* DIGITAL CAMERA (Recommend)
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- Thinkfresh
Can someone please recommend a good digital camera? And perhaps some comments on it. I'm looking to buy but there are so many to choose from. Is there a big difference between 2-6 megapixels to spend the extra money?
- speed_d0
the first question is how much are you looking to spend?
check out the reviews/samples here:
http://www.dpreview.com/I have a Canon digital rebel 6.2MP. It's sweet but I had a Canon SLR 35mm so I didn't need to buy new lenses.
The image quality is so much better with a digital SLR so if you can afford it go for it!
If not, the Olympus 5mp+ and Minolta 5mp+ are great too.
- december90
Canon SD-10, your search is over.
- speed_d0
I was going to buy that, but the digital rebel has the same censor and is 6 bills cheaper
- slag_you_off0
I use the Canon G5
I took it around south America for 6 months and only recharged the battery maybe 4 times, you can buy different lenses for it and it has fuck loads of features...built like a brick too (maybe a downside?)
i'll be putting up my photographs in a week or so, so you can have a look.
I bought it for 400 uk, but cheaper on amazon at the moment
The best purchase Ive made in a while
- december90
Same yourself some trouble, get an SD-10.
- Thinkfresh0
I would love to buy the digital canon rebel, but it's really expensive. I was thinking of spending no more than $300 unless it was ABSOLUTELY neccessary to get an SLR. The quality on these normal point and shoots are really great. I was blown away by the 2 megapixel version. Though I would like to make good prints for web or paper when doing projects
- CyBrainX0
Point and shoot is not photgraphy. sorry to come off a snob, but get an SLR. It's an investment you'll have for years.
- ********0
the casio qvr40 is a rad point-shoot for $250. 4.0 megapixel, it takes great shots.
for slr, i recommend the camera i use at work, a canon d-1s - 11megapixels, with 3 l-series lenses, all for just under $10,000. lucky me.
- auricom0
Canon A80, closest thing you can get to an SLR without the SLR price.
- slappy0
Seriously dude, i bought the canon eos 300d (rebel) and it is great camera.
i have taken 500+ shots off the one charge. quality is excelent even at full zoom.
i also have a pentax optio 3030 and that is a 3 megapixel. i realised the pentax wasnt good enough after two weeks.
put it this way buy one good camera now or buy one later after out growing your happy snapper.
- speed_d0
I work with a digital imaging specialist... she says and I've seen her work, that anything 3mp + will give you a good printed image up to 8 X 10.
However, you lose alot of freedom with a point and shoot. If you need one right away buy something inexpensive to get by with and save up for an SLR
- Thinkfresh0
The price for a Canon digital rebel is $810 and that's only the body.
Is this worth it? What happens when technology advances and offers a 7-10 megapixel camera?Anyhows, I might be taking a basic photgraphy class for school. Do you think they are still going to teach 35mm developing or insist that people go digital?
What's lost between 35mm and digital iSLR n terms of quality these days?
- kld0
nikon d-100.
I have the d-1x but the d-100 is a sweet camera. nikon lens. capture control. 6 mp
- slappy0
http://www.abesofmaine.com/viewp…
U.S$779.00 with lens
- Thinkfresh0
Every year these digital cameras go down thousands of dollars. I remember 3-4 years ago, a digital camera was $10,000, then the year later $5,000, then $2000, and not it's a little under $1000. Perhaps these cameras will be available under $500 next year.
- slappy0
i think you should be able to get a rebel for around 550 after christmas... still with a slr you can build on you camera with lenses , microdrives filters etc.
so they retain their worth.
- slappy0
http://www.bestchoicedigital.com…
$619 with lens now thats good value
- Thinkfresh0
wow, $619 is definately a great price compared to the other rebels I've seen online. Although, I'd hope to see the digital rebel go down drastically to $300. $300 is my max....I'll buy it tomorrow for $400 or wait til next year for $500
- slappy0
you have to set your boundries otherwise it ends up being just another 100, then another 50 and another 25...
good luck dude
- shaft0
Be careful with these cheap camera stores. A lot of them will sell you 'naked' camera (calling it non-US version or something) and then offer you charger and cables for high price. The safest of the cheapest seem to be www.buydig.com and www.beachcamera.com which I think are the same store branded twice.
I just bought a used canon D30 on ebay for $612 with a $250 worth lens. The camera is only 3.3MP, but easily outperforms most 4-5MP ones. Aside from color responsiveness and 'real camera' operation, the thing dSLR's are definitely better at is noise levels. You can shoot low light venues like club concerts at ISO 400 (or 800) with good results while a compact camera would give you images covered with beautiful rgb grain.