guys just copy and paste the links in ur address bar
How much do you want to spend, and what kind of lighting will you usually be in? For low light situations, at about $300, the Fuji f30 can't be beat. No other compact comes anywhere close for low light. Works well in bright light too.
Everyone likes Canons, but I'm not so excited by them.
If you want to do a bit of research on digital cameras yourself check out this site:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/
Then go to pricegrabber.com to find the best price.
Oh and for uploading the pics, I'd recommend getting a Flickr account. www.flickr.com
[Edited by - TemujinKnick on 08-22-2006 01:49 AM]
Posted by nyballer:
right click and do 'save target as'
STA comes through in the clutch once again.
I still can't view those pics.
Posted by NYKniCksFan87:
guys just copy and paste the links in ur address bar
that worked.
briggy shows up for his daughter's birthday party in his boxers!
great pics man.
Briggs....Martin just bought one that he absolutly loves. It was a Canon....don't remember the model.
I'm partial to Olympus- I had a 3pxl model when 3 was the top size- was easy to navigate, etc.
Bought the evolt 500 and find that very easy to use.
Kodak is supposedly designed to be easy to use, but that could be marketing, etc.
The big thing I would say with a camera is try it out at the store- and notice the lag time between taking pictures- I have a 7pxl nikon that is compact and fits in my pocket, but when I go to take pictures of my kids, the cute moment is gone by the time it takes the picture.
Oh Hi. I do a ton a research on digitals and for handheld ones for a novice I recommend Canon brand. Best pictures by far, easy to use, and good for the price too. I always recommend going to BestBuy (they don't usually get commission) or the like and actually touch and feel the camera - some people have big hands and others have smaller ones, some dials are easy, some are hard. Unless you are printing pictures bigger than 8"x11", 6 megapixels is good enough.
Do you want it to fit in pocket or handbag?
How good are your eyes and is 2.5 or 3 inch LCD better?
How much you willing to spend? (I always say that this should be a once in 3-5 years purchase, so spend the extra $100 on the really good one).
If you are shooting kids, the time it takes to turn on the camera and fire off a shot or 2 is important (they move sooo fast and you don't want to miss them!).
I just got the Canon SD630 and LOVE it. I wanted something very small to fit in pocket when going out and my hands feel comfortable around it (but it may not be good for someone like my mom). LCD is HUGE. Controls are easy (put it on Auto for 90% of pics and click away).
For the most part.... kids will figure a camera out faster than you will and your daughters will fill up the memory cards quick. Get at least a 1 GIG SD II memory card (around $50), it will hold about 150 pictures at 6 megapixels per pic.
Whoops, oohah is right.... depending on the which camera you buy you will either get an SD card or Compact Flash card (or a memory stick if you buy Sony). I don't think either of the first 2 are going a way any time soon and Sony sucks for having their own card.
Posted by TemujinKnick:
If you want to do a bit of research on digital cameras yourself check out this site:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/
I use the above and http://www.steves-digicams.com/
Steves digicams is a great source. I have 2 cameras, one is the smallest tiny camera ( a sony) that I use for snapshots.
Then there is the SLR for serious shots. The little one is great for skiing as it fits in a pocket real nice, a suit pocket for family events, or just for table shots out to dinner with a special guest.
We travel abroad quite a bit and having two cameras makes sense as taking out a big camera can be a hassel.
I keep the small one in my brief case as you never know when a great photo op comes up, or document an insurance event.
A card reader is easier than down loading from a camera, but they are all becoming real easy.
Start with a 5mil pixel real small camera like the ultra slim sony, or an elf and just get used to it. Then get a cannon or nikon SLR and start slow. They take great pics! Mostly you will use auto features, but there will be a butterfly you'll want o see its nose hairs and photo it! Great pics are born from taking many many of them. you can take hundreds but its that one special one that makes all the difference.
For a pure novice, I'd recommend going to B&H (and/or ebay) and buying a really zippy used camera. Yup, buy something--say a fancy Nikon Coolpix model, or one of point and shot Cannons--that cost $700 a year or so ago that's going to be, say, $150 used. You will get a much nicer camera, for the money, and if you are a novice you need a nice stable camera, an extra feature or a few extra pixels isn't going to matter.
Thanks guys for all of the reccomendations. I think going to bestbuy like martin said makes sense. I'm starting with step 1 on this thing--I have no clue what memory cards, LCD etc.. are I like to press and click:)
Hopefully, if things go well this year, I can buy a decent-sized boat next spring[another area i have no clue about!] and have some of the UKs guys come up here. Forget NY and Lower Fairfield--the place to be on the water runs from Guilford/Branford to RI.
