digital cameras
Posted by lisaanddini on Apr 16, 2008 · Member since May 2007 · 2179 posts
Can anyone recommend a digital camera for me? I’m looking for one that’s inexpensive, easy to use, & small. I’m going to use it to take pictures of my doggies, and possibly food so I can show all of you what I eat, but mostly I want one for my trip to Costa Rica. We are going to be doing a lot of hiking & seeing cool animals that I’m sure I’ll want to take pictures of. And after the trip, I’ll probably also use it to take pictures at races.
Many excellent in-depth reviews here:
http://www.dpreview.com/
Personally I am partial to Canon cameras but I shoot digital SLR's, not compacts.
Three words - Kodak Easy Share. I spent $90 ($110 if you include the gigabyte card) and it's the best camera ever, and really easy to use.
Our camera is a fujifilm finepix F20. I love it..it's not very high tech, but really easy to use..and the pictures look pretty good. The only issue I've had is that I learned to not erase all of the frames from the card at the same time..it does something weird to the subsequent pictures, but everything else has been great. We got it at Sam's about a year ago..it was about $150+like $50 for the card. :)
Many excellent in-depth reviews here:
http://www.dpreview.com/
Personally I am partial to Canon cameras but I shoot digital SLR's, not compacts.
ummm I think I perhaps should have specified how technologically ignorant I am....what are SLR's? lol
I'll look for the kodak Easy Share & the fujifilm finepix F20- thanks!
ummm I think I perhaps should have specified how technologically ignorant I am....what are SLR's? lol
I'll look for the kodak Easy Share & the fujifilm finepix F20- thanks!
SLR is single-lens reflex. When people say SLR they mean they have a camera where you change the lenses, rather than having a single lens attached to the camera like you'd have on a point-and-shoot camera, like the Kodak or Fujifilm. SLR are generally better cameras and they're more versitile. I grew up with a dark room designed into our house and a closet full of equipment, but at the moment I have Cannon Powershot, which is a point and shoot. It's nice because I can set it to micro and super micro modes so I can get close up food shots for vegweb without them being blurry. If you don't have that on the camera you choose, take the picture further away and then crop it.
We have a Sony Cybershot and it's been pretty great. Ours is a bit older, so it's kinda big, but the newer models are much smaller and very nice. It has a mini video mode, which is fun for short 30-second videos on trips or if my cats are being cute ::) We don't have a camcorder, so this works for us for the time being.
It has a mini video mode, which is fun for short 30-second videos on trips or if my cats are being cute ::) We don't have a camcorder, so this works for us for the time being.
Yeah, we like that feature on ours too!
Three words - Kodak Easy Share. I spent $90 ($110 if you include the gigabyte card) and it's the best camera ever, and really easy to use.
Same. It's not too expensive and takes good pictures. It's perfect for the every day photos that you are talking about. I also took mine on vacation over spring break. And I used it to make the 7-minute video of myself I posted on the "sounds and video of us" thread. It's a nice little camera I have the 8 megapixel.
i have a cannon powershot sd1000? i am not sure about the number, but if you want to see some of the pictures i took you can look at my (small) flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hespedal/
I like cannons. I have an older Cannon Powershot A520. I drop it, go caving, been to Europe and on two east coast tours with it by my side.
My pic link post on the piercing thread was taken with that camera. Once again.
http://www.bmeink.com/A80325/high/npmh-datura.jpg
I have been considering getting the Cannon EOS digi rebel... its large,r more pro. Suits my needs +1.
What are your needs, wants and experience?
A small lightweight tripod makes world of difference.