 09I have had my D50 for about 4 years. I use it both for fun and ...
tazdigitaldevil8 Oct 08The Nikon D50 surprised me, i thought that it was inferieur to ...
Ziggy Stardust20 Sep 08After 3 years and 15k shots I still love this camera.For my ...
Vladimir Mihajlovic20 Aug 08Excellent camera
chupacabra212 Aug 08Im satisfied user. I did not gave 5.0 to all parameters, because ...
roudou319 Jul 08For me,, the best SLR J never used (Pentax ISTDS, K10, CANON ...
sxlaksh18 Apr 08Using for more than 2 years, love it colors and clarity. ...
cruzberg31 Jan 08I’ve now had my camera for exactly 2 years and I can say I have ...
dprobin4 Nov 07I've had this camera now for about 1 1/2 years. Being my first ...
Arne List2 Nov 07I owned my D50 for 1 1/2 years along to a Sony R1.I had Nikon ...
Dick Borchert16 Oct 07Been using now for about 6 months and just love it.
parsec200714 Aug 07Owned my Nikon D50 for about a year now and like most of the ...
Tonio Loewald6 Aug 07I've owned my D50 for about two years now. When I was deciding ...
121casa28 Jul 07How to post message on this sight.; other than this way. Anyway ...
KEIKO215 Jun 07Have the D50 for just over a year now and use mostly the Nikkor ...
PaulieWalnuts15 Jun 07As an owner of 2 D50's all I can say is you simply can't go ...
diannarae14 Jun 07I've had my D50 over a year now and I'm very pleased with it's ...
Marc Mutsaers10 Jun 07Excellent camera for the casual to keen amateur photographer. ...
Tom Kan9 Jun 07Have had this camera for 6 months, and it does not ...
Francis de la Pena1 Jun 07I am an events and portrait photographer. For the price, and ...
jdrodriguez12236 May 07I have my Nikon D50 for about a two months and a half now and I ...
KitttyKat4 May 07I've had my Nikon D50 for about a year and a half now and I love ...
mRKEF4 Apr 07First, I had Canon A510. I think that the D50 very good choice ...
NiklaiN27 Mar 07(No text)
Chinoy19 Mar 07Best value DSLR. Buck for buck, this camera rocks! Been using ...
Nikolai Samara18 Mar 07Great light cam, realy great thing to start whith.
peretz bretschneider26 Feb 07After taking more then 20,000 Pictures I can say I like it a ...
Boris Kolomytsev22 Feb 07This is my first D-SLR (I had Zenit SLR earlier though). ...
raybina20 Feb 07Love this camera. New to this technology and did many months of ...
Alan Arnette29 Jan 07My first D-SLR. I found the D50 easy to use, fast start-up and ...
Nitrozu21 Jan 07(No text)
Nancy Crichton19 Jan 07I upgraded from a Canon P/S digital camera. Prior to that I ...
pantani5 Jan 07excellent camera
T Gelgen1 Jan 07I was raised usuing an Olympus OM1n, a fully manual camera by ...
Nitrus27 Dec 06(No text)
Piccelator18 Dec 06I've got this cam. more than a year ago together with an 18-200 ...
gumba6117 Dec 06This camera is an excellent buy. For a relatively low investment ...
TamRan14 Dec 06Reminded me of Canon EOS 1000 I had it for few months 15 years ...
modmant7 Dec 06Hi.This camera is excellent!Vibrant colour, easy usage, great im
ctrain25 Nov 06bought this camera after much research. have always shot 35mm ...
ctrain25 Nov 06(No text)
cjemanuele21 Nov 06Right out of the box on auto, I found this camera far better ...
OldRedFox20 Nov 06A very solid, entry model that will teach you all you must ...
Pantaraf6 Nov 06(No text)
Gerhard Winkler1 Nov 06This is my first digital SLR. Upgraded from a Minolta D7i that ...
zack4031 Oct 06after owning 5 bridge cameras, i steped up to slr best thing i ...
sd123pearl20 Oct 06New to digital slr use. Learning curve more steep. Camera feels ...
rafalek7511 Oct 06so saying I do not it know what to praise here,usual camera ...
