Camera Advice

[Johnny Utah]

Can anybody recommend a good mid-range digital camera. After this new Suri arrived, I feel like it's a crime to take pictures of her with this 5.0 MP camera.

BTW - I don't know the first thing about digital cameras.

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[deadliestformula]

I got a Canon Digital Elph 800is about 7 months ago. It works great for me. It isn't the most pricey thing, but takes great pics.

Check out dpreview.com for camera reviews
also worth mentioning is cnet.com camera reviews

And Megapixels really aren't as important as everyone makes them out to be. 5 megapixels is all most people need. Here is a fascinating article about them -- http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

[Johnny Utah]

Thanks Formula. I'll check it out.

This is what I'm talking about.

[Critter]

info on cameras

www.flickr.com/cameras

stats on a bunch..

[danktat]

This is the one I am using

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/H1/H1A.HTM

I love it..you will have to judge for yourself

[Masahiko]

atleast the background isnt blurry!

my mom just got one of those Nikon D40. she seems to really like it.

[deadliestformula]

Are you taking the picture in low lighting? Digital cameras are built with 'sensors' that work similiar to film in a 35mm camera. All the exposures are based on light. A set amount of light needs to be present to properly 'expose' the negative or sensors.....If there is a ton of light the shutter can open very quickly because the light floods in and will 'expose' the pic. If the camera detects lowered lighting, the shutter speed is slower to allow it to stay open longer and let in more light to properly expose the picture. So if you are in dim light, the shutter stays open longer and is therefore more apt to show motion blur.....(it is hard to stay perfectly still no matter what). So perhaps if you bumped up the lighting in the room, you would get a faster shutter speed and then there would be less of a chance of motion blur......

That might be worth trying....you could save yourself a little cash....

[trendkill]

Nearly all the the pictures I post are taken with a Cannon Powershot A540. $200 camera, $50 for the big memory card, $50 for accident insurance. If I drop it, smash it, spill something on it.. I get a new one, free. I love the camera... it's really easy to use.. it has great "white balance" settings (you can set it to show proper color in cloudy weather, sunny weather, florescent lighting, custom, etc. And set the color options to "vivid" and you get really realistic pictures. Larger image files.. but oh well. The close ups are beautiful.. you can get decently close without any special lense.. and you chose where you want to focus (on regular pictures too) by pressing the button down half way. A green box pops up. If you want the camera to focus somewhere else, you try again and it gives you a nother option.. the box moves. It's cool.

As mentioned, indoor pics without flash always come out blurry due to poor lighting... any camera will repsond that way unless you use a tripod, or learn to hold incredibly still. I had to do that in the winter, even with good indoor lighting, to get a decent picture here and there. I'd usually prop the camera up on something.. made it much easier. That's why oudoor lighting is wonderful.

[danktat]

it's a crime to take pictures of her with this 5.0 MP camera

My camera is 5.1 megapixels....takes good pix indoors and out. Try getting her off the light background. I have found that if you put the snake on a darker background you get better contrast. Also it doesn't appear as though you are in macro mode when trying to get that close to the subject. Try hitting the little tulip icon on your camera. It makes all the difference in my pix

This was that 5 megapixel camera, outdoors, in macro mode but zoomed in from about 3 feet with flash (the zoom avoids the hot spot you can get with flash).



didn't work out too bad

[Critter]

I used to have a fuji finepix 5mpx camera that I loved. It was a great camera, shot great video as well.

I saved up a bit and purchased a canon rebel xti. It is a 10mpx camera dslr.

The speed of the new camera totally amazes me. It snapped brilliant pictures when I was at the US Grand Prix... I felt as though my old camera was a dinosaur after using this one. It was worth the investment, though

pic from hilton head.. at sunrise