What kind of camera do you use?

miketoronto · #1 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 8:31 PM**

I just bought a new digital camera. I was just wondering what camera's you guys use, and how you like them.

I got a SONY CYBER-SHOT. Do any of you guys know anything about that camera?

Anyway I tested it out today, and I am pretty sure I will keep this one. It seems to work well and be clear.

Anyway was just wondering if any of you guys had any advice.

R@ptor · #2 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 8:35 PM**

I have a Canon S3 IS

srperrycgy · #3 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 8:38 PM**

Bought a Kodak Z612 on Dec. 29th. The 12X optical zoom is sweet!

Boris2k7 · #4 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 8:50 PM**

I have a Nikon E4600... just a point n' click but it gets the job done. A little bit of blur but great colours (as seems to be the case with most Nikons)

STR · #5 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by R@ptor

I have a Canon S3 IS

Good choice. I have the Canon S2 IS. It was last years model, but the extra 1 megapixels couldn't justify to me the extra $100-$150.

miketoronto · #6 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 9:02 PM**

This camera I got has a 10X zoom. I could have got 12X, but I was being cheap and did not want to spend the extra money. It is 6 mega pixels.

Anyway I hope it does well.

CGII · #7 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 8:50 PM**

Canon Powershot A40. It serves me well.

STR · #8 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 9:22 PM**

12x, 10x it's all good so long as it's not digital zoom.

I was shooting earlier today. Gotta love the zoom.

SteelTown · #9 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 9:29 PM**

Canon S2 IS

WZ1 · #10 Posted **Jan 24, 2007, 5:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by STR

12x, 10x it's all good so long as it's not digital zoom.

I was shooting earlier today. Gotta love the zoom.

I belive i took a shot of this same building.. somwhere over chicagoland..

where is this... and is my pic the same one?

The Chemist · #11 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 9:46 PM**

Olympus E500 dSLR.

miketoronto · #12 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 10:04 PM**

So whats wrong with digital zoom? My camera zooms without me having to focus it or anything. Or is that normal zoom?

niwell · #13 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 10:08 PM**

^Digital zoom isn't really zoom per se. It is the same as if you were to take a picture, crop out a portion and then expand that portion to full size. So there is a noticeable drop in quality. If the quality doesn't drop when you zoom it is optical. Most cameras I've used have a seperate setting to turn on digital zoom as well, and it is off by default.

Oh, and I have a Canon 20D.

bluedogok · #14 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 10:13 PM**

There is optical zoom and digital zoom, optical zoom uses the optics of the camera just like a 35mm type of camera, digital zoom is pretty much like zooming in on a picture in Photoshop or other similar program. It pixelates images pretty bad when the digital zoom is used over the top of optical zoom. I have turned off the digital zoom in my cameras after using it once, the picture quality degrades rapidly.

I looked for the largest optical zoom that I could find when I bought a new camera this fall to replace a 6 year old 2mp Panasonic that had seen its fair share of abuse. I bought a Panasonic DMC-FZ7K, it is a 6mp camera with a 12x optical zoom and does video clips. I am still learning the idiosyncrasies that all cameras have but like it so far.

CGII · #15 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 10:13 PM**

Digital zoom is just stupid and I'm amazed by the amount of people I see who are convinced that it's just as good as optical zoom. Seriously, I'll just Photoshop out a digital zoom later and keep the original with everything around the cropped section.

TheMeltyMan · #16 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 10:25 PM**

Digital zoom flat out ruins the rez beyond some 2x and I've made sure to confine my eye to what the natural eye can see.

I've got a Canon Powershot SD600. It seems to have treated me well, and a few of my shots are so vivid and perfect that I fail to see the need to spend the extra green on a better camera.

miketoronto · #17 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 10:37 PM**

My old camera is a Canon Power Shot also?

It did do me well. But the last little while it has started to not work well. So thats why I bought a new camera. But my canon did work well.

Anyway I told the guy at the camera store I take mostly city shots, and stuff, and this SONY CYBER SHOT is the one he suggested. I asked him if I should go more expensive, and he basically said the difference between the one I got and the more expensive ones is not that big, unless you are blowing up your pics alot into large large sizes.

So we will see. I hope it works out well. You guys think I made a good choice?

CGII · #18 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 11:40 PM**

It's pretty difficult to make the wrong choice when going with just a point and shoot camera. They're pretty much all good options.

FREKI · #19 Posted **Jan 8, 2007, 12:31 AM**

I got a Sony CS P150 7.2MP

ANd I'm very pleased with it - I prefere a small camera that fits in my pocket...

A few pics of mine...

AZheat · #20 Posted **Jan 8, 2007, 12:33 AM**

I find the digital camera situation to be very frustrating. I grew up using film and really got into it and even started using medium and large format cameras. I have a Plaubel Makina 67 camera which is my favorite. It's a medium format camera and the film is about five times larger than 35mm film so the quality is excellent. I've got a digital Canon PowerShot A95 and it's ok but when you buy a digital camera it's an antique a year or two later because they keep increasing the megapixels and quality. I'm sure this is planned so you'll keep on buying more of them. If you bought a film 35mm camera 30 years ago it would still take high quality photos today and be comparable to any film camera on the market. I know that digitals have some advantages over film, I just don't want to have to buy a new one every two or three years.