decent camera help

[homerdog]

Not really

 

[jns]

I bought a new camera myself recently. I asked the folks on the Photography Board for some help. I ended up getting a Canon Photoshot. Very pleased with it so far

after spending the night over there on the photography board , do not know now if it is the DSLR that I'm looking at
there is good reviews on the Canon Powershot S3 IS Digital Camera
but the Canon PowerShot G7 has 10m as the S3 only has 6m is there really much of a different

still can't decide spent about £300+ on one of the above or spend that bit extra and go DSLR

I had a Cannon camera nearly 20 years ago now and was really happy with it used it up until I went digital, still about somewhere
Thanks everyone for your help , need to get to a shop and have a look around as I live in the north west corner of Ireland , there at not many about

 

[jockey]

Jackie, I invested in a DSLR a few months ago and I would highly recommend it. My BIL told DH not to buy it for me as I would never be able to use it but it has been easier than I thought. We went to Jessops in Belfast and had a play around with a few - the staff were really helpful too explaining everything and not being to "technical". I ended up with the Nikon D50 - just because I liked the feel of it and I am very pleased with the results.

 

[jns]

Jackie, I invested in a DSLR a few months ago and I would highly recommend it. My BIL told DH not to buy it for me as I would never be able to use it but it has been easier than I thought. We went to Jessops in Belfast and had a play around with a few - the staff were really helpful too explaining everything and not being to "technical". I ended up with the Nikon D50 - just because I liked the feel of it and I am very pleased with the results.

Thanks
there is a Jessop shop in Derry
so I'm planning on going out and have a look this week some time

Where in Belfast is the shop ?

 

[Boss Hogg]

Any more thoughts on it Jackie, or have you been giving your head a rest? Can be tricky to make a decision!

 

[jns]

Any more thoughts on it Jackie, or have you been giving your head a rest? Can be tricky to make a decision!

I think I have decided on the cannon 400D

I went and had a look in jessops in Derry yesterday, didn't find them very helpful , spend more time trying to sell me the after sales package for £60 for 3 years ,then the camera it self ,
at the moment I am looking at the American market as I have family in NY that could post it over to me
not that much different in price to put them to the bother
or I might wait unti I go over there in Oct

 

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

use an Olympus E1 DSLR, superb camera, one of the originals with dust remover from the mirror, plus it also is waterproof.

Very pleased with it, a proper robust camera and uses the four thirds lenses for Digital size pictures.

The problem with most digital camoeras is their low light abilities. You need tio take some shots in low light to see what sort of picture you will get. Any of the good photography shops will help you in that way, dont juts look at sunny days pictures as this is where digitals are best, you want to see how much "noise" you get in low light/dark conditions.

plus also watch out for the "more Megapixels is best" salesman, unless you want to take A3 pictures, 5-8MP is more than enough for A4 and standard picture sizes.

Do you have a good photo editing software package? you will need that as well, as in quite a few cases you will need to slightly alter the pictures you take.

Also, have you a good phto printer? the quality of your prints also matters

(Teaching people to suck eggs here a bit Obi!!!!!)