Re: FN-FORUM: In a good mood - Now camera advice

date posted 20th August 2004 22:05

The trouble with compact digital is that they are quite restrictive in
zoom ability and if you go for a compact with super-zoom ie x10 optical
they are useless in anything other than good light and with a very
steady hand (read tripod)
So if you want something that will really match ease of use and quality
of output to 35mm you should look ad the canon D300 or others like
that. Your alternative is to get a digital compact with as high a
resolution as possible. Some of your shots will have to be framed a
little lose but you will then be able to digitally zoom or crop your
shots in your image editor.
This is the route I took and went for the canon S60 Ease of use is
great, you get full manual control if wanted and great picture quality.

I was not interested in video and this is not the S60's strong point,
for that I would say take a look at Some of the Fuji range

Finally I would recommend to anyone to get a camera with RAW capability
as it allows you to rescue less than perfect shots without loosing
image quality.



James Turner
Mac Factory
Unit 2b Lansbury Estate
102 Lower Guildford Road
Knaphill
Surrey GU21 2EP
www.macfactory.co.uk
On 20 Aug 2004, at 14:25, Julian Voelcker wrote:

>
> Hi John,
>
>> Anything you have seen or fancy?
>
> To be honest that's the problem, I have no idea what I am looking for.
>
> At the moment we have a small Olympus 35mm with Zoom, which is OK for
> most of our needs and will take good shots with a good film and I have
> messed around with decent SLRs and Hi-8 handicams in the past.
>
> The trouble is I am fed up with scanning photos so now want to go
> digital and also want to do more video stuff.
>
> Not sure of the quality of video on the modern 'stills' cameras so
> don't know if to go for one that does both or separate stills camera
> and video camera.
>
> Photos will generally be of children, dogs, scenery. Videos of
> children playing, school shows, etc.
>
> A good zoom is essential and Low light capability for the video would
> be handy.
>
> Obviously the ability to download photos and video to a computer is
> essential.
>
> Any pointers from you or others on the list would be appreciated:-)
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