What kind of Digital Camera are you using today?

[sushi]

Dude...are you serious?!11?! That's the world's thinnest digital camera.
Clink

Got one. Picture quality sucks big time.

Sushi

 

[efoto]

Indeed. It'll definitely be a 1.5x sensor crop and will work with the DX lenses.

What lenses are you looking into? I have a bunch of gear... would gladly give you a yay or nay type of vote.

m

pm'ed you Mike, thanks for the offer.

 

[calyxman]

Wow! All this talk is like french to me. I feel like a total n00b when you guys start discussing the digital SLRs and their features, I'm still figuring out point and shoot!

 

[Guitarius]

Heh. Or you could buy a D2h/x with ISO AND metering in the VF, as well as spot metering.

Seems to me like it gives you a five day forecast. I could use one of those...

 

[MacSA]

I got a Fuji S602 in July 2002

 

[amin]

I'm using a Canon 350D with Canon 10-22mm, 28-135 IS, 50/1.4, and 70-200/4 lenses. Also use a Canon S50 for some trips. The idea of f/2 zooms doesn't appeal to me since I can't yet afford the f/2.8 zooms! Instead, I'll be adding fast primes in the future.

 

[crap freakboy]

Canon Ixus II. Does the job even for a 3.2Megapixal camera with a crap 2x optical zoom. Would love a semi-prp camera but thats not going to happen anytime soon.

 

[efoto]

I'm using a Canon 350D with Canon 10-22mm, 28-135 IS, 50/1.4, and 70-200/4 lenses. Also use a Canon S50 for some trips. The idea of f/2 zooms doesn't appeal to me since I can't yet afford the f/2.8 zooms! Instead, I'll be adding fast primes in the future.

I am in full agreement. There are some f/2.8 zooms that cost more than some cars, so even thinking about f/2 zooms is mindboggling. I would love one, but not for a few years on the short end. Realistically, but the time I am 28 I would assume I might have a decent setup of some f/2.8 zooms, and if I play my cards right perhaps some of those can be f/2....but only time will tell.

 

[Moxiemike]

I am in full agreement. There are some f/2.8 zooms that cost more than some cars, so even thinking about f/2 zooms is mindboggling. I would love one, but not for a few years on the short end. Realistically, but the time I am 28 I would assume I might have a decent setup of some f/2.8 zooms, and if I play my cards right perhaps some of those can be f/2....but only time will tell.

the thing is, for now, those f2 zooms are really only practical for Olympus' cameras, as the image sensor is pretty small.

an f2.0 for your D70 or someone's rebel would be.... it would be big.

 

[ObsidianIce]

Nikon Coolpix 4300 for me

 

[njmac]

I got my Canon S400 about two years ago and have never regretted it. Its a great (fairly) little camera that has never failed me, and takes good enough pics that I had no problem parting with my 35mm SLR.[/QUOTE

I had that camera too and it took awesome pictures. I use the Sony Cyber Shot W1 now and I hate it. Outside pictures are always over exposed.

 

[efoto]

the thing is, for now, those f2 zooms are really only practical for Olympus' cameras, as the image sensor is pretty small.

an f2.0 for your D70 or someone's rebel would be.... it would be big.

I don't know anything about the specs of those lenses, I was just commenting from an assumed price perspective. f/2.8s are damn expensive currently, so regardless of compatibility (I assume quality at these levels to be realtively good) I can only imagine how expensive those lenses are.

 

[kjr39]

Canon 20D
Tamron 28-75 XR Di
Canon 70-200 f/4L
Canon 580ex flash

And I'll probably add the 17-40L f/4.0 to that list in a month.

 

[BakedBeans]

20D
70-200L
17-40L*
100-400L*
600L*
singh-ray ray filters


*on there way to moi

im not entirely comfortable with the "nikons are sharper" theory, but thats another argument.

a recent photo from my favorite little place, the hawk conservancy

 

[pimentoLoaf]

Olympus c3000-zoom

Have had it since spring of 2002, I believe, and I need a macro lens for it. Taking piccies of small things is nearly impossible without one.

 

[efoto]

20D
70-200L
17-40L*
100-400L*
600L*
singh-ray ray filters


*on there way to moi

im not entirely comfortable with the "nikons are sharper" theory, but thats another argument.

a recent photo from my favorite little place, the hawk conservancy

Very very nice shot. What exactly was your setup on that if you don't mind? A brief rundown of the EXIF would be awesome, just for curiosity sake...thanks. Again, really nice shot.

