Camera PV 2007 » Digital Camera » Totally OT: Digital Cameras
Totally OT: Digital Cameras
Question:
Hi Guys & Dolls, Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing. easy to use camera? Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take really close shots? Anywho anyone willing to help could email me at: nuts at virtual1 dot net I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying like hell not to smoke has to do something…….other than play Snood. :-D love & kisses Ripley<who once worked for a weekly car sales publication and blasted rock ‘n roll in the darkroom all nite…..they called us the walking dead as we started work when they were leaving and were still there when they came in the next day. 
>
Response:
i really like my KODAC DX 3900. — read and post daily, it works! rosie SUNDAY NIGHTS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO STOP WAR http://www.moveon.org/vigil/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi Guys & Dolls, > Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing. > easy to use camera? > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take really close shots? > Anywho anyone willing to help could email me at: nuts at virtual1 dot net > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying like hell not to smoke has to > do something…….other than play Snood. :-D > love & kisses > Ripley<who once worked for a weekly car sales publication and blasted rock ‘n roll in the > darkroom all nite…..they called us the walking dead as we started work when they were leaving > and were still there when they came in the next day. >
Response:
"Ripley" wrote > Help…anybody out here using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing.
not too dam expensive, > easy to use camera?…
Aha! I, too, asked that question here. I waffled for (literally) a couple of years trying to make a decision about plunking down my non-smoking savings on one of these. Even solicited advice in this forum, too. Pix, Les, Razzle and a few others all had good suggestions for me, which I’ll pass along to you–as well as my own observations. I spent MONTHS looking over reviews and reading all I could about them–the brands, the features, the arguments pro and con, etc., etc….and every time I got ready to spend the cash, I either got cold feet, or some newer model with more goodies came out and I got distracted from the one I’d had my heart set on… It took me a long time to actually BUY something, but I finally armed myself with plenty of information, and when I marched into the store, I was confident in what I wanted. I wanted maximum bang for the buck; a really nice camera that wouldn’t be completely outdated, ancient technology by the time I’d used it say, three times. Something with not TOO steep a learning curve, but with enough bells and whistles that I could "grow into it", if you follow. I’m nowhere near a professional-level photographer, but I enjoy the ability to take a nice picture and my reasoning was "Why buy a crappy tool if I aspire to do a good job?" I’d suggest starting with a thorough reading of features and reviews of various models featured at either of these sites. DP REVIEW (for Digital Photography) is a great place, and I gleaned tons of info from there. http://www.dpreview.com/ http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php A couple of things to consider: What use do you plan to make of the pictures you take? The major benefit of digital cameras is the ability to see, very quickly, the result of your efforts–right in the viewfinder or LCD of your camera. You can have your images up on your monitor in a matter of moments after shooting pictures. If you want prints you can save and pass out to other people–as opposed to images you can email– or high-resolution, fine quality photos to display in your home, you’ll need a good quality printer and special paper. Nearly every decent digital camera will come bundled with all the software you need to accomplish the task of getting the images from the storage media in the camera onto your computer so you can play with them–like I do– or simply email them to friends and family. Just about any digital camera will allow you to take a conservative, space-saving (in terms of file size)low-resolution snapshot. You can pay as little as $100 or so for a cheapie, point-and-shoot sort of digital camera. They are limited in what you can do with them, and are almost toys. If you want something a bit more sophisticated, that allows you to select higher resolutions of images, you will pay more. Ditto for built-in flash, zoom lens, assorted other features.The sky’s the limit, really… SUGGESTION: Look for something with a good zoom lens, (most come with at least a 3x zoom; some have as much as 10x) a built-in flash, and a variety of resolution settings, as this will afford you a *lot* of choice in the kinds of pictures you’ll be capable of taking. Why limit yourself to small, grainy, single distance images? Many digitals also have a MACRO setting, for close-up or extreme close-up photography . Also, spend the extra $$$ to get a high-capacity storage card (the media that replaces film in these things) , as most cameras will come with a very small capacity (16MB or less) card. They are very easy to fill up, especially if you’re shooting at something other than very low-res settings. Look for a model that features rechargeable batteries, if possible. These cameras use a lot of juice to do what they do, and they tend to eat batteries like popcorn. Get a seciond set of rechargeable batteries and you’ll always have one charged and ready to go for those times when the ones in the camera gasp their last and you need a quick switch. I could go on and on, but you have a lot of homework to do, if you want to make an informed decision. Check out DPREVIEW and do a Google search for more info about any model that catches your eye. I bought a FUJI FinePix S602 Zoom, and I like it a lot. It was expensive–but I’ve saved a buttload of dough by laying down the Marlboros, and this was my treat for myself. I deserved it! Good luck, and happy hunting! JEF.