SUE O''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''BRIEN9 Oct 06The best DSLR that I've ever owned! It's essentially noiseless. ...
bilbojames6 Oct 06I was on the verge of buying the EOS but couldn't help notice ...
rparitosh2k30 Sep 06I owned a Canon A70 prior to buying my D50. I enjoyed shooting ...
Faisalee19 Sep 06Amazing! What else can I say. I bouthg this a year ago as my ...
Pete L Jones8 Sep 06This is my first DSLR as previously owned canon a80 and lumix ...
Supercat29 Aug 06Finally bought a DSLR and the D50 seemed to be the answer to my ...
scenix25 Aug 06Absolute aanrader!!Wat een perfecte camera. Ik heb 'm nu twee ...
Carl Buellwinkle22 Aug 06Excellent camera for the money. I've never taken such great ...
Steve Larne18 Aug 06This is my first DSLR after a Fuji S7000 and an S602.I can't ...
Threcats13 Aug 06Don't think! Just buy the camera! This camera is as close to ...
EGunther10 Aug 06This is my 5 comera, but first SLR, so i´m novice in this type. ...
Daniel Velez Caicedo8 Aug 06Perfect camera for almost any purpose. Easy to use. Great built ...
Kalin Shootov7 Aug 06(No text)
nikonian_13 Aug 06(No text)
Pedro Vera31 Jul 06This is my first dSLR, fourth digital camera. Previous cameras: ...
mbareetbc25 Jul 06moving from a film canon, i absolutely love the d50. The ...
jasabel21 Jul 06PROS- Damn Fast- Cheap SD Cards- Battery last forever (I love th
rickrock19 Jul 06This is my first D-SLR. Im upgrading from a Canon SD400. I foind ...
bslick19 Jul 06I have had my D50 for a month now and I love it! I always have ...
Janis Kalpiss19 Jul 06Just recently moved from PS to DSLR and i don't regret it when i ...
immograf17 Jul 06I like this camera. D 50's pictures are very good. To work with ...
lmtivan14 Jul 06hello all, may I have a question? may I know if my old lens
Bobkatz9614 Jul 06I bought this camera upon the recommendation of a friend who is ...
Sonja MinckShirley10 Jul 06I bought this camera the same day that my friends sister was ...
thirdlife5 Jul 06I have had the D50 for about 6 months. I found that straight ...
chrisem3 Jul 06I love this camera. It feels great in my hands and it takes ...
StormChaser2 Jul 06absolutely brilliant... colours are vivid, quality of image is ...
madmaxaz26 Jun 06I have been using a Minolta A1 for several years and as I got ...
emadriss23 Jun 06I am a professional and use the D50 almost exclusively. It has a ...
paulwong22 Jun 06As many of the reviews i've read, I also came from owning a ...
anargy1112 Jun 06After 5 years compact digital to SLR What a great pics, what a ...
winparkman11 Jun 06This is my 5th digital in 4 years and takes me back to my film ...
wesinatra10 Jun 06One click of the shutter and you'll know why you bought a Nikon ...
Hauer10 Jun 06Just got my D50..... looks & works like a dream! Am really going ...
paulogiraldi7 Jun 06Outstanding camera...worth each cent paid for.
roblarosa5 Jun 06The Nikon D50. I can't find anything bad about this camera. I ...
normsmith4 Jun 06Have had the camer for two months. Previously, i have owned MANY ...
leuiod3 Jun 06Just bought it for 2 months, its overall performance is ...
shinndigg2 Jun 06Let me start by saying I also own an Olympus E300, which I love. ...
xcotty27 May 06I have got Nikon D50 today. I use it with Nikon 28-200G lens. I ...
seabird26 May 06This is an excellent DSLR, cheap price in market comparable with ...
greypoint24 May 06I've used Canon DSLRs [D30,300D,10D] and swapped to a D70 as it ...
dalemichaels23 May 06The optics are excellent. I am extremely pleased with the ...
sakisan20 May 06sofar sogood.spendid photo quality,long life batteries.foccus is
raymond617 May 06影像質素高,色彩&
raymond617 May 06影像質素高,色彩&
suen200017 May 06An excellent DSLR, great photo quality and reasonal pirce.Much ...
