Im thinkin about buying a new camera. A bazillion years ago I fancied myself a photographer.
Sadly, she fancied syphilis bearing sailors on shore leave with a taste for whiskey and lepers.
I however, liked to take pictures of stuff. Mostly night shots when I think the world is a bit more interesting. The freaks come out at night ya know. I want a digital slr though. I'm sick of taking fil'm to yon picture place and I don't have the space nor the time (read:too lazy) to develop it m'self even though it was kinda fun when I took a photog class. OK, maybe it was just fun to be in a darkroom with April Tightjeans or whatever her last name was.
Here's where you guys can help me. My two old SLR's were a Canon..sumthin and a Nikon....8...r....sumthin or other. They are long gone. I sold'em.
Are Nikon's still good? How about Canon? I don't know a DAMN thing about Pentax and I think Olympus/Minolta went belly up.
Gimme all your info on digital SLR's if'n you can.
Kthnx.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
"..into pho-tee-graphs? Wink-wink nudge-nudge...say no more."
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Advice #1. Go digital. The Wifey decided to get us a digital camera about 3 years ago, and since has taken lots upon LOTS of pics. You can print them at home, but we've had better success sending the pics electronically and having the developed prints mailed to us.
Advice #2: Canon and Nikon are still good, as are Fuji cameras. Same hols true for digis as did for film cameras: once you pick your brand, you pretty much have to stick with that brand. The Fuji we got was 500 bucks and change, and my Dad bought the same model with more memory (or more pixels or something) last year for about 300. (My neice the graphic artist has a Nikon she paid something like a grand for, but that included extra lenses and stuff. She takes great pics with it.)
Advice #3. If you do want to stick with film, all the same stuff is still out there, and it's about as expensive as it used to be, adjusted for inflation, or so I think based on a few visits to the actual camera shop where we got our Fuji. Developing I can't tell you about, I got no recent expereience.
I typed in a great long response... and blogger ate it...
so here's the condensed version of what I can remember...
1) Read Popular Photography's latest issue where they tested the top 5 10 MP DSLR's under a grand. (Canon, Sony, Pentax, Nikon and Samsung)
2) Get either a Sony, Pentax, or Canon (maybe Nikon) for the anti-shake. Helps with image stabilization, particularly in low light conditions (read: night shots). The Sony and Pentax have it in the camera body, the Canon (maybe Nikon) have it in the lenses... therefore the Sony or Pentax will be the less expensive option for the anti-shake, as it will transfer to all lenses, not just the anti-shake ones.
3) Go to Mike's Camera in town and test them out. (They're more knowledgeble than, say, a Wolf Camera.) I've always gotten excellent advice on cameras from them.
All of the ones I mentioned are good cameras, it's personal preference and what you want to do with it, that will be the final deciding point.
I have a 6MP Konica Minolta (bought out by Sony), so my next purchase will be the Sony alpha, since all my lenses fit it. But I've used the 6 MP Canon and the Pentax, and they are both excellent cameras.
Good luck!! (You know where to find me if you have questions...)
my next big camera investment is a dslr too. you've got a lot of good advice already. just wanted to mention that you might also look at what olympus has to offer. their e-500 model has a lot of advanced features and a small price tag especially when you compare it to the more popular canon or nikon. good luck!
my next big camera investment is a dslr too. you've got a lot of good advice already. just wanted to mention that you might also look at what olympus has to offer. their e-500 model has a lot of advanced features and a small price tag especially when you compare it to the more popular canon or nikon. good luck!
I have a Nikon D50
it kicks ASS
I don't know much about digital cameras. Mine has a million functions and I use like, 3. I think it's always important to correctly identify a camera's zoom by its optical zoom only. Digital zoom is misleading and is really no different than downloading the picture to your computer (which you'll do anyway) and then blowing it up which software. Basically, digital zoom affects the LCD display whereas optical zoom is responsible for actual photo quality.
My camera has sound effects, and the one I have it on is a cat meowing. Overall I'm a happy person. So if you aim to be happy and you get a camera that has the option of a cat meowing for its shutter sound your chances to be happy are sure to increase!
They are both good brands. I'm a Nikon girl and I loooove my Nikon SLR. I'm still shotting film which I hate and am switching to Digital when I can afford it. The Nikon D70s is a great camera. This is the direction I will go when I have the $$. Buy it without the lens though, and spend money on a GOOD lens. A wicked lens with take kick ass pics with even the most basic SLR.
I hope that info helps!
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