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Digital Cameras.
morrefule:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on October 04, 2009, 05:28:16 AM ---Alright, guys. I'm not a camera freak like most of you. I just need a digital camera and I got one that people recommended to me. Misa also told me it's a good digital camera. :P Lets all get naked and hug each other in the shower, tonight!
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If you want just a good point and shoot, My top choices are the Canon 780 and the Sony W230. Both of them are reasonablely priced and have a lot of nice easy to use features built in. Grab you a Memory card, an extra battery and a Case and you are off the to the races.
ASAFan:
--- Quote from: morrefule on October 04, 2009, 04:00:13 AM ---I would probably wait another 6-8 months. I haven't been impressed with the 50D and though I am impressed with the 7D and when I shot the camera it felt really natural, I just want to get away from CF cards. They are not as prevalent as they use to be. Everything is going SD. And I want a good Midrange Canon with an SD slot. Or a Dual SD/CF slot like the new Nikon.
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Hopefully, it'll be longer than that. I really hate to spend that money right now unless I have to.
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: morrefule on October 04, 2009, 11:21:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on October 04, 2009, 05:28:16 AM ---Alright, guys. I'm not a camera freak like most of you. I just need a digital camera and I got one that people recommended to me. Misa also told me it's a good digital camera. :P Lets all get naked and hug each other in the shower, tonight!
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If you want just a good point and shoot, My top choices are the Canon 780 and the Sony W230. Both of them are reasonablely priced and have a lot of nice easy to use features built in. Grab you a Memory card, an extra battery and a Case and you are off the to the races.
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I swear I was in a thread similar to this. I used the Sony T series which has a metal body instead of plastic. I REALLY REALLY prefer this over the plastic Canons and others. Canon isn't bad per se, but I hate the plastic body which is very prone to scratches or having the color rubbed off (from within a bag or something).
Point and shoot.
Size really isn't a problem. I don't stuff that thing in a pocket (well, I do with my T but not others due to compression of plastic casing = bad) so I don't care as long as it's not huge. (grab a backpack or something anyways).
Casing is the big one. I HATE plastic camera casings due to it being too light and its durability. (I want to feel like I have something in my hands and not "nothing" in my hands. I hate that feeling. Makes me more prone to drop it or break it.
Weight. Light is good, but not too light. I prefer having something with good weight (like a metal built case/camera box)
Megapixels. Too little is a problem, but not horribly bad. Too much isn't good since you get high size pics (which you don't want/need) and you turn it down, but the sensors are good, so they pick up artifacts (like dust) easily. I've toyed around to fall into a happy balance at around 5-7MP. (I would believe FB pics are usually around 2-3 MP)
blubart:
i'm pretty sure the body of the Canon Power Shot SD780 IS / Ixus 100 IS (same camera different name, dunno why) is made of metal - at least mine is. and with ~100g weight the camera has an excellent handling + looks simply gorgeous.
the reason why pictures shot with "more then 6 megapixel" - cameras don't look any better is because the sensors used in compact cameras have to stay small (the sensors of DSLRs are around 8-10 times the size) - thus the incoming light is simply divided into smaller portions which reduces sensitivity and increases noise. a supposedly higher grade sensor could only achieve a better image quality under the condition that it would be accompanied by higher grade lenses, which again are to big.
the problem i have with sony cameras is that you are still stuck with Memory Sticks - the whole world is using SD Cards which you can literary by at the gas station but sony keeps using its "superior" format.
fohfoh:
I don't mind the memory stick. I just have to buy once and not really care. Technology drops so much all the time, why care about an extra 5-25 bucks here and there? I just buy a new stick of MSPD or SD(regular/micro etc usually high speed) when I get new technology anyways.
I recall paying 250 bucks for a 2GB high speed MSPD when the PSP was first released. (I got a gen 1) I still use that thing. xD I only recently spent a little to go from 4GB for my camera (high speed again, great for viewing pics in display... useless for just raw camera picture taking) I didn't have to upgrade, since it takes quite a bit for me to fill up 2GB with @ 5MP or 7MP but I just decided to drop a little bit. The old 2GB is currently being "readyboost" fodder for my laptop.
But then again, I just don't really give a shit. :P I just buy whatever fits my needs and wants the best. It just so happened that my camera was Sony. (Not many metal casing cameras when I was looking, mainly just plastic ones) and same with my laptop. I was looking at Toshiba, got pissed, almost bought a HP till I saw the reports on the 8200/8400 nVidias, HATED Dell, no good acers, many Crappy Sonys... but I found a nice Sony one for a decent price.
I don't defend Sony's pricing, but I do admit that they sometimes have things with certain characteristics that appeal to me that don't appear in other brands. (My carbon fibre laptop or back in the day, a nicely weighted P&S with no external lens etc.)
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