Nikon d3200 owners with or without horses?
What's the Nikon d3200 like? How is it for taking equestrian photos? Can you attach some photos taken with the d3200 horses or non horses
It is a fairly good camera but like all photography lens is the most important part so a 55-300 telephoto lens would be the best lens as you can't get really close with a 18-70 mm lens you need to get a longer focal length lens.
my arsenal of lens go from 18-55mm a 55-300 mm and a very expensive with low distortion one which cost as much as the camera at 550 pounds so it has excellent coverage from 75mm-300mm
so you need to consider lenses to do different jobs.
having taken photographs of horses since the age of 10 years old some 57 years now also landscapes and portrait work as well as flowers close to with a macro lens which is also 300 mm.
always try to buy Nikon as they are generally the best to go with the camera.
looking to get a 5100 body as it does 24mega pixel.
You can take photos of anything with a DSLR. Any DSLR can be used to take photos of horses.
What's more crucial is the type of lens you use. For sports photography, you will need a fairly fast telephoto lens, or everything will be blurry. Expect to pay way more than the value of the camera for an adequate lens.
The D3200 is comparable to pretty much any other entry-level DSLR on the market. It works fine for taking equestrian photos, landscape photos, architectural photos, portraits, and pretty much everything else you can throw at it provided you have the right lens for the job and the skills to shoot your subject.
Like B K said, you're going to need a fast telephoto for sports, including equestrian shots. (In this case, "fast" refers to a lens that has a wide maximum aperture value, usually f/2.8 or higher. The lens that DR + Mrs Bears face suggested, the AF-S 55-300mm, has a maximum aperture of f/3.5-5.6 and is actually considered a slow lens. It would be good for shots in well-lit conditions, but it won't perform too well if there isn't a lot of light available. You'll need to use longer shutter speeds to compensate for the fact that the aperture won't open any further, and that can result in blurred images.)
The big thing that you should be aware of with the D3200 is that it's one of Nikon's entry-level DSLR models, which means that it is NOT fully compatible with all of Nikon's lenses. It does not have its own focus motor built into the body. You will need to purchase more expensive AF-S lenses, which have focus motors in them, to be able to use auto focus on the D3200 body.
Flickr's camera finder tool will let you see photos taken with the D3200, but keep in mind that your results could be drastically different. It's not the camera or the lens that determines the outcome of the image so much as the photographer's skill and knowledge of photographic techniques.
You can't tell a photo taken with a Nikon D3200 from one taken with a Canon T3i…
Any D-SLR will do to take photos of horses.