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Posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 23:59:53
I really want to take more pictures of my hamster, but it seems kind of silly to spend about $400 just for this purpose!
Does anyone know of any good digital cameras? I've forgotten most of the research I did when my sister bought her camera.
I want it to have a lot of options, not just a point and shoot camera.
Deneb
Posted by messadivoce on August 15, 2005, at 0:07:53
In reply to Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 23:59:53
I LOVE my digital camera!!! You can use it for all sorts of stuff, not just Hammie. :-) I love that I can see pictures instantly, alter them slightly (reduce red eye, etc), have storage for more than 375 pics (on the memory card) and e-mail them instantly. I have a Kodak EasyShare CX7430, which I purchased on the Kodak website. It was "refurbished" which brings the price down quite a bit, but still has the same warrenty as a brand new one, and is basically the same since it's been worked on by Kodak.
It has a lot of features--zoom, landscape, portrait, nighttime settings, and a decent zoom. I can even shoot short videos with it. The whole thing--camera, shipping, and storage card--cost me $175. It's a good beginners camera, but still has enough features to keep you busy. If you really like digital you can always upgrade later.
Posted by ed_uk on August 15, 2005, at 2:15:10
In reply to Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 23:59:53
LOL, it's weird how you just posted this - I was gonna post the same thing!
~ed
Posted by alexandra_k on August 15, 2005, at 17:09:30
In reply to Re: Thinking of buying a digital camera » Deneb, posted by ed_uk on August 15, 2005, at 2:15:10
I got a cheap Kodak one a year or so back. Never had a camera before but always wanted one so I just got the cheapest / simplest one I could find to see whether I'd get into it and make use of it. At this point in time I have exactly one photograph that I've taken that I like. But then I've only played with it a couple times. Still have some pics from Napier that I haven't viewed yet.
I wish it had a zoom though. Officemate said it wouldn't be a problem 'cause you can zoom with software but it degrades the pic quality (which isn't the best in the first place) and also the angle is all wrong...
Zooms are good :-)
But then I guess it depends what kind of pics you want to take...
Posted by ed_uk on August 15, 2005, at 17:26:06
In reply to Re: Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by alexandra_k on August 15, 2005, at 17:09:30
>Zooms are good :-)
But then I guess it depends what kind of pics you want to take...Hmmm!
~ed
Posted by Deneb on August 15, 2005, at 20:41:46
In reply to Re: Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by alexandra_k on August 15, 2005, at 17:09:30
Optical zooms don't degrade the quality of the image, digital zooms do.
Posted by linkadge on August 15, 2005, at 21:05:25
In reply to Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 23:59:53
I got a reasonably priced on at a pawn shop.
Linkadge
Posted by Dinah on August 16, 2005, at 10:55:58
In reply to Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 23:59:53
Hard to think of a digital camera being old, but it's huge and clunky next to those new ones. And it has trouble digesting photos with the larger memory disks.
But it captures colors beautifully.
Posted by alexandra_k on August 16, 2005, at 16:04:57
In reply to I love my old Kodak DC290, posted by Dinah on August 16, 2005, at 10:55:58
you might want to upgrade that as well.
mine came with some pathetic amount so i got another memory card or stick or whatever it is at the same time.
Posted by Deneb on August 16, 2005, at 22:59:55
In reply to Re: memory, posted by alexandra_k on August 16, 2005, at 16:04:57
> you might want to upgrade that as well.
> mine came with some pathetic amount so i got another memory card or stick or whatever it is at the same time.Yep, I think I'll set aside about $100 for memory. The memory that is included usually only lets you take like 5 pics or something lol.
Deneb
Posted by Deneb on August 16, 2005, at 23:07:24
In reply to Thinking of buying a digital camera, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 23:59:53
I want to take some pics of the moon through a telescope one day. I want to stitch together a mosaic of the moon. Anyone know of any good photo editing programs out there? Right now I have Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0.
I want the camera I buy to have a manual shutter speed (?), I want to be able to take pictures in low light conditions. It should have a thingie for a tripod too.
Deneb
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