Acevedo17 May 06Purchase rwo weeks ago and can't believe the quality of the ...
achoi160216 May 06I got this camera for 2 days. This is my second digital camera, ...
km15 May 06Great camera,which costs only HK$5280, takes superb photograph ...
trealairborne15 May 06i own the sp-500 less than 2 months, bur i´m in love it D50, i ...
zygh14 May 06This is my latest addition and marks the point of my transition ...
parkwel13 May 06had it when I went to taiwan, my old canon G3 was out of ...
braly09012 May 06In my view, the photo-quality of Nikon DSLRs is much better than ...
braly09012 May 06In my view, the photo-quality of Nikon DSLRs is much better than ...
wide zoom12 May 06Even better than I thought.I recently graduated from P&S (Canon ...
john1236 May 06價錢平但功能算好&
timvdb5 May 06The D50 is a semi-pro DSLR that I can highly recommend to anyone ...
b25 May 06It's a single camera to use, and it's the best thing that you ...
adahucis5 May 06Excellent overall.Highly recommended.
adahucis5 May 06Excellent overall.Highly recommended.
Robert N26 Apr 06I had a lot of great cameras (Canon, Minolta and Nikon SLRs and ...
MSG0126 Apr 06I've been using my D50 for almost a year. I'm very satisfied. ...
jimr25 Apr 06I did not expect to 'step up' to a Dslr yet....until I saw the ...
Metallica25 Apr 06GREAT EVERYTHING -
Manusnake24 Apr 06The D50 is a great entry-level DSLR. It is well built and has ...
goulart196822 Apr 06I just love this camera. I've been 'starving' (of SLRs) through ...
linux4guru21 Apr 06I have buy and have returned the Olympus E500 and the Pentax ist ...
thegreatxing20 Apr 06I was torn between Canon and Nikon. I think both companies make ...
Robert Hodgson18 Apr 06I have Had MY D50 for Just over 2 Weeks and I Love the Image ...
jdcaples17 Apr 06Update: after 8 months, I still love the Nikon D50. I take ...
AmbientLight15 Apr 06My decision to buy the D50 came only after several weeks of ...
taurus7314 Apr 06(No text)
jmahan11 Apr 06I have had my D50 for about six weeks now and have shot about ...
Hanson_74 Apr 06I've had this camera for a little over a month, and after 2500 ...
harry4 Apr 06I have been drooling for a DSLR since the original D1, but ...
jimmyfergus3 Apr 06Early impressions of the camera, returning to SLR from a few ...
VinceC31 Mar 06Ratings are for the money paid, except image quality, where it ...
Joe Pacaccio29 Mar 06If you are looking for a quality SLR, look no further. This ...
charlie hu24 Mar 06Very good for the money, especially now the price went down even ...
chicagobilly20 Mar 06Out of the box easy to use, and makes even the worst amateur a ...
vijaya9 Mar 06I am a keen amatuer photographer. I bought this camera 5 months ...
Adrian Langford7 Mar 06Simply extraordinarily good. Terrific handling and ergonomics, ...
Hobo Two4 Mar 06Best SLR (film or digi) I've ownedWishes.Backlight to top plat
Claire Dupuis3 Mar 06I am a Frechn DSLR user in love with photography in cameras. ...
fxdrider012 Mar 06I've only had it for a week at this point, but so far it has far ...
sangeego1 Mar 06Very good value for money
NikonNewbie28 Feb 06All I can say is WOW!I am 4 days into it and I am so impressed, ...
Honorio G28 Feb 06I have been using point and shoot camera's for about 3 years and ...
dohearne25 Feb 06First digital SLR as I waited for prices to come down. Several ...
CalinV24 Feb 06Very good picture quality for the price. Easy to hold and good ...
eyrieowl22 Feb 06(No text)
Chuckles00721 Feb 06All i can say is FANTASTIC!!!!!!If you are thinking of buying ...
Shamit19 Feb 06Have had my D50 for a week now after having used Oly C-5060. ...
Flywaterguide16 Feb 06I've had my D50 over four months now and have used it ...
deepmagic15 Feb 06Fantastic camera in every sense of the word. I've owned the D50 ...
