Just picked up a nikon D5000 camera

[Capt-D]

and figured that I would post up here asking for any tips etc. I got the 2 lens kit that includes the 18-55mm VR lens and the 55-200mm VR lens I also picked up the polarized lens for shooting through water shots So what i'm looking for are some tips from the photo pros of the site.

First question what is the difference between a class 4 and a class 6 SDHC card. I already have a 4 gb class 4 card but what im reading that is not a fast enough write speed. any thoughts?

-D

[pounder21366]

Hey D, nice camera you picked up. I'm not a photo pro by any stretch. But, if you are going to shoot RAW, or in continuous mode alot, the faster card may be better. Also depends how much you are willing to spend. The Lexar Professional 8g, 133x is a smoking card for less than $100. If you aren't going to be shooting RAW or continuous, I think your current card should be just fine. Also if you are going to shoot in jpeg normal, it will take 100 shots to fill your buffer, at 4fps. dpreview.com has an excellent review of your camera, and you may get more reponses to you questions on their forum. I would recommend their beginners forum. Might take a look through their Nikon D90-40/D5000 forums. Lots of helpful info there. It's about the only forum I go to for camera info. I would be glad to answer any other questions you have, if I can, have a good one, Chuck.

[gottaflylee]

Wow, congrats on a great camera D. your 4 gig card will do most of what you want in JPEG. You should get about 750 picks in RAW and about 1250 in JPEG.

I assume that your lens you have are Nikon and remember that it is all about the glass, the better glass, the better the picks. The 18 to 55 is a solid lens and will do great close ups. With the 70 to 200, I would back off the top end and shoot about 190 as some times you will get a little distortion on the high end.

Both lens should go as fast as you can but remember if you shoot in auto, the auto focus of the lens may have trouble getting in focus fast enough, I recommend that you use the manual focus for the telephoto lens when the action is fast, as in jumping fish. Hope all that makes since...

Feel free to give me a call if you like...I talk better than I type...