Photo Equipment I Bought March-April 2016

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I've always been interested in photography. I recently decided to dive into even more.
I finally upgraded from simple point and shoots to DSLR.

my older equipment:
Kodak Easyshare 8MP {I dropped, but it still functions}
AT&T Z431 GoPhone {my cellphone}

My first DSLR: Nikon D5200 
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Oh, I was enamored with it the moment I unboxed. I had to try out every gadget that came with it.
I tested it by taking random pictures around my room.  The lcd monitor was cool because you could fold it out and tilt it.

It came with a Tamaron lens that was super huge, and really cool. I had trouble putting it on because it didn't have the white dot like the kit lens. I didn't force it but had trouble lining it up- then I got it on. Well I'm not exactly sure what went wrong {did I accidentally squeeze the lcd monitor? Did the lens do something screwy?} I'm not sure but now the lcd monitor has strange lines and pixels that 'bleed'.















So I decided to buy an external lcd monitor I could connect to it.

My Nikon D5200 and all my current accessories for it.

Worried that the bleeding pixels would show up on the external monitor, also my Dad wanted to have a camera of his own. I decided to buy a new dslr camera.



My second DSLR: Nikon D3300



I am so glad that I have this model. It functions basically the same as the Nikon D5200, but the lcd is stationary- which makes me feel a little safer.

Of course with every new large purchase usually requires a bunch of small purchases.
I had to get a bunch of different hdmi cords to expand my functionality.
I wanted to able to plug my Nikon D3300 into my slightly dated monitor, so I needed a HDMI to DVI dongle. Then so that I had more than 3 feet {the HDMI that came with the camera} I bought and extention cord- HDMI standard (Type C) to HDMI mini (Type A).