Gergely Grff15 Feb 06Great camera for the price!Fast, well built, look nice. Controls ...
mister35mm6 Feb 06I am a professional celebrity photographer, used to using ...
agenkin5 Feb 06Fantastic camera for the price. I've had it for about 3 months, ...
Joseph Goldsmith3 Feb 06Keeping with the idea that great photos come from great ...
ebj2 Feb 06I was trying to decide between the Canon Rebel XT, Olympus ...
casper11612 Feb 06First of all, let me remind other 'reviewers' that at the the ...
alexi26 Jan 06Awesome camera. I use it mostly for industrial ...
BryceM26 Jan 06Usability of the camera is fantastic - all the controls work ...
bottlenose23 Jan 06I recently purchased one of these. This was my first step into ...
Dave Wright21 Jan 06This is a fine camera for the non-professional who travels ...
wahab khattak20 Jan 06I have used Finepix S-5000 for the last two years.As I have ...
Ken Cameron19 Jan 06The D50 is my first jump from a (high end) point and shoot ...
Ashley Easter18 Jan 06I bought this camera in a package with a bag, 512MB Card, the ...
emfoto17 Jan 06A great camera, but there are problems...After doing extensive ...
RITdropout11 Jan 06I bought this camera after a few years shooting with a Canon ...
Monk255 Jan 06This camera coupled with the 18-200mm vr lens and the sb-600 ...
Brad Herder5 Jan 06This camera is a DREAM!I use it mostly for sports photography - ...
Ron Schram3 Jan 06This is a very good camera. I previously owned a Nikon F65, a ...
ali gooya3 Jan 06I bought this piece of art last week, and have to confess that ...
Gramma Bob30 Dec 05Blessed to receive D50 Kit and SB600 Flash for Birthday and ...
Jim Marshall30 Dec 05I have had my D50 for 3 weeks which is not a long time but over ...
azdude12330 Dec 05I've had this camera for about a month now and it still ...
csrebel28 Dec 05I was not happy with this camera! The images are not as sharp as ...
MAX7028 Dec 05I've seen many reviews about canon 300D, 350D, Nikon D70, pentax ...
MAX7028 Dec 05I've seen many reviews about canon 300D, 350D, Nikon D70, pentax ...
Nirav28 Dec 05real good camera for any beginer.. & amature photographer.. i ...
SergeKo22 Dec 05Delighted with my D50, no complaints. The camera is fast, well ...
wtravlr118 Dec 05Bought the D50 to take with me traveling. I had a D70 at the ...
Todd Sellers6 Dec 05I bought this because I wanted to move from my P&S CP 7900 to a ...
Giao Nguyen6 Dec 05I've got 4000 photos on my D50 and I loved this camera so much. ...
Norman200330 Nov 05I have used Canon 300D and 350XT for quite a while, both of them ...
Norman200330 Nov 05(No text)
MC1929 Nov 05I purchased this camera last weekend, and so far I'm loving ...
Robert Leidl29 Nov 05I bought my D50 a week ago, and have taken about 1200 photos. I ...
sornat27 Nov 05I bought it 3 dayz ago. It’s my first D-SLR. I had before ...
San Aura25 Nov 05Got my D50 a week ago with both the 18-55 & 55-200mm lenses. ...
Damonats22 Nov 05Ok I just Bought the Nikon D50 so far so good I really like it, ...
The Final Cut14 Nov 05I bought this camera to replace my fujifilm S5000. I couldn't ...
Burley14 Nov 05Nikon d-70 There are no other word's like perfectionFell in Love ...
sap13 Nov 05Hello.I'm an inveterate camera swapper, so have owned many ...
Bruno Carato11 Nov 05Have this This for 1 and 1/2 Month and more then 4000 Shots. No ...
Arturo Fukuda7 Nov 05I had the chance to test the Canon XT and Nikon D50 at the same ...
Brian Rasmussen3 Nov 05What a beauty! I bought this for our family holiday as back up ...
quickfish1 Nov 05I have purchased this camera after reading many reviews and ...
cslocum26 Oct 05Feels verry comfortable in my hands. Lots of easy to use ...
Specialj4lyfe23 Oct 05D50 This Camera is great, I am a beginner in photography but I ...
