What Camera Are you Using?
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From: Fairfax VA
Re: What Camera Are you Using? (terryrudy)
Use a Olympus D-360L...
1.3 Megapixel, about 2 years old now, but still takes nice pictures. Have posted several "up close" pictures to have members help identify problems...
Not the fanciest, but gets the job done.
1.3 Megapixel, about 2 years old now, but still takes nice pictures. Have posted several "up close" pictures to have members help identify problems...
Not the fanciest, but gets the job done.
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From: Brooklyn NY
Re: What Camera Are you Using? (Daves_rusty_75)
My take on digital cams:
When I went shopping for one - I wanted good optics - good res - and easy
to use.
Well, who do you go to for good optics ? A camera company. I narrowed my
choices down to Nikon $$$$ Canon $$ and Olympus $$. I avoided Sony
for a couple reasons - they tend to obsolete things very quickly, and their
storage formats are unique. Floppy - not enough space. CDR - have to
finalize disc before reading on PC. Memory stick - not standardized.
Most of the good Canons were very small - and you pay for the reduced size/weight. Nikons are very expensive to start. The Olympus cameras
offered approximately the same features as a Nikon - at about 75% the cost.
Features: The most important I see are resolution and zoom (optical).
IMO - amateur photographers need 2-3 Mpixels at the most - which are common.
Most cams give you 3x of optical zoom, which is OK - but 10x is more than
3x better. There are a few cams out there with 10x optical zoom, and I
think that it is well worth the extra $$ to go for it. Mine is 3x - and I
wish the 10x was available when I looked. Olympus C700 - if still available
would be my choice - about $4-500.
When I went shopping for one - I wanted good optics - good res - and easy
to use.
Well, who do you go to for good optics ? A camera company. I narrowed my
choices down to Nikon $$$$ Canon $$ and Olympus $$. I avoided Sony
for a couple reasons - they tend to obsolete things very quickly, and their
storage formats are unique. Floppy - not enough space. CDR - have to
finalize disc before reading on PC. Memory stick - not standardized.
Most of the good Canons were very small - and you pay for the reduced size/weight. Nikons are very expensive to start. The Olympus cameras
offered approximately the same features as a Nikon - at about 75% the cost.
Features: The most important I see are resolution and zoom (optical).
IMO - amateur photographers need 2-3 Mpixels at the most - which are common.
Most cams give you 3x of optical zoom, which is OK - but 10x is more than
3x better. There are a few cams out there with 10x optical zoom, and I
think that it is well worth the extra $$ to go for it. Mine is 3x - and I
wish the 10x was available when I looked. Olympus C700 - if still available
would be my choice - about $4-500.
i HIGHLY recommend Minoltas. I use the Dimage S404(4megapixels)- if you have the $$$ go with the dimage 7(5.2 megapixels) http://www.bhphotovideo.com
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Regina Saskatchewan, Canada.
Re: What Camera Are you Using? (kaiserbud)
I agree - I am in the hobby of Vettes - not digital pics - but how dows your old kodak (identify?) do on close-ups - can it do what Pats Nitro or 72Vette can?
The 1024x768 version can be found here
http://www.accesscomm.ca/users/mainaaron/modem1.jpg
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Safety Car
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From: Regina Saskatchewan, Canada.
Re: What Camera Are you Using? (kaiserbud)
I just checked ebay and most are in the 75 dollar range with a few in the 50 dollar range. Couple of new one's too (with warranty) for $100.
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Re: What Camera Are you Using? (Stingy74)
My digital pics are for web posting purposes. No need for the commercial ability of too many pixels. I recently bought another Kodak, moved up to a KODAK DX3600. The reason for the new camera was better close up ability. It works great for my needs. Has optical and digital zoom ability. Just a reminder that optical zooming is how far out he lens moves from the housing. Digial zooms are the original pic manipulated by the camera to look closer. I wanted a camera that put the pics on a compact flash disk. My 64Mb holds almost 100 pics until I need to download and resize. It also has minimal vido ability which can be fun. Cost was just under 300
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