 

[BakedBeans]

Very very nice shot. What exactly was your setup on that if you don't mind? A brief rundown of the EXIF would be awesome, just for curiosity sake...thanks. Again, really nice shot.

hey thanks

20D + 70-200L @ 184mm
f4
1/4000
iso400

should really have shot it at 5.6 but he had just come in to land and had to snap him quick, also have no reason to have shot it at iso 400 but hey

 

[efoto]

hey thanks

20D + 70-200L @ 184mm
f4
1/4000
iso400

should really have shot it at 5.6 but he had just come in to land and had to snap him quick, also have no reason to have shot it at iso 400 but hey

I shot for the better part of a full day at ISO400 because I had it up from dim the night before....could have had 200 all day, but oh well

Gorgeous shot, excellent sharpness. Perhaps more background detail at 5.6 but no guarentee of that either...so either way you look at it, still a very nice shot. Keep up the good work.

 

[BakedBeans]

I shot for the better part of a full day at ISO400 because I had it up from dim the night before....could have had 200 all day, but oh well

Gorgeous shot, excellent sharpness. Perhaps more background detail at 5.6 but no guarentee of that either...so either way you look at it, still a very nice shot. Keep up the good work.

i didnt actually want any detail in the background but 5.6 would have been about the same but might have been slightly sharper

as for the iso, well i normally use 200 or 100 on days like that, no idea why it was 400 lol.

thanks for looking - yyou can see more of my wildlife stuff HERE

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

I don't know anything about the specs of those lenses, I was just commenting from an assumed price perspective. f/2.8s are damn expensive currently, so regardless of compatibility (I assume quality at these levels to be realtively good) I can only imagine how expensive those lenses are.

They are rumored not be much more then the 2.8 lenses offered by Nikon and Canon.

 

[efoto]

They are rumored not be much more then the 2.8 lenses offered by Nikon and Canon.

Well like I said I know next to nothing about them....I thought they were for Canon and Nikon cameras

Either way, they SOUND like a good lens, but my only influence is coming right off these boards, so don't blame me if they suck....blame everyone else

 

[Guitarius]

Since the begining of this thread, my kicking back-and-forth the idea of getting new, good digital camera has soldified into actually looking for one. Through my searching for cameras, I realized something. I realized that I haven't felt more overwhelmed since I went looking for my first play went into production. Let me tell you. That didn't end well. The last run, a lead had a panic attack and refused to go on (actors ). Anyway, that's off topic.

So, guess what all of you get to do. You all get to play a very fun game called "Give Dave Some Cameras He Should Look At!" Here's how it works. I tell you about myself, and you tell me what camera I should look at getting.

Here we go. First off, I'm economic. Not cheap, economic. I like great quality as inexpensive as I can get it. I have no problem spending some money, as long as I'm getting a kick ass camera. I'm thinking around $500. I try to dabble in photography, but lacking a decent camera, my efforts have come up short. I have a Minolta XG-1 that I "borrowed" from my stepdad, but have gobs of 35mm film I have yet to get developed, and probably never will. I don't like these little micro-cameras. I'm a big guy, with big, heavy hands. I don't want to feel like I'm going to break it.

There you go. Please...please...I'm begging you. Help me out...

 

[efoto]

Since the begining of this thread, my kicking back-and-forth the idea of getting new, good digital camera has soldified into actually looking for one. Through my searching for cameras, I realized something. I realized that I haven't felt more overwhelmed since I went looking for my first play went into production. Let me tell you. That didn't end well. The last run, a lead had a panic attack and refused to go on (actors ). Anyway, that's off topic.

So, guess what all of you get to do. You all get to play a very fun game called "Give Dave Some Cameras He Should Look At!" Here's how it works. I tell you about myself, and you tell me what camera I should look at getting.

Here we go. First off, I'm economic. Not cheap, economic. I like great quality as inexpensive as I can get it. I have no problem spending some money, as long as I'm getting a kick ass camera. I'm thinking around $500. I try to dabble in photography, but lacking a decent camera, my efforts have come up short. I have a Minolta XG-1 that I "borrowed" from my stepdad, but have gobs of 35mm film I have yet to get developed, and probably never will. I don't like these little micro-cameras. I'm a big guy, with big, heavy hands. I don't want to feel like I'm going to break it.

There you go. Please...please...I'm begging you. Help me out...

dpreview.com, there you go. I hope you like reading, because you'll need to do a lot of it.
The site is mostly technical, and more or less unbiased I have found. There are many other sites out there but I feel this one is the with the least BS in their reviews.
I don't have time to go there myself and suggest anything, I have much more important things to be doing like Photoshopping PowerBooks to other materials and colors for another thread ....and eventually I should get back to my job

 

[5300cs]

I got a Fuji S602 in July 2002

I have that camera; it's really nice. A lot of the folks on FujiMugs swear/swore by it.

I just got a FinePix F810 on Monday. It's my primary carry-around-everyday-camera since I don't want to lug a dSLR around all the time.

 

[witness]

I got a Fuji S602 in July 2002

I've got one of those that I've had for a few years now, it's great camera except for one little bug that sometimes causes it to fail writing to the media until you restart it.