BEEBEEP19 Oct 05Purchased my D50 a little over a week ago. It’s my first ...
bpamatuer18 Oct 05well I got this camera less than a week ago and although I ...
petervdbholland14 Oct 05I own the D50 with kitlens (18-55) for a week, after the long ...
tom canedy12 Oct 05I am moving from a Pany FZ20 to the D50 and this is definitely a ...
Fill10 Oct 05I love this camera, after using the thing for ten minutes I was ...
Fernando Godoy Joao10 Oct 05Very good camera. Very responsive. Solid, well built, perfect ...
Joshua1236 Oct 05Switched from SONY (since 1995, dsc-F1) to Nikon, D50. Am ...
Redgy2 Oct 05Exellent camera for his price real valeu for money.I puchased ...
Coburn29 Sep 05I have owned this camera for 2 months - previously used D100 for ...
larrytusaz27 Sep 05Great SLR, way better than Canon 350D/XT. It rules! Got mine ...
Paul from OZ26 Sep 05I was deciding between Nikon D50 and the Canon 350D but ended up ...
nam197417 Sep 05A excellent Camera, I purchased with with the 18-70mm lens Kit, ...
Daniel Diaz11 Sep 05I've had this camera for about 2 months now, and all I can say ...
Raggeragga10 Sep 05I was looking at the D50 and the Canon 350D and went with the ...
John Barkley9 Sep 05I'm a little disappointed with this camera. It's definitely a ...
konserwowy9 Sep 05I switched from analog SLR to this really nice camera about one ...
fraczekp4 Sep 05Really good value for your money. Not without it's flaws ...
Sarajean3 Sep 05Enjoying the camera more the my previous D70The new matrix ...
bpetrovi27 Aug 05This camera makes surprisingly good pictures. I shoot about 3000 ...
Erich_S20 Aug 05I've had the camera about a month and I'm vary happy with it. ...
nimiy16 Aug 05Overall is a very good camera which will hardly fail you. It has ...
chrisdraper10 Aug 05I HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAMERA !!!Great images for the price. As ever ...
cjbk5 Aug 05Hi, I bought the D50 with the D70 kit lens. So far I am very ...
Alan D C5 Aug 05I made the transition from film OM2n to digital via the Sony DSC ...
Ant in Oz31 Jul 05After moving from film SLR to 'Prosumer' P&S digital the D50 has ...
susannayip29 Jul 05(No text)
slitman28 Jul 05Possibly the DSLR of the year?
Andrew10828 Jul 05I really love this camera!The pluses are as follows:Great feel t
punkboy_jerm27 Jul 05This being my first DSLR I don't have much to compare it to and ...
instamatic27 Jul 05Once again Nikon sets a benchmark for other DSLR manufacturers ...
Tim La Marca27 Jul 05I purchased this on on June 17, and so far this is the best ...
Salvatore Chiazzese26 Jul 05Simple, fast, well balanced, well build, good kit standard lens. ...
au_rick18 Jul 05I've had this for a few weeks now and it totally rocks.Easy to ...
John Chan12 Jul 05I read through the review and preview of Nikon D70 and D50. I ...
Erin Chaney9 Jul 05I've had my D50 for about a month now and I have been nothing ...
LL3177028 Jun 05This review is written after two weeks of use, with about 500 ...
Vithal27 Jun 05I got the Nikon D50 with the 18-55mm kit lens last week and am ...
ddr725 Jun 05IT’S A SHAME ON NIKON TO SUPPLY SUCH CHEAP
Gerry245224 Jun 05Sorry, I dont own D50 yet so my comments are only based on ...
Ross Kelson21 Jun 05Please stop posting opinions here that are not reviews about ...
shamanictea19 Jun 05Very clean images, even at ISO 1600. Excellent build too.
dimkin17 Jun 05I'm beginner in SLR photography and I really need your ...
gordon00717 Jun 05Excellent digital camera in 2005!!
gordon00717 Jun 05Excellent digital camera in 2005!!
silverarcher15 Jun 05There's no point to 'balance out the complainers'. The ...
Nikonian8031 May 05Like all Nikons before it the D50 will be a high quality high ...
ArturAN31 May 05I have to strongly agree with Oscar opinnion, as it is exactly ...
Baldyone25 May 05I had been a Nikon user before the Digital camera time. Having ...

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