![]() ![]() As soon as I picked it up, I could feel the difference. I asked the clerk at the camera store if I could check out the Nikon D7000 sitting beside the D5100. As I said, perhaps I’m out of touch with prices, but for that much money, I expect something much more solid. It was so light and the buttons, wheels, and controls felt so plasticy, that I couldn’t justify spending $850 on it. The D5100, for all its ability to produce great images, felt toy-like in my hands. And that scanner is a serious chunk of well-built technology. In fact, I think I’ve only spent that much money once before in my life and that was for a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED. I’ve hardly ever spent that much for anything in my life (other than for flights). Perhaps I’m behind the times, but when I plunk down $850, I expect to get something very substantial. The problem, once I was holding a D5100 in my hands, was what I felt was a disconnect between the build quality of the camera and its price. It seemed the perfect upgrade from my D40X. It takes great pictures, is quite small and light, and has a swivel screen. And all the reports I’ve heard and the reviews I’ve read recommend it highly. That’s not to say that the D5100 isn’t a great camera. Once at the camera store, however, I started to have second thoughts. I went to the camera store with money in my pocket fully intending to just buy a D5100 and then bring it home. It was something of a surprise purchase in that I went out to buy a Nikon D5100. A few months ago, I purchased a Nikon D7000 DSLR. ![]()
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