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I use a Nikon D50 with an 18-55mm and a 55-200mm lens. I still have my old Canon Powershot A75, but I haven't used it in ages. I still keep it around just in case though.
Regarding the continual development of digital cameras: I wouldn't be too concerned about it. For point and shoot cameras, the major selling point seems to be the resolution; however, for most people, they will never need more than 3.6 megapixels which is perfectly fine for printing 4"x6" photos. Since most camera development is with resolution, you're unlikely to find a huge improvement a year later except with resolution which isn't terribly important anyway.
With Digital SLRs, you are much more flexible. The prices are generally significantly higher, but since you buy it in components, it's harder for your camera to become obsolete. Most of the quality is in the lenses anyway, but if the resolution or sensor becomes an issue, you can always buy a new camera body that works with your existing lenses instead of buying a whole new system. Generally I would recommend a DSLR if you're enthuisiastic about photography - a P-and-S is really frustrating to work with if you are used to the flexibility of an SLR.
I've honestly only owned a camera for the first time since January second of this year and with my seriously limited expertise with the Canon powershot SD600 I managed some quite nice pics. They might fail in a few regards, but I've found it to be the best starter camera I could possibly own.
Just got a Canon PowerShot SD800 (seems to be a popular camera around here..). It's pretty nice and I can get some great shots, but the zoom sucks - only 4x optical zoom, then 7x digital zoom from there, which is pretty limiting. Otherwise, I find it takes pretty good night shots (without a tripod that is), and the LCD screen's resolution is just stunning.
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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.
There is a photographer here in Austin that I know, he has the D-SLR but on his recent motorcycle trips to Mexico he started taking a Panasonic point and shoot type instead of carrying the larger equipment, he even has some video clips on his website with the Panasonic. He has been very happy with it, his blogs have most of his Mexico pics.
There is a photographer here in Austin that I know, he has the D-SLR but on his recent motorcycle trips to Mexico he started taking a Panasonic point and shoot type instead of carrying the larger equipment, he even has some video clips on his website with the Panasonic. He has been very happy with it, his blogs have most of his Mexico pics.
Thanks, that was a very interesting link.
One thing that concerns me about digital images is how good the quality is if you're making a fairly large photo, say something bigger than 8x10. Have any of you made large prints with the higher quality (more megapixel) cameras and if you have how do they compare with a 35mm print? Also, have any of you used these internet companies that make prints and ship by mail? Thanks.
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