Response:
The biggest problem I’ve encountered is that no one tells you you’ll need HEAVY duty batteries. Get rechargeables (nickle metal hydride seem to be the best) with more than regular ampere output. Digital cameras eat power. When the camera tells you your regular batteries are dead, you’ll discover they are still good for several hours use in some other device. Don’t get a camera that uses a specialized battery pack. High output AA’s are fine. Deb has a $200.00 +- Fuji Finepix that uses 2 AA batteries and I have a $600.00 Nikon Coolpix (getting real desparate for names eh? 
which uses 4 AA’s. The nikon has a few more options but nothing worth $400. Have fun. $0.02 Alan 53
> Hi Guys & Dolls, > Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing.
not too dam expensive, > easy to use camera? > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take really close shots? > Anywho anyone willing to help could email me at: nuts at virtual1 dot net > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying like
hell not to smoke has to > do something…….other than play Snood. :-D > love & kisses > Ripley<who once worked for a weekly car sales publication and blasted rock ‘n roll in the > darkroom all nite…..they called us the walking dead as we started work
when they were leaving – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> and were still there when they came in the next day. >
Response:
> Ripley…..never dig a hole too near your septic tank…….
Not to be a downer – but did you read the story of a woman whose 2 boys – aged 3 and 5 – drowned in a neighbour’s septic tank when they wandered over to another yard while she was SLEEPING!!! Hello?!?! SLEEPING?!?! Aged 3 and 5?!?!?! SLEEPING?!?!?! Willene
Response:
Thanks everybody for all your advice and experiences!! Ripley <ready for a new toy> — "If your ship doesn’t come in……swim out to it." - Jonathan Winters -
Response:
my husband is a amateur photographer and i consider it an art. i just didn’t think of you in the artistic field. — read and post daily, it works! rosie "We should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater instability." George H. W. Bush in his 1998 book "A World Transformed" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->your a photographer? >– >read and post > really? > why not? >
Response:
I spent $100 on the Concord Duo 2000 at Walmart. Now they sell it for $130 with a printer (for photo printing). Hard to believe, but this was an upgrade from the one I had initially. Here’s the bottom of the barrel camera for comparison to the more expensive ones… This model has 2.0 pixels, 4x zoom, lcd window, etc. Only came with 7mg memory, I just spent $70 for 128 mb (up to 800 pics storage room) of memory (small sd card that slips in it). The quality is very good (takes pics up to 8"x10" with 1600×1200 resolution), only problems seem to occur if I don’t hold it completely steady while shooting. It does eat batteries (2 AA) though not as bad as the one before this one. Doesn’t come with a recharger nor a cradle port. Pics are uploaded to my computer via USB. The only complaint I have is that when I’m outside, during the day (bright sun), I can’t see the picture on the screen At All. Not sure if I could fool with the settings to fix this, but it’s annoying. Works fine on 1x zoom, I can look through the viewfinder window and focus perfectly that way (like a regular camera). But if I try to use 4x zoom without the lcd screen to center, I can’t center the pic. I end up missing the shot and shooting the sky or something. Some cameras have the lcd screen visible in the viewfinder window, that would solve this problem. I imagine this problem might happen on all digital cams with the lcd screen on the outside, not sure.. Unless they have a special tint or something.. This cam also acts as a webcam, but doesn’t work with a lot of msn client hoobywhatty including yahoo and stuff, because they require both mumbojumbos.. It also doesn’t have the kodak memory disk, which is cool if you have a printer or tv to use them with. You can buy a reader for the memory card I bought, but it seems so fragile that I wouldn’t want to take it in and out a lot. The concord does come with all the software and cables you need, including cables to hook it up to your tv. I love this, we have the front jack pack and it’s easy to show the grandparents the pics on the big screen.. I’ve noticed cams have come down in price in the last few months. Consumer Reports did a special on them in (I think) November. Lost that edition, or I’d report what they recommended.. Anyway, good luck kita
Response:
um…. frank, howz about letting us have a look see at the pics from your meet with Tammy, Diane & Eddie?? oh please, please, pretty please. 8^/ aww comon…….peas. Ripley 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Feel free to email me about your camera. > I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and > retouching. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. > odat, frank > Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and > 59 seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life > saved: 50 weeks, 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Response:
LOL, no problem, Rosie Dg
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> thanks steve, > i didn’t even think about the fact that my camera is RECHARGEABLE! > > >i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! > >take it back! > hehe…DG is right…Digital cameras eat AA batteries by the > gross….not the really cheap ones though Rosie lololol > Rechargeable…it is an expensive investment for good rechargeable and > Delta V charger…but they will pay for themselves > steveb
Response:
thanks steve, i didn’t even think about the fact that my camera is RECHARGEABLE! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! >take it back! > hehe…DG is right…Digital cameras eat AA batteries by the > gross….not the really cheap ones though Rosie lololol > Rechargeable…it is an expensive investment for good rechargeable and > Delta V charger…but they will pay for themselves > steveb
Response:
>your a photographer? >– >read and post
really? why not?
