Calling All Digital Camera Experts

[fitzperry]

When we were shopping for our last camera, we took a couple of memory cards into our local camera shop and took a bunch of test shots with the models we were considering. That way we could get a feel for each of the cameras and compare the pics on our computer.

 

[goofy4tink]

Finally replaced my Easyshare over the week-end. Got a Canon A610...seems pretty good...more camera than I think I need. Got if for $180 at Best Buy and saw it for close to $300 in other places. I've been playing with it for the past two days. Even my brothers thought it was a good little camera. Well, off to try to figure out the Advanced Booklet that came with it...so many things to learn.

 

[WillCAD]

...more camera than I think I need.

That's a good thing! You should always get a little more camera than you think you need, because something always seems to come up later that makes you need more camera.

That's not to say that everybody should go out and spend $2000 on a dSLR for WDW pics, or $40K on a Hasselblad medium format rig to take pics of the grand kids, but stepping up a little from what you think you need will give you a little room to grow as your needs change.

 

[geetey]

Those other manufactures were having the same problem that sony was.

Here is a recall alert that appeared on the dpview site for Konica Minolta

Sony UK has finally issued an advisory notice about a problem with the CCDs used in its digital cameras, camcorders and PDA Clies. Sony supplies CCDs for many other major manufacturers who have already issued announcements about their cameras, but despite the date on this notice, it has only come to light today. The affected Sony cameras were manufactured between October 2002 and March 2004 and will experience problems displaying the image, where it may appear distorted or not at all. Digital cameras affected include the F717, 11 P-series cameras, the U10, U20, U30 and waterproof U60, as well as the five megapixel DSC-V1. Sony will, of course, repair all cameras experiencing this problem free of charge.

Click on the manufacturers' names below to find out which of their cameras are affected:

Canon
Fujifilm
Konica Minolta
Nikon
Olympus

This indicates the chips were the same.

THANK YOU for posting this, manning! Now I know why I think my Minolta S414 is so bad! It is one of the cameras affected by this!

 

[Kelly Grannell]

THANK YOU for posting this, manning! Now I know why I think my Minolta S414 is so bad! It is one of the cameras affected by this!

You should be able to get a replacement unit, I think, if your camera is actually affected by it.

 

[SqueakyMouse]

Dh (who is a real photography buff) did lots and lots of research before he bought me the Kodak 6490 a couple of years ago. While I can't say that it compares to the Nikon D50 he gave me this past weekend, it is a fantastic camera. Quite a few of my friends have bought the same camera based on the quality of the photos I've taken with it. I probably ought to qualify this with the fact that dh is NOT a lover of Kodak products (He's a Minolta Man, but sadly Minolta is now owned by Sony)...but he was highly impressed with this camera.

 

[manning]

THANK YOU for posting this, manning! Now I know why I think my Minolta S414 is so bad! It is one of the cameras affected by this!

Sony has taken over their camera business. I hope this doesn't complicate things in getting it fixed. I took a quick look at their site and came up with this hope it helps:


http://kmpi.konicaminolta.us/eprise...tachments/KM_Digital_Camera_Product_Alert.pdf

Maybe it would be a good idea to first call the minolta phone number at this site:

http://kmpi.konicaminolta.us/eprise/main/kmpi/content/contact

Hope it all works out.

 

[johnnyh14]

i'm wondering first off, would you like a digital point and shoot like your kodak or a digital slr like the film camera lense combination you used in photography class. sony and cannon make a good point and shoot camera and do some others. nikon and canon make the best digital slrs. now a days a consumer camera has the features of a pro digital of 5 years ago. do not obsess over mega pixels. find a camera that fits your hands, needs and budget. check out the epinions website as well as popphoto website for ratings.

 

[mannasn]

I'm also an Easyshare owner.. Love the rechargable battery.. that's about it. I have no luck with it, other than taking out of focus, dark pictures. Bah!

I'm looking to move up, but am a little intimidated by the DSLR cameras. I want something I can take shots with quickly... and the last experience I have with an SLR is my Dad's 1970s Canon AE (which takes awesome shots, but is time consuming to focus, etc).

Cameras boggle my mind! Anyone have any suggestions of where to start or affordable/relatively easy to operate DSLRs?

 

[johnnyh14]

check out the new nikon d50 or the newest similar canon product. i can't vouch for canon for digital but i have a few nikon digital dslr's d70, d2h & d200 and love them. the new d50 has hundreds of thousands of camera settings programmed into them so on the auto settings you are guaranteed perfect exposures. except of course with a underlit situation. the built in flash is usable but a real flash would be a nice addition. as you get more comfortable move the mode to aperature priority and start exploring. a dslr is nothing to be afraid of. i have owned several old canon film cameras and know exactly what you mean.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

You can't go wrong with either Canon or Nikon on dSLR. Canon owns 59% of the dSLR worldwide marketshare (number 1 seller, obviously) and Nikon is the number 2 seller.

Regardless of what I think of Canon (I'm a major proponent of it), the only reason Canon own 59% of the marketshare is (I think) due to their foray into Rebel and Rebel XT price range much earlier than Nikon D50 (by about 2 years).