Buying Digital Cameras!
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From: Garland Tx
I have the Cyber shot DSC-T1. Its the little thin one on the commercial with the ladies at brunch and the aerosmith singer. It's really nice. Monstorous LCD screen 5 megapixels, fast processing time. Its a litttle pricey but its nice. fits right in the pocket and its real easy to use.
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Well, I finally did it!
I bought a Nikon CoolPix 4100. It's a 4mp camera with enough bells and whistles to keep me happy.
The internal memory only holds about 14mb. I'll be looking at a 128 or 256mb card for it soon.
I still have to read up on how to really use it to my best advantage.
The trouble is that both of the owners’ manuals I was supplied with were written in a foreign language. I got in touch with Nikon and they are supposed to pitch one written in English to me this week.
Thanks for all the comments!
I bought a Nikon CoolPix 4100. It's a 4mp camera with enough bells and whistles to keep me happy.
The internal memory only holds about 14mb. I'll be looking at a 128 or 256mb card for it soon.
I still have to read up on how to really use it to my best advantage.
The trouble is that both of the owners’ manuals I was supplied with were written in a foreign language. I got in touch with Nikon and they are supposed to pitch one written in English to me this week.
Thanks for all the comments!
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From: Durham, NC
Originally Posted by Flexfuel-Dave
Well, I finally did it!
I bought a Nikon CoolPix 4100. It's a 4mp camera with enough bells and whistles to keep me happy.
The internal memory only holds about 14mb. I'll be looking at a 128 or 256mb card for it soon.
I still have to read up on how to really use it to my best advantage.
The trouble is that both of the owners’ manuals I was supplied with were written in a foreign language. I got in touch with Nikon and they are supposed to pitch one written in English to me this week.
Thanks for all the comments!
I bought a Nikon CoolPix 4100. It's a 4mp camera with enough bells and whistles to keep me happy.
The internal memory only holds about 14mb. I'll be looking at a 128 or 256mb card for it soon.
I still have to read up on how to really use it to my best advantage.
The trouble is that both of the owners’ manuals I was supplied with were written in a foreign language. I got in touch with Nikon and they are supposed to pitch one written in English to me this week.
Thanks for all the comments!
Coolpix 4100:
http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin...i=&p_topview=1
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From: Toronto, ON
Originally Posted by jroehl
I agree on the lower MP recommendations. I have a 6-year old Olympus C2100UZ digicam that is only 2.1MP. I have printed out photos with it before, and have found that you virtually can't tell the difference from a regular photo below 5x7. At 5x7, you can just start to see the pixelation, but how often do you print out 5x7 photos? Heck, I've quit printing them out for the most part. I just dump them all into one folder system (organized by year and special events, like /2004/hooverdam/pic1.jpg, etc.) Then, periodically, I burn them to a CD-RW. When that fills up, I'll burn them to a CD-R (they last a bit longer than a CD-RW). Plus, with 2 computers now, I can keep three copies--one on each harddrive. And, if you're just a point-and-shoot photographer, I wouldn't spend more than about $300. We're talking about disposable technology here.
Remember...pro photographers get that "one amazing shot" by shooting LOTS of photos. A little know-how on composing shots helps, but the bottom line is that they shoot, shoot, shoot.
Jason
Remember...pro photographers get that "one amazing shot" by shooting LOTS of photos. A little know-how on composing shots helps, but the bottom line is that they shoot, shoot, shoot.
Jason
Cool mang. I do the same thing. Have an Olympus and love it. My father researched and purchased it because of the lens. It's a 3MP camera, and quite bulky and large compared to some models today, but it's image quality is amazing.
I dump photos into a single sorted folder as well, and backup regularly.
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From: Fort Smith
Originally Posted by Greg 79 f150
I wonder if my collection of lenses F.4 type, that are zoom, telephoto, macro, for my old Canon AE 1 program, will fit any of the new DSLR cameras that uses the EF lens ? That is the biggest reason I wont go digital, I may lose many hundreds of dollars worth of nice lens , and would hate to have to buy all new lenses for a DSLR.
I ended up getting a Canon Rebel 300D with a 1gig card. Not the top of the line, but takes amazing photos. I have really been impressed with this setup. For the cost of the camera, I thought it would take a while to make up the cost - but in actuality, I think you make up the cost fairly quickly. You can take so many more shots and not worry about how much film you are burning up or development cost, etc. Just click and choose when you get home on the computer as to which pics you want to save.
If you are looking for a simple DSLR that is not top of the line, but is still a very good camera, I would recommend the 300D.
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From: Central, MA
Originally Posted by Bob Ayers
Dave, if you go to this URL, you can download the owner's manual for your
Coolpix 4100:
Coolpix 4100:
Thank you Bob! I really appreciate the help!
Fortunately, Nikon has already sent me there and I’ve looked things over some.
The Maunal for the English speaking should be here this week.
So far the camera doesn’t like low light situations like taking indoor photos. Outdoors seem fine using the higher quality pixel counts.
I have about 10-days to get better with it before I go out to AZ. I’ll be shooting a lot of outdoor shots.
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Ive got quite a collection of Pentax 35mm lenses. Pentax recently came out with the *ist (DSLR). All of my older lenses will fit it, even the OLD screw mount type. Its a 6.1 mp camera, and for $1000 at wolf camera, it comes with a 80?-300mm lens. And, it shoots 2.7 frames per second.
As for a point and shoot, I'd go with a Sony. Most of the current Sony's use a Zeiss (very high quality) lens, and they arent priced all that bad, either.
As for a point and shoot, I'd go with a Sony. Most of the current Sony's use a Zeiss (very high quality) lens, and they arent priced all that bad, either.
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