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that > is. I know nothing. > I dont know much about them either, but I bought an Olympus C2-Zoom three > months ago, and seriously I dont know why I waited so long to get a digital > camera. > but not too dam expensive, easy to use camera? > Mine cost $549 AUD. So I dont know how much that would be USD. Have a look > at the Olympus site for an idea of range and compare them to Kodak, Pentax, > Canon or whatever else is around. > http://www.olympus.co.jp/CS/digital/di/row/row_index.html > The software comes with the camera and if you dont have another image > program it works quite well. A USB cable is supplied with the camera, so its > a matter of take a photo, plug the camera into your computer and download > your shot. > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take > really close shots? > Really close shots, mine has a macro setting and I have taken photos of ants > on leaves, spiders in webs and all sorts of cute things, even too a photo of > a flea on my cats neck. (just before I killed it) > The only drawback I have found its is chews through AA batteries like no > one’s business. I want to get a recharger but have no managed it yet. And > the batteries it works best with are $10-$15 a pair, depending where you buy > them. > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying > like hell not to smoke has to do something…….other than play > Snood. :-D > Elf bowling is cool, but Snood is great. > Regards Lee
Ripley, You might look here as well: Rec.photo.digital Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
Response:
"Ripley" wrote > WoW….Jef, thankyou for all the links & info!! :-D
No problem; happy to share what little I know… Here’s a quick look at the Macro setting on my camera, and what it’s capable of. I’ve never had occasion to use it until you brought up the idea of close-up shots. Cool, no? http://www.quitbuddies.org/Macro.html
Response:
your a photographer? — read and post daily, it works! rosie SUNDAY NIGHTS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO STOP WAR http://www.moveon.org/vigil/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Feel free to email me about your camera. > I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and retouching. > I would be happy to answer any questions you have. > odat, frank > Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and 59 > seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life saved: 50 weeks, > 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Response:
>Hey Frank, what do you use?
Studio camera is a Foveon. On the run is Fuji S2 Pro.
Response:
WoW….Jef, thankyou for all the links & info!! :-D now where did I put that passbook for my Swiss bank acct??? Ripley…..never dig a hole too near your septic tank…….
Response:
>> Hey Frank, what do you use? > Studio camera is a Foveon. > On the run is Fuji S2 Pro.
I just broke down and got a Canon EOS-1Ds. Now I can use my lenses interchangeably. It was worth the wait! I sub with a guy that uses Sinarback (don’t know which model) when we do catalog work. He’s got a fortune tied up in that stuff. I guess this is getting OT so I better stop now. See ya! GK Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
Response:
> Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that > is. I know nothing.
I dont know much about them either, but I bought an Olympus C2-Zoom three months ago, and seriously I dont know why I waited so long to get a digital camera. > but not too dam expensive, easy to use camera?
Mine cost $549 AUD. So I dont know how much that would be USD. Have a look at the Olympus site for an idea of range and compare them to Kodak, Pentax, Canon or whatever else is around. http://www.olympus.co.jp/CS/digital/di/row/row_index.html The software comes with the camera and if you dont have another image program it works quite well. A USB cable is supplied with the camera, so its a matter of take a photo, plug the camera into your computer and download your shot. > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take > really close shots?
Really close shots, mine has a macro setting and I have taken photos of ants on leaves, spiders in webs and all sorts of cute things, even too a photo of a flea on my cats neck. (just before I killed it) The only drawback I have found its is chews through AA batteries like no one’s business. I want to get a recharger but have no managed it yet. And the batteries it works best with are $10-$15 a pair, depending where you buy them. > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying > like hell not to smoke has to do something…….other than play > Snood. :-D
Elf bowling is cool, but Snood is great. Regards Lee
Response:
> Feel free to email me about your camera. > I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and retouching. > I would be happy to answer any questions you have. > odat, frank > Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and 59 > seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life saved: 50 > weeks, > 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Hey Frank, what do you use? Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
Response:
>i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! >take it back!
hehe…DG is right…Digital cameras eat AA batteries by the gross….not the really cheap ones though Rosie lololol Rechargeable…it is an expensive investment for good rechargeable and Delta V charger…but they will pay for themselves steveb
Response:
Feel free to email me about your camera. I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and retouching. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. odat, frank Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and 59 seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life saved: 50 weeks, 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Response:
"Domestic Goddess" wrote > …you could > smell the peat fires and taste the Guinness!! it was like being there > again….
I read this as "peat fries"–and wondered when this questionable Irish treat would make its way to our shores. Sure, the Famine was tough, but c’mon– peat fries…?
Response:
> We have a Kodak 290, and it’s alright. Lots of problems keeping battery > levels up tho — is it the camera? or the batteries? or the recharger? > mystery.
i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! take it back! > On the software though, I strongly recommend Photosuite, which can print a > number of DIFFERENT pictures on the same page without any difficulty. This > is very hard to do in Adobe or MS.
