It is, but the D5100, which came out before mine is similar to what I have. My sister has a D5100 that she never uses.

 

well tell your sister to get on it......

 

I know lol.

 

Take her 5100 and give her the 3100. The 5100 had a better sensor. The sensor on the 5100 is virtually identical to that on mine, the D7000. There are some other minor differences but they're very similar.

Lets see you have the kit lens, you have the zoom, you have a wonderful piece of fixed gorgeousness, what about a micro lens? Remote control is a plus for shooting on tripods at night.

I found the lens you have and you're right it isn't expensive at all! I kind of want to get it now [not that I don't have enough lenses].

I also want an FM10 film camera. Decisions, decisions...

 

Yeah I did a little reading on it, she wouldn't be down for a trade, plus I'm kind of attached to my camera with its little purple accents lol. What type of micro lense? And I was also thinking of getting a remote for night shots on a tripod, that's the hardest thing for me is getting them super clear. I usually just take a whole lot of them and hope at least 1 or 2 come out lol. I was thinking of maybe getting a good wide angle also. I was really surprised at how well my new lense works when considering how cheap it was. I rented the 35mm 1.4, and that thing retails for over $1k, and I think this one is really on par with it.

 

i got my camera!!!!! battery is charging now

 

60mm or 105mm micro is good I have a 60mm f/2.8 nikkor.

Yeah get a remote they're like $20 on Amazon.

 

K definitely getting a remote then! We're going to be doing an eeeeeeeeeeeeearly morning or night shoot in downtown LA. There are some awesome spots.

 

The remote is cheap if it's the same one I bought. I think it was $20 Canadian. I just need to buy a tripod now.

 

ya the wired remotes are pretty inexpensive. the wireless remotes will cost a bit more but still inexpensive

 

Sweet, for some reason I thought they cost a lot lol.

 

I gotta start using mine again. The cold weather is demoralizing lol

 

can't get rid of the purple camera!

 

nope!!!

 

picture needs to be updated with that superduperfantastic custom lens hood lol

 

Get wireless seriously I paid $20 for mine. I have the ML-L3, see if that works with your camera. You need to have IR receivers and I'm sure you do because my D60 is older than that and it has them.

 

Mine is wireless. I may have been wrong with how much it cost. It was 3 years ago lol.

 

There are some expensive wireless ones but yeah this ML-L3 wasn't much.

Amazon.com: Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote Control: Camera & Photo

$15.91 now

It's got good range and works well. I don't think I used it when I was in Cali Ris so you probably didn't see it.

 

Some pics from my SC Visit

 

Im looking at buying a tamron 18-270 lens for my d5100. Just looking for some feed back on results....

Camera Canada :: Tamron :: 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Lens for Nikon

 

I haven't heard of that lens. I'm not a good person to go by though as I pretty well only look at nikkor lenses. As long as the review are pretty good though, I can't see why that wouldn't be a pretty good zoom lens. I would look at the 70-300 f4.5-5.6 nikkor if you wanted something with a little more zoom. you loose a little speed aperture wise on the bottom but you gain some on the top end.

I can't wait until friday… going to pick up my 35mm 1.8!! Lots of photos this weekend! lol

 

Thats the only lens i have at the moment for my D300s. I think its great but i'm still learning about my camera so i can't give you too much feedback as yet unfortunately

 

I have the 70-300mm and I can tell you it's a great lens. It is heavy though but it's great. It weighs more than my D7000 body LOL.

 

All images are extremely heavily cropped but still came out ok.