Posted by BRIGGS:
Thanks guys for all of the reccomendations. I think going to bestbuy like martin said makes sense. I'm starting with step 1 on this thing--I have no clue what memory cards, LCD etc.. are I like to press and click:)
Hopefully, if things go well this year, I can buy a decent-sized boat next spring[another area i have no clue about!] and have some of the UKs guys come up here. Forget NY and Lower Fairfield--the place to be on the water runs from Guilford/Branford to RI.
Briggs where do you live? I went to Univ. of Rhode Island and I'm familiar with both of those places. That would be blast!
[Edited by - nyk4ever on 08-22-2006 2:09 PM]
Posted by BRIGGS:
Thanks guys for all of the reccomendations. I think going to bestbuy like martin said makes sense. I'm starting with step 1 on this thing--I have no clue what memory cards, LCD etc.. are I like to press and click:)
Hopefully, if things go well this year, I can buy a decent-sized boat next spring[another area i have no clue about!] and have some of the UKs guys come up here. Forget NY and Lower Fairfield--the place to be on the water runs from Guilford/Branford to RI.
If you go to the store ask them to show you examples of what each camera can do (if they are prepared for this), that was the clincher for me. The guy that was helping me had the same shot in the store from each camera when the camera was set in Auto mode. There is a VAST difference in the quality of what each digital camera can do.
Posted by nyk4ever:
Posted by BRIGGS:
Thanks guys for all of the reccomendations. I think going to bestbuy like martin said makes sense. I'm starting with step 1 on this thing--I have no clue what memory cards, LCD etc.. are I like to press and click:)
Hopefully, if things go well this year, I can buy a decent-sized boat next spring[another area i have no clue about!] and have some of the UKs guys come up here. Forget NY and Lower Fairfield--the place to be on the water runs from Guilford/Branford to RI.
Briggs where do you live? I went to Univ. of Rhode Island and I'm familiar with both of those places. That would be blast!
[Edited by - nyk4ever on 08-22-2006 2:09 PM]
I live in the Guilford Madison area--
Posted by BRIGGS:
I live in the Guilford Madison area--
Very nice. Get that boat and setup that trip, that would be a ton of fun man. Maybe the Knicks will surprise and we will all have something good to talk about haha.
Posted by BRIGGS:
Thanks guys for all of the reccomendations. I think going to bestbuy like martin said makes sense. I'm starting with step 1 on this thing--I have no clue what memory cards, LCD etc.. are I like to press and click:)
Hopefully, if things go well this year, I can buy a decent-sized boat next spring[another area i have no clue about!] and have some of the UKs guys come up here. Forget NY and Lower Fairfield--the place to be on the water runs from Guilford/Branford to RI.
Brigss,
Compact Flash and Secure Digital ("CF", and "SD", respectively) are competing media storage formats. Examples of media storage formats are cd-roms and floppy disks. They are both reusable. They are the "film" of a digital camera
The nice thing about CF and SD is that they have no moving parts and they can transfer data really fast.
The difference between CF and SD is that SD seems to be used ony for cameras, but CF is used for cameras and loads of other devices, even to carry normal files from work to home. You can even store pictures with other files with some cameras.
Another difference between the two (Last time I researched) is that CF is getting cheaper, bigger(More picture on a disk), and faster at a much faster rate than SD.
CF cards are about 1 inch by 1 inch, an sd card is about 1 inch by a 1/2 inch.
Deciding to go CF or SD is fairly important because one will probably be phased out in the next 5 years.
oohah
If you want quality image, then make sure you get at least an 8 megapixel, especially if you plan on putting some pics on-line or want to use it in any printable format, such as advertising and so forth. Really depends on what you want to do with it. I got a 6 megapixel digital myself, but plan to get an SLR 8MP soon, because I want to get into some media type stuff. There are a lot of places you can send pics into to see if they'd show your stuff on either television or on-line, and require higher quality, just to give some idea. Educate yourself first, before you buy though is what I suggest. Good luck and good shooting!
Posted by martin:
Posted by BRIGGS:
Thanks guys for all of the reccomendations. I think going to bestbuy like martin said makes sense. I'm starting with step 1 on this thing--I have no clue what memory cards, LCD etc.. are I like to press and click:)
Hopefully, if things go well this year, I can buy a decent-sized boat next spring[another area i have no clue about!] and have some of the UKs guys come up here. Forget NY and Lower Fairfield--the place to be on the water runs from Guilford/Branford to RI.
If you go to the store ask them to show you examples of what each camera can do (if they are prepared for this), that was the clincher for me. The guy that was helping me had the same shot in the store from each camera when the camera was set in Auto mode. There is a VAST difference in the quality of what each digital camera can do.
Also, keep in mind, you'll be talking to a bunch of 'sales men'. Don't let them give you the talk. Just get the basic information and listen to your gut. But really, educate yourself first on the basics. If your familiar with Digital camera magazines and SLR camera magazines, you can go on-line to they're sites and by looking at the different camera's you start to get an idea what your looking for. You can find a camera for the novice, but you can get something that has quality also.