Response:
We have a Kodak 290, and it’s alright. Lots of problems keeping battery levels up tho — is it the camera? or the batteries? or the recharger? mystery. On the software though, I strongly recommend Photosuite, which can print a number of DIFFERENT pictures on the same page without any difficulty. This is very hard to do in Adobe or MS. Also, i recommend getting a card reader (mine is a Dazzle). I got one because I lost the cable that connects my camera to my computer. The Reader is WAY smarter!! You don’t need any special software, and you take the card out of the camera, so you don’t eat up any battery power. Very efficient little device. The other thing you want to look at is batteries — cameras EAT them, so most people go with rechargeables, and you want the best kind of battery & recharger for a camera. So far, that’s my experience, but I’ll tell you this: we had all our photos from our trip to Ireland on CD and they were very nice, yada yada. I put the disc into my new computer (XP) running photosuite and got the full sized slide show, with photos as big as the computer screen! My God, you could smell the peat fires and taste the Guinness!! it was like being there again. Breathtaking. Good luck, DG
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "Ripley" wrote > Help…anybody out here using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I > know nothing. but > not too dam expensive, > easy to use camera?… > Aha! I, too, asked that question here. I waffled for (literally) a couple of > years trying to make a decision about plunking down my non-smoking savings > on one of these. Even solicited advice in this forum, too. Pix, Les, Razzle > and a few others all had good suggestions for me, which I’ll pass along to > you–as well as my own observations. > I spent MONTHS looking over reviews and reading all I could about them–the > brands, the features, the arguments pro and con, etc., etc….and every time > I got ready to spend the cash, I either got cold feet, or some newer model > with more goodies came out and I got distracted from the one I’d had my > heart set on… It took me a long time to actually BUY something, but I > finally armed myself with plenty of information, and when I marched into the > store, I was confident in what I wanted. > I wanted maximum bang for the buck; a really nice camera that wouldn’t be > completely outdated, ancient technology by the time I’d used it say, three > times. Something with not TOO steep a learning curve, but with enough bells > and whistles that I could "grow into it", if you follow. I’m nowhere near a > professional-level photographer, but I enjoy the ability to take a nice > picture and my reasoning was "Why buy a crappy tool if I aspire to do a good > job?" > I’d suggest starting with a thorough reading of features and reviews of > various models featured at either of these sites. DP REVIEW (for Digital > Photography) is a great place, and I gleaned tons of info from there. > http://www.dpreview.com/ > http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php > A couple of things to consider: > What use do you plan to make of the pictures you take? The major benefit of > digital cameras is the ability to see, very quickly, the result of your > efforts–right in the viewfinder or LCD of your camera. You can have your > images up on your monitor in a matter of moments after shooting pictures. If > you want prints you can save and pass out to other people–as opposed to > images you can email– or high-resolution, fine quality photos to display in > your home, you’ll need a good quality printer and special paper. Nearly > every decent digital camera will come bundled with all the software you need > to accomplish the task of getting the images from the storage media in the > camera onto your computer so you can play with them–like I do– or simply > email them to friends and family. > Just about any digital camera will allow you to take a conservative, > space-saving (in terms of file size)low-resolution snapshot. You can pay as > little as $100 or so for a cheapie, point-and-shoot sort of digital camera. > They are limited in what you can do with them, and are almost toys. If you > want something a bit more sophisticated, that allows you to select higher > resolutions of images, you will pay more. Ditto for built-in flash, zoom > lens, assorted other features.The sky’s the limit, really… > SUGGESTION: Look for something with a good zoom lens, (most come with at > least a 3x zoom; some have as much as 10x) a built-in flash, and a variety > of resolution settings, as this will afford you a *lot* of choice in the > kinds of pictures you’ll be capable of taking. Why limit yourself to small, > grainy, single distance images? Many digitals also have a MACRO setting, for > close-up or extreme close-up photography . Also, spend the extra $$$ to get > a high-capacity storage card (the media that replaces film in these things) > , as most cameras will come with a very small capacity (16MB or less) card. > They are very easy to fill up, especially if you’re shooting at something > other than very low-res settings. Look for a model that features > rechargeable batteries, if possible. These cameras use a lot of juice to do > what they do, and they tend to eat batteries like popcorn. Get a seciond set > of rechargeable batteries and you’ll always have one charged and ready to go > for those times when the ones in the camera gasp their last and you need a > quick switch. > I could go on and on, but you have a lot of homework to do, if you want to > make an informed decision. Check out DPREVIEW and do a Google search for > more info about any model that catches your eye. > I bought a FUJI FinePix S602 Zoom, and I like it a lot. It was > expensive–but I’ve saved a buttload of dough by laying down the Marlboros , > and this was my treat for myself. I deserved it! > Good luck, and happy hunting! > JEF.
