DSLR camera

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

Sorry for the delay, been a busy couple of days for me. I was meaning that the D50 at work and the D3000 my neighbor have both had lenses that are 18-55mm. Like I said, I really don't know much about cameras. I know how to use the one at work to get really high res pictures of small electronic components, but beyond That I am lost. When I tried to do the same with her D3000, the picture was not quite as good. I assumed it was the same lens since it was 18-55 just like at work. I see you listed 2 different ones so I am assuming that is the difference from what you posted previously.

It looks like the main difference between the 2 18-55mm zooms is that one of them has Vibration Reduction. That will you to have sharper pictures with everything else being equal.

The question that comes to mind for your experiment is were you doing everything the same with both cameras? Were the following all the same?
- ISO
- Apeture
- Shutter speed
- Same Amount of light (dimly light room versus brightly lit room, natural lighting versus flash?)
- Tripod versus handheld

Just thinking about it though, I can think of some things where the camera body would make a difference:
- Does the camera body support vibration reduction (which I don't think is applicable for Nikon, as they use VR in lenses)
- Resolution of the camera sensor (are the resolutions very different)
- Noise Reduction capability of the sensor/body (some bodies have better noise reduction at the same ISO as a different body based on newer technology, physical size of the sensor, etc.)