Few Odd Questions...

[purplefin]

hi, I recently bought a Nikon D50 Digital SLR, and i am used to using just my cellphone cam, and a cheap 100 dollar digital cam.

I like to line up artsy pics by moving all around and just angle it wierd till i see a nice pic. With the Nikon, its heavy and foreign to look through, and i have to have head glued to it, side to side in and out etc, which is a little odd. Would a cheaper cam with a lcd screen on back be more for someone like me? Or does it get easy, like with cell cam once used to it? Has anyone else here gone through this kind of transition and ended up with better pics once used to the change?

Does the nikon cut off or add any edges to the pictures or is what you see what you get?

when i look through the cheap digital, i get what i see, without zoom i think, is there a zero zoom like setting on the Nikon? Or is it always zoomed in or out.

Mary