Response:
Hi Guys & Dolls, Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing. easy to use camera? Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take really close shots? Anywho anyone willing to help could email me at: nuts at virtual1 dot net I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying like hell not to smoke has to do something…….other than play Snood. :-D love & kisses Ripley<who once worked for a weekly car sales publication and blasted rock ‘n roll in the darkroom all nite…..they called us the walking dead as we started work when they were leaving and were still there when they came in the next day. >
Response:
i really like my KODAC DX 3900. — read and post daily, it works! rosie SUNDAY NIGHTS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO STOP WAR http://www.moveon.org/vigil/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi Guys & Dolls, > Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing. > easy to use camera? > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take really close shots? > Anywho anyone willing to help could email me at: nuts at virtual1 dot net > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying like hell not to smoke has to > do something…….other than play Snood. :-D > love & kisses > Ripley<who once worked for a weekly car sales publication and blasted rock ‘n roll in the > darkroom all nite…..they called us the walking dead as we started work when they were leaving > and were still there when they came in the next day. >
Response:
"Ripley" wrote > Help…anybody out here using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing.
not too dam expensive, > easy to use camera?…
Aha! I, too, asked that question here. I waffled for (literally) a couple of years trying to make a decision about plunking down my non-smoking savings on one of these. Even solicited advice in this forum, too. Pix, Les, Razzle and a few others all had good suggestions for me, which I’ll pass along to you–as well as my own observations. I spent MONTHS looking over reviews and reading all I could about them–the brands, the features, the arguments pro and con, etc., etc….and every time I got ready to spend the cash, I either got cold feet, or some newer model with more goodies came out and I got distracted from the one I’d had my heart set on… It took me a long time to actually BUY something, but I finally armed myself with plenty of information, and when I marched into the store, I was confident in what I wanted. I wanted maximum bang for the buck; a really nice camera that wouldn’t be completely outdated, ancient technology by the time I’d used it say, three times. Something with not TOO steep a learning curve, but with enough bells and whistles that I could "grow into it", if you follow. I’m nowhere near a professional-level photographer, but I enjoy the ability to take a nice picture and my reasoning was "Why buy a crappy tool if I aspire to do a good job?" I’d suggest starting with a thorough reading of features and reviews of various models featured at either of these sites. DP REVIEW (for Digital Photography) is a great place, and I gleaned tons of info from there. http://www.dpreview.com/ http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php A couple of things to consider: What use do you plan to make of the pictures you take? The major benefit of digital cameras is the ability to see, very quickly, the result of your efforts–right in the viewfinder or LCD of your camera. You can have your images up on your monitor in a matter of moments after shooting pictures. If you want prints you can save and pass out to other people–as opposed to images you can email– or high-resolution, fine quality photos to display in your home, you’ll need a good quality printer and special paper. Nearly every decent digital camera will come bundled with all the software you need to accomplish the task of getting the images from the storage media in the camera onto your computer so you can play with them–like I do– or simply email them to friends and family. Just about any digital camera will allow you to take a conservative, space-saving (in terms of file size)low-resolution snapshot. You can pay as little as $100 or so for a cheapie, point-and-shoot sort of digital camera. They are limited in what you can do with them, and are almost toys. If you want something a bit more sophisticated, that allows you to select higher resolutions of images, you will pay more. Ditto for built-in flash, zoom lens, assorted other features.The sky’s the limit, really… SUGGESTION: Look for something with a good zoom lens, (most come with at least a 3x zoom; some have as much as 10x) a built-in flash, and a variety of resolution settings, as this will afford you a *lot* of choice in the kinds of pictures you’ll be capable of taking. Why limit yourself to small, grainy, single distance images? Many digitals also have a MACRO setting, for close-up or extreme close-up photography . Also, spend the extra $$$ to get a high-capacity storage card (the media that replaces film in these things) , as most cameras will come with a very small capacity (16MB or less) card. They are very easy to fill up, especially if you’re shooting at something other than very low-res settings. Look for a model that features rechargeable batteries, if possible. These cameras use a lot of juice to do what they do, and they tend to eat batteries like popcorn. Get a seciond set of rechargeable batteries and you’ll always have one charged and ready to go for those times when the ones in the camera gasp their last and you need a quick switch. I could go on and on, but you have a lot of homework to do, if you want to make an informed decision. Check out DPREVIEW and do a Google search for more info about any model that catches your eye. I bought a FUJI FinePix S602 Zoom, and I like it a lot. It was expensive–but I’ve saved a buttload of dough by laying down the Marlboros, and this was my treat for myself. I deserved it! Good luck, and happy hunting! JEF.
