Buying Digital Camera

[sonicfusion]

i'm planning to buy a digital camera for my own use, since i'm liking to take photograph everyday, but i dunno which should i buy... i saw an advertisement, which was Olympus 300 Digital... was it good? or any suggestion for it? need to be small, nice, sharp and good focus..

[Edited on 23-2-2003 by sonicfusion]

[n0chi]

whats ur budget?

it all depends on that...

[Madeline]

I just bought the Olympus CM4000ZOOM and I love it...it was about 450.00 and the 128MB stick was 79.99.

It has 4.0 Megapixels, a timer, the good kinda zoom so you can get close ups, and all kindsa other neat functions. Works very well, right out of the box, but you can also mess with settings to take pictures of your own.

Sample shots:

http://www.clicksgraphics.com/lips.jpg


http://www.clicksgraphics.com/garden.jpg



[Edited on 2-23-2003 by Madeline]

[sonicfusion]

nice colour of the cat pic... is it small size camera? coz i dun wanna take so big and huge camera while going out...just wanna hold it easy and light...

[Cappy]

Go to http://www.dpreview.com and look through the site. It is awesome and has tons of reviews, I am sure you can find what you want. Make sure you find a reputable dealer and by all means stay away from grey market items. Your in for a great time.

[fotodog]

have you made your choice yet?

The Olympus is a nice camera and has some decent features. The only drawback is its sensitivity 80-320 asa. It's good for most things but suffers in low-light shots.

It's a good buy.

For a little bit more you could go to the Minolta d414 or the Nikon 3500. The nikon has a faster lens and the Minolta offers more options in a 4.0 megapixel.

[Cardiff Giant]

One of my digital cameras and possibly my favorite is my Canon Powershot s110. You can pick one up for around $300-400 and it takes excellent pictures. It is absolutely tiny and all metal. Great camera!

http://www.calbick.com/Images/canon.jpg

[sonicfusion]

Originally posted by fotodog
have you made your choice yet?


i hadnt made my choice yet... just plan... i was planing for olympus, but since ya mention about the light source.. i think i should re-consider again...

cardiff : hey... that's tiny, that's the size which i wanted... how does it perform? mind ya give me some shot of the pic here?

[Cardiff Giant]

I'll take a couple of snapshots and post them here. It takes great pictures. The only problem I've had is that in certain low-light conditions, the pics can come out blurry. But those shots are few and far between. I'll round up some photos and post them here soon.

[Cardiff Giant]

And here we go....

http://www.calbick.com/Images/test1.jpg

http://www.calbick.com/Images/test2.jpg

http://www.calbick.com/Images/test3.jpg

http://www.calbick.com/Images/test4.jpg

http://www.calbick.com/Images/test5.jpg
Most of these are outdoor shots. They all look a little dark because of the jpeg compression in PS. Other than cropping them for size, none of the images have been altered. They were all shot with the camera set to Auto for everything. If you are a bit of a control freak, you can manually set many options. Camera also takes panoramic shots and movies. It comes with a rechargeable battery, (huge plus in my book), extrenal charger and a 32MB compact flash card (and needed cables). The battery lasts forever on a single charge. Great camera. It's size alone makes it a joy to own.
(the cat is my 23lbs. Manecoon...Boo)
[Edited on 3-3-2003 by Cardiff Giant]

[Edited on 3-3-2003 by Cardiff Giant]

[Vensarah]

Olympus D-550 zoom 3 megapixel.
4 different size settings
Panorama
b/w
spepia
movie feature (15 seconds I do believe)
sharpness/contrast settings
7 different auto program modes (ie. self portrait, landscape, portrait and landscape, night, etc.)
3 different af settings
5 different lighting settings
pixel mapping
date and time feature

I know there is a few more but I think I covered most of them.
It's small, compact and an easy carry.

Few pics that I have snapped with it.
No photoshopping except for desaurating/greyscaling the image out.

Oh, and we got it on sale for 299.00

http://www.novacainedrive.com/ice3.jpg
http://www.novacainedrive.com/ice6.jpg
http://www.novacainedrive.com/ajv20.jpg
http://www.novacainedrive.com/ajv16.jpg

Side note: Stay away from Sonys.

[Edited on 5-3-2003 by Vensarah]

[tukinu]

I have a Minolta dImage 7 and a Casio Q4.
The minolta is a semiPro camera and is absolutely fantastic
http://www.dimage.minolta.com
but you pay quite a price and for snapshots it's to slow. that's why i have the casio. small and fast. you can see a lot of photos take with the minolta on http://www.buchli.co.uk