digital cameras

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/26/2005, 11:37 am

hmm. i dont know if there's been a thread on this but i dont recall one.

anyways, i'm looking to buy a digicam. i want the canon powershot s2 is, but it's about $100 more than i really can afford to spend. but i'm hesitant to buy the s1 when the major flaws users have found (focus errors, speed, and noise being the main concerns) have been addressed in the s2.

in terms of other brands, the panasonic dmc-fz5 comes highly recommended, but seems a little less versitile in terms of manual operation. same goes for the sonys of similar proportion

does anyone have any suggestions for other cameras i should look at? or any input as to the ones i'm considering?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/26/2005, 11:42 am

What price are you hoping to pay?

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/26/2005, 11:48 am

less than $600 cnd

i would prefer something around $450 - $500, but i'll go a bit above that if the camera is worthwhile.

i'm looking for something with around a 10x optical zoom, no less than 3 mp, but i don't need more than 5 mp. and i want manual focus, apature, and shutter speed options.

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 7/26/2005, 1:43 pm

hi claire!! I found some spy devices for you :O

Fujifilm FinePix S5100 - found it for $444.36

Kodak Z740 - found it for $449.99

Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3 - found it for $464.95

Kodak Z7590 - found it for $567.99

hope that helps.. hey, good luck on your purchase!!

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/26/2005, 1:51 pm

:O

you arent supposed to tell them i'm spying with it!!!!

thanks nam :love:

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/26/2005, 2:23 pm

I'm not sure how much this one'll cost Canadian (you could probably find it within your price range online somewhere), but this is the camera I'm gonna be looking into whenever I can afford to get a new one:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... o&n=507846

The reviews are kinda mixed, though. I'm hoping to find it in a store to play with it and check out some more varied pictures it's taken before getting it. The ones on Amazon look really nice, but there's no darker/night shots.

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 7/26/2005, 6:55 pm

Help save jobs in Rochester. Buy a Kodak! :love:

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 7/26/2005, 8:21 pm

i have a kodak.

Post by **xjsb125** » 7/26/2005, 10:13 pm

I've always had Kodak cameras. The next digital camera I buy is going to be a Kodak 6mp. My mom has a Fuji digital and it seems to do really well also.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/26/2005, 10:22 pm

I have a Canon A-95. Its grand.

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/26/2005, 11:06 pm

see i dont care about having a lot of mps because i wont be enlarging my photos much. i would be perfectly happy with 4 or 5, and i'll probably end up settling for 3.2. most people never use the megapixels they have anyways. what i do want is the zoom capability and to be able to manually set focus, shutter and aperture, because i dont like using auto settings on cameras. i need a good range of f-stops, a large optical zoom, and preferably some kind of image stabalizer, and the capability for lens attachment.

the reason why i wont buy a kodak are that the ones i've looked at (including the 2 nam showed me) have no image stablization, and that's a feature i want.

the cameras i'm debating between are the canon s1 is, the panasonic dmc-fz5, and the konica minolta dimage z3.

i think i'm gonna call around tomorrow and see which stores have these cameras and how they're priced.

Monkey · Post by **Monkey** » 7/27/2005, 12:15 am

I was considering getting rid of mine and learning how to remember things and draw really well. Except not at all. Buy an Olympus. From Staples. My Staples. With a warranty

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/27/2005, 12:23 am

your staples is kinda far from me.

Monkey · Post by **Monkey** » 7/27/2005, 12:28 am

meh. regardless. olympus is nice. kodak has a nice 5 mp with 12x optical for under 400 - model z740. i think that's $349-399. have had good customer feedback on that one

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/27/2005, 8:38 am

I've got an Olympus Stylus 410. Works for me. :mrgreen:

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 8/5/2005, 9:27 pm

i just got the canon s2 is.

i spent $650.

hmm.

*excited*

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 8/5/2005, 9:30 pm

expensive!

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 8/5/2005, 10:12 pm

yeah

but it's so awesome! *takes a bajillion photos*

its what i really really wanted. this is my present to myself. for surviving.

^5

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 8/5/2005, 10:25 pm

Well ok. Congratulations!! ^5 you deserve it!!

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 8/6/2005, 3:27 am

beautiful liar wrote:. for surviving.

^5