Response:
We have a Kodak 290, and it’s alright. Lots of problems keeping battery levels up tho — is it the camera? or the batteries? or the recharger? mystery. On the software though, I strongly recommend Photosuite, which can print a number of DIFFERENT pictures on the same page without any difficulty. This is very hard to do in Adobe or MS. Also, i recommend getting a card reader (mine is a Dazzle). I got one because I lost the cable that connects my camera to my computer. The Reader is WAY smarter!! You don’t need any special software, and you take the card out of the camera, so you don’t eat up any battery power. Very efficient little device. The other thing you want to look at is batteries — cameras EAT them, so most people go with rechargeables, and you want the best kind of battery & recharger for a camera. So far, that’s my experience, but I’ll tell you this: we had all our photos from our trip to Ireland on CD and they were very nice, yada yada. I put the disc into my new computer (XP) running photosuite and got the full sized slide show, with photos as big as the computer screen! My God, you could smell the peat fires and taste the Guinness!! it was like being there again. Breathtaking. Good luck, DG
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "Ripley" wrote > Help…anybody out here using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I > know nothing. but > not too dam expensive, > easy to use camera?… > Aha! I, too, asked that question here. I waffled for (literally) a couple of > years trying to make a decision about plunking down my non-smoking savings > on one of these. Even solicited advice in this forum, too. Pix, Les, Razzle > and a few others all had good suggestions for me, which I’ll pass along to > you–as well as my own observations. > I spent MONTHS looking over reviews and reading all I could about them–the > brands, the features, the arguments pro and con, etc., etc….and every time > I got ready to spend the cash, I either got cold feet, or some newer model > with more goodies came out and I got distracted from the one I’d had my > heart set on… It took me a long time to actually BUY something, but I > finally armed myself with plenty of information, and when I marched into the > store, I was confident in what I wanted. > I wanted maximum bang for the buck; a really nice camera that wouldn’t be > completely outdated, ancient technology by the time I’d used it say, three > times. Something with not TOO steep a learning curve, but with enough bells > and whistles that I could "grow into it", if you follow. I’m nowhere near a > professional-level photographer, but I enjoy the ability to take a nice > picture and my reasoning was "Why buy a crappy tool if I aspire to do a good > job?" > I’d suggest starting with a thorough reading of features and reviews of > various models featured at either of these sites. DP REVIEW (for Digital > Photography) is a great place, and I gleaned tons of info from there. > http://www.dpreview.com/ > http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php > A couple of things to consider: > What use do you plan to make of the pictures you take? The major benefit of > digital cameras is the ability to see, very quickly, the result of your > efforts–right in the viewfinder or LCD of your camera. You can have your > images up on your monitor in a matter of moments after shooting pictures. If > you want prints you can save and pass out to other people–as opposed to > images you can email– or high-resolution, fine quality photos to display in > your home, you’ll need a good quality printer and special paper. Nearly > every decent digital camera will come bundled with all the software you need > to accomplish the task of getting the images from the storage media in the > camera onto your computer so you can play with them–like I do– or simply > email them to friends and family. > Just about any digital camera will allow you to take a conservative, > space-saving (in terms of file size)low-resolution snapshot. You can pay as > little as $100 or so for a cheapie, point-and-shoot sort of digital camera. > They are limited in what you can do with them, and are almost toys. If you > want something a bit more sophisticated, that allows you to select higher > resolutions of images, you will pay more. Ditto for built-in flash, zoom > lens, assorted other features.The sky’s the limit, really… > SUGGESTION: Look for something with a good zoom lens, (most come with at > least a 3x zoom; some have as much as 10x) a built-in flash, and a variety > of resolution settings, as this will afford you a *lot* of choice in the > kinds of pictures you’ll be capable of taking. Why limit yourself to small, > grainy, single distance images? Many digitals also have a MACRO setting, for > close-up or extreme close-up photography . Also, spend the extra $$$ to get > a high-capacity storage card (the media that replaces film in these things) > , as most cameras will come with a very small capacity (16MB or less) card. > They are very easy to fill up, especially if you’re shooting at something > other than very low-res settings. Look for a model that features > rechargeable batteries, if possible. These cameras use a lot of juice to do > what they do, and they tend to eat batteries like popcorn. Get a seciond set > of rechargeable batteries and you’ll always have one charged and ready to go > for those times when the ones in the camera gasp their last and you need a > quick switch. > I could go on and on, but you have a lot of homework to do, if you want to > make an informed decision. Check out DPREVIEW and do a Google search for > more info about any model that catches your eye. > I bought a FUJI FinePix S602 Zoom, and I like it a lot. It was > expensive–but I’ve saved a buttload of dough by laying down the Marlboros , > and this was my treat for myself. I deserved it! > Good luck, and happy hunting! > JEF.
Response:
"Domestic Goddess" wrote > …you could > smell the peat fires and taste the Guinness!! it was like being there > again….
I read this as "peat fries"–and wondered when this questionable Irish treat would make its way to our shores. Sure, the Famine was tough, but c’mon– peat fries…?
Response:
> We have a Kodak 290, and it’s alright. Lots of problems keeping battery > levels up tho — is it the camera? or the batteries? or the recharger? > mystery.
i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! take it back! > On the software though, I strongly recommend Photosuite, which can print a > number of DIFFERENT pictures on the same page without any difficulty. This > is very hard to do in Adobe or MS.
