Anyone know anything about digital cameras?

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by TheFlamingKoosh
Just my 2 cents...

I've had a Canon ELPH S200 (2 megapixel) for almost 2 years now, and I love the thing to death.

Takes GREAT pictures, has good movie modes (Those are grainy, but they fixed that with the later models), and its small, durable, and feels "solid"... I know some of the digital cameras just feel flimsy... too much plastic. Mine has some weight to it, and that isn't a bad thing.

Think of it like holding an old school all stainless steel automag to an impulse... the mag will just FEEL better, no matter what it shoots like

I have a friend with the exact same camera, and I can say exactly the same about it. The thing is crazy, it's missing screws all over and the front panel can almost come off, but it keeps ticking with the help of some electrical tape.

He takes it mountain-biking, hiking, etc.. and it's been dropped, banged around and just generally mis-handled.

Yeah, it's only 2 MP, but for web and stuff, it's fine, especially considering it's 2 years old.

[Liger Zero]

Screw digital cameras pencil and paper lots cheaper. Also it adds own opinion of the event.
Love Ya Liger
FOOWT Roadz

[Muzikman]

I am a huge fan of Canon equipment. I currently have a Digital Elph s330 and the 10D. I have played with the A70 and A80 and like them a lot, though I will end up getting the S400 over either just because of size.

As someone else said, go with a camera that takes CF cards as they are basicaly the digital camera standard.

Someone also talked about lenses being a big thing. I agree with this. The lens will be the deciding factor in a good pic or a bad pic.

Also, the A70 being grainy, I do not agree with that (unless as someone said, you have the ISO up above 400).

The one advantage the Olympus has is that most of their camera has better optical zoom ability. But for the price range you are looking, most cameras will always be the same.

Another suggestion, get yourself a small pocket tripod and use the self timer to get those nice senic shots of the canyon. This will help camera shake and give you a nice crisp image.

For those with the Canon D300, how do you guys like them? I need a second body and I have been thinking about grabbing a D300 because of price. It's either that or spend $5k more and get the 1Ds.

Just so I can pimp my pictures again...

https://www.paintballmedia.com

https://www.jbeamphotos.com

**All these pics were taken with the 10D or the S330.

[Koosh]

Anybody want to correct/confirm a myth?

Its better to go with one brand of equipment for EVERYTHING right?

Like if you have a Cannon Digi Cam, you should get a Cannon Photoprinter and use Cannon paper?

I ended up doing that, the pictures come out fine so I don't know if its just the good equipment, or the "myth"...

Thanks

[banzaimf]

Originally posted by Muzikman
...For those with the Canon D300, how do you guys like them? I need a second body and I have been thinking about grabbing a D300 because of price. It's either that or spend $5k more and get the 1Ds.

....

the successor to the 1d is on the horizon. This pdf was reportedly posted on Canon France. http://www.teriba.com/files/122.pdf

Highlights, 8mp, up to 40 frames of shot buffer at 8.5fps. 50 to 3200 ISO.

[banzaimf]

Originally posted by TheFlamingKoosh
Anybody want to correct/confirm a myth?

Its better to go with one brand of equipment for EVERYTHING right?

Like if you have a Cannon Digi Cam, you should get a Cannon Photoprinter and use Cannon paper?

I ended up doing that, the pictures come out fine so I don't know if its just the good equipment, or the "myth"...

Thanks

The only thing that I have seen that the myth really applies to is Fuji film. If you use Fuji film you should take it to a shop that does Fuji processing. The colors turn out a bit better. Other than that, for our crazy digital world, get photoshop and be done with it. Find the best prices/performance printer and camera. I would tend to stick with the same maker printer paper unless I got some good testimonials that something else was better.

[MantisMag]

i have an epson printer you need to use epson paper with. epson just puts out so much ink that no other brand of paper that i tried can absorb it all. the prints are far superior to my parents hp but i kinda regret it because it GUZZLES ink like there's no tomorrow and ink cartridges are expensive. using other brands of paper i actually get huge ink droplets on top of the paper. but when i use epson paper the colors i get out of it are much better than what my parents get out of their hp.

printer vs camera doesn't matter unless they support some kind of proprietary color matching scheme. but most of them use PIM which is a standard (i think from adobe).

[bornl33t]

well I went down town today and looked at a store that came highly recomended. The only camera I got to check out though was the canon A 70. It's impressive for the price to say the least. While I was disapointed by their selection I was told to wait till mid-end of Febuary because of a camera festival of some sort where all the companies release their new and update stuff... so... I'm going to wait till then obviously...

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by TheFlamingKoosh
Anybody want to correct/confirm a myth?

Its better to go with one brand of equipment for EVERYTHING right?

Like if you have a Cannon Digi Cam, you should get a Cannon Photoprinter and use Cannon paper?

I ended up doing that, the pictures come out fine so I don't know if its just the good equipment, or the "myth"...

Thanks

Complete and utter poppycock made up to get you to buy more of one manufacturer's product.

You simply have to try out differant papers to find out what works best for you. You also have to make sure that the setting on your printer is for the correct type of paper.

ex: if you've got "Fine Art" type paper in your prints and you have it set to "glossy" it will look like crap.

You also have to remember that if your monitor is not calibrated (and even if it is calibrated) your print comming out of the printer will not look like what you have on your monitor in photoshop, etc... due to the fact that you're not looking at trasmitted light from your monitor, but reflected light from your print.

If you're picky, it can take quite a few trys to get the print to look exactly the way you want it.

Ilford makes some GREAT quality fine art and matte papers, though you'll be paying top dollar for it.

Oh, and one more note; If you're worried about the archivability of the print, make sure you get a printer that uses pigment basted inks and not dye based inks. If it's a dye based ink, you can expect your print to fade out if you leave it in the sun for a week. Under "test" conditions by the manufacturer, museum quality framing, etc... a dye print will last around 26 years, a pigment based print will last more than 100.

...of course, you could just save yourself a huge hