I am shopping for a DSLR, and have questions relating to dynamic range:

1) I like to shoot contrasty scenes such as sunny-beaches-and-deserts / shiny-vehicles-in-the-sun / bright-city-lights-at-dusk, etc

- My current point-and-shoot does not give the greatest results, even when my shots are very carefully and correctly exposed. And I have tried close bracketing.

- If I expose for the highlights, the shadows look dark to me. If I expose for nice tones in the shadows, the highlights are blown out.

- I really want to see good detail in both the highlights and the shadows in a single shot, preferably without the extra work of post-processing, such as curve manipulation, HDR, etc.

>> Is it worthwhile for me to buy an FX camera such as Nikon D700, or will the just-above-entry-level Nikon D5000 give pretty much the same dynamic range performance?

[I know the Fujifilm S3 and S5 have great dynamic range, but Fuji is not making these cams anymore, and also I have heard the sharpness and resolution are somewhat lacking.]

2) How much improvement is likely in dynamic range of DSLR’s over the next 2 to 5 years? Is a major improvement in DR just around the corner and I should wait just a bit before splurging on a full-frame model this year?

Thanks for your information, suggestions and recommendations.

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I love Sony a33 – it’s a really good DSLR with best specs you can get for that but it’s soo unpopular, so few people use it. I don’t understand why? It has less videos of it on YouTube too. It’s underrated! the main problem is battery – I can carry a few batteries

Nikon d3100 – it’s a also a good DSLR but not not as good as a33 on paper, and it’s video focusing is also bad – compared to a33

Help me choose , and if you think you hav any other DSLR in mind better than a33 plz suggest me thank you

I’ve been back and fourth on what to get and I was hoping someone with experience on these type of cameras could help. I’ve had about 3-4 years hands on with the Nikon d40 an I wanted to move on to videos now but I want pictures still also so I just wanted to know the basics and what some of you thought on it I’ve been looking at the d3100 vs d5100 any opinion or help would be great. Thanks.

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