From: David J Taylor on
"RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 19, 6:39 am, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:19:25 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >This lemon really does seem to be the odd man out in the Nikon line-
>> >up. The D5000 is far better. Did Nikon have some CCDs left over and
>> >had to use them up? Seems like the D40/40x got much better reviews
>> >and they came before the D3000.
>>
>> It's definitely not a lemon.
>>
>> Like every other manufacturer's entry-level DSLR, it's kind of ...
>>
>> ... entry-level.
>
> It's like...they didn't care. How else to explain the worst JPEG's on
> the planet?

Not Nikon, Kodak's are/were the worst JPEGs. You did know that you can
alter the quality settings on the D3000 so suit your own needs, I suppose?
And if you must, you can use RAW and bypass JPEGs altogether.

David

From: Peter on
"David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5bf5d755-3484-4810-9daa-6da53f8ce577(a)f13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
>> On May 19, 6:39 am, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:19:25 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >This lemon really does seem to be the odd man out in the Nikon line-
>>> >up. The D5000 is far better. Did Nikon have some CCDs left over and
>>> >had to use them up? Seems like the D40/40x got much better reviews
>>> >and they came before the D3000.
>>>
>>> It's definitely not a lemon.
>>>
>>> Like every other manufacturer's entry-level DSLR, it's kind of ...
>>>
>>> ... entry-level.
>>
>> It's like...they didn't care. How else to explain the worst JPEG's on
>> the planet?
>
> Not Nikon, Kodak's are/were the worst JPEGs. You did know that you can
> alter the quality settings on the D3000 so suit your own needs, I suppose?
> And if you must, you can use RAW and bypass JPEGs altogether.
>
> David

I wonder if Rich ever actually shot with the camera.

--
Peter