Response:
>i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! >take it back!
hehe…DG is right…Digital cameras eat AA batteries by the gross….not the really cheap ones though Rosie lololol Rechargeable…it is an expensive investment for good rechargeable and Delta V charger…but they will pay for themselves steveb
Response:
Feel free to email me about your camera. I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and retouching. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. odat, frank Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and 59 seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life saved: 50 weeks, 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Response:
> Feel free to email me about your camera. > I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and retouching. > I would be happy to answer any questions you have. > odat, frank > Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and 59 > seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life saved: 50 > weeks, > 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Hey Frank, what do you use? Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
Response:
>Hey Frank, what do you use?
Studio camera is a Foveon. On the run is Fuji S2 Pro.
Response:
WoW….Jef, thankyou for all the links & info!! :-D now where did I put that passbook for my Swiss bank acct??? Ripley…..never dig a hole too near your septic tank…….
Response:
>> Hey Frank, what do you use? > Studio camera is a Foveon. > On the run is Fuji S2 Pro.
I just broke down and got a Canon EOS-1Ds. Now I can use my lenses interchangeably. It was worth the wait! I sub with a guy that uses Sinarback (don’t know which model) when we do catalog work. He’s got a fortune tied up in that stuff. I guess this is getting OT so I better stop now. See ya! GK Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
Response:
> Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that > is. I know nothing.
I dont know much about them either, but I bought an Olympus C2-Zoom three months ago, and seriously I dont know why I waited so long to get a digital camera. > but not too dam expensive, easy to use camera?
Mine cost $549 AUD. So I dont know how much that would be USD. Have a look at the Olympus site for an idea of range and compare them to Kodak, Pentax, Canon or whatever else is around. http://www.olympus.co.jp/CS/digital/di/row/row_index.html The software comes with the camera and if you dont have another image program it works quite well. A USB cable is supplied with the camera, so its a matter of take a photo, plug the camera into your computer and download your shot. > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take > really close shots?
Really close shots, mine has a macro setting and I have taken photos of ants on leaves, spiders in webs and all sorts of cute things, even too a photo of a flea on my cats neck. (just before I killed it) The only drawback I have found its is chews through AA batteries like no one’s business. I want to get a recharger but have no managed it yet. And the batteries it works best with are $10-$15 a pair, depending where you buy them. > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying > like hell not to smoke has to do something…….other than play > Snood. :-D
Elf bowling is cool, but Snood is great. Regards Lee
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that > is. I know nothing. > I dont know much about them either, but I bought an Olympus C2-Zoom three > months ago, and seriously I dont know why I waited so long to get a digital > camera. > but not too dam expensive, easy to use camera? > Mine cost $549 AUD. So I dont know how much that would be USD. Have a look > at the Olympus site for an idea of range and compare them to Kodak, Pentax, > Canon or whatever else is around. > http://www.olympus.co.jp/CS/digital/di/row/row_index.html > The software comes with the camera and if you dont have another image > program it works quite well. A USB cable is supplied with the camera, so its > a matter of take a photo, plug the camera into your computer and download > your shot. > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take > really close shots? > Really close shots, mine has a macro setting and I have taken photos of ants > on leaves, spiders in webs and all sorts of cute things, even too a photo of > a flea on my cats neck. (just before I killed it) > The only drawback I have found its is chews through AA batteries like no > one’s business. I want to get a recharger but have no managed it yet. And > the batteries it works best with are $10-$15 a pair, depending where you buy > them. > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying > like hell not to smoke has to do something…….other than play > Snood. :-D > Elf bowling is cool, but Snood is great. > Regards Lee
Ripley, You might look here as well: Rec.photo.digital Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
Response:
"Ripley" wrote > WoW….Jef, thankyou for all the links & info!! :-D
No problem; happy to share what little I know… Here’s a quick look at the Macro setting on my camera, and what it’s capable of. I’ve never had occasion to use it until you brought up the idea of close-up shots. Cool, no? http://www.quitbuddies.org/Macro.html
Response:
your a photographer? — read and post daily, it works! rosie SUNDAY NIGHTS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO STOP WAR http://www.moveon.org/vigil/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Feel free to email me about your camera. > I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and retouching. > I would be happy to answer any questions you have. > odat, frank > Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and 59 > seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life saved: 50 weeks, > 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Response:
thanks steve, i didn’t even think about the fact that my camera is RECHARGEABLE! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! >take it back! > hehe…DG is right…Digital cameras eat AA batteries by the > gross….not the really cheap ones though Rosie lololol > Rechargeable…it is an expensive investment for good rechargeable and > Delta V charger…but they will pay for themselves > steveb
Response:
>your a photographer? >– >read and post
really? why not?
