| Re: my new nikon d50...
Congratulations on an excellent camera, I've had my D50 for just a couple of months, but it already feels all too natural in my hands.
What accessories you want depend on what pictures you want to take. I don't know what lenses you might already have, but the kit lens and 70-300G lens work well for me. They are cheap lenses but far from useless. The pictures I have taken with them look much better than the blank screens from lenses I cannot afford. If you do have a bigger budget, perhaps look at a VR to help with handholding.
The D50 has excellent battery capacity, especially with a newer battery (model number-a) now being included. A spare is useful though not essential especially if you like long night time exposures.
I haven't used the D50 for that much macro, but the kit lens focuses down to 18cm, not much to the professional but good for me.
Another accessory you could look at is the infrared remote. The D50 won't accept a cable release, but the remote can be useful.
That is an excellent way start out with the D50, what else depends on what you want to do.
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but also remember that a 2x converter will reduce the lenses aperture so as an aperture of 5.6ish could be considered necessary for outdoors photography, it isn't really useful for the two lenses I said above.
-Rufus  |