Response:
um…. frank, howz about letting us have a look see at the pics from your meet with Tammy, Diane & Eddie?? oh please, please, pretty please. 8^/ aww comon…….peas. Ripley – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Feel free to email me about your camera. > I am a pro photog that specializes in digital photography and > retouching. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. > odat, frank > Five years, six months, one week, six days, 14 hours, 33 minutes and > 59 seconds. 101030 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17,680.67. Life > saved: 50 weeks, 19 hours, 10 minutes.
Response:
LOL, no problem, Rosie Dg
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> thanks steve, > i didn’t even think about the fact that my camera is RECHARGEABLE! > > >i haven’t had a battery problem for the two years i’ve owned it! > >take it back! > hehe…DG is right…Digital cameras eat AA batteries by the > gross….not the really cheap ones though Rosie lololol > Rechargeable…it is an expensive investment for good rechargeable and > Delta V charger…but they will pay for themselves > steveb
Response:
I spent $100 on the Concord Duo 2000 at Walmart. Now they sell it for $130 with a printer (for photo printing). Hard to believe, but this was an upgrade from the one I had initially. Here’s the bottom of the barrel camera for comparison to the more expensive ones… This model has 2.0 pixels, 4x zoom, lcd window, etc. Only came with 7mg memory, I just spent $70 for 128 mb (up to 800 pics storage room) of memory (small sd card that slips in it). The quality is very good (takes pics up to 8"x10" with 1600×1200 resolution), only problems seem to occur if I don’t hold it completely steady while shooting. It does eat batteries (2 AA) though not as bad as the one before this one. Doesn’t come with a recharger nor a cradle port. Pics are uploaded to my computer via USB. The only complaint I have is that when I’m outside, during the day (bright sun), I can’t see the picture on the screen At All. Not sure if I could fool with the settings to fix this, but it’s annoying. Works fine on 1x zoom, I can look through the viewfinder window and focus perfectly that way (like a regular camera). But if I try to use 4x zoom without the lcd screen to center, I can’t center the pic. I end up missing the shot and shooting the sky or something. Some cameras have the lcd screen visible in the viewfinder window, that would solve this problem. I imagine this problem might happen on all digital cams with the lcd screen on the outside, not sure.. Unless they have a special tint or something.. This cam also acts as a webcam, but doesn’t work with a lot of msn client hoobywhatty including yahoo and stuff, because they require both mumbojumbos.. It also doesn’t have the kodak memory disk, which is cool if you have a printer or tv to use them with. You can buy a reader for the memory card I bought, but it seems so fragile that I wouldn’t want to take it in and out a lot. The concord does come with all the software and cables you need, including cables to hook it up to your tv. I love this, we have the front jack pack and it’s easy to show the grandparents the pics on the big screen.. I’ve noticed cams have come down in price in the last few months. Consumer Reports did a special on them in (I think) November. Lost that edition, or I’d report what they recommended.. Anyway, good luck kita
Response:
> Ripley…..never dig a hole too near your septic tank…….
Not to be a downer – but did you read the story of a woman whose 2 boys – aged 3 and 5 – drowned in a neighbour’s septic tank when they wandered over to another yard while she was SLEEPING!!! Hello?!?! SLEEPING?!?! Aged 3 and 5?!?!?! SLEEPING?!?!?! Willene
Response:
Thanks everybody for all your advice and experiences!! Ripley <ready for a new toy> — "If your ship doesn’t come in……swim out to it." - Jonathan Winters -
Response:
my husband is a amateur photographer and i consider it an art. i just didn’t think of you in the artistic field. — read and post daily, it works! rosie "We should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater instability." George H. W. Bush in his 1998 book "A World Transformed" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->your a photographer? >– >read and post > really? > why not? >
Response:
The biggest problem I’ve encountered is that no one tells you you’ll need HEAVY duty batteries. Get rechargeables (nickle metal hydride seem to be the best) with more than regular ampere output. Digital cameras eat power. When the camera tells you your regular batteries are dead, you’ll discover they are still good for several hours use in some other device. Don’t get a camera that uses a specialized battery pack. High output AA’s are fine. Deb has a $200.00 +- Fuji Finepix that uses 2 AA batteries and I have a $600.00 Nikon Coolpix (getting real desparate for names eh? which uses 4 AA’s. The nikon has a few more options but nothing worth $400. Have fun. $0.02 Alan 53
> Hi Guys & Dolls, > Help…anybody out there using a digital? Care to share? info that is. I know nothing.
not too dam expensive, > easy to use camera? > Thought I might look on ebay, but there’s sooo many. Can you take really close shots? > Anywho anyone willing to help could email me at: nuts at virtual1 dot net > I mean really a person stuck on their butt in a wheel chair trying like
hell not to smoke has to > do something…….other than play Snood. :-D > love & kisses > Ripley<who once worked for a weekly car sales publication and blasted rock ‘n roll in the > darkroom all nite…..they called us the walking dead as we started work
when they were leaving – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> and were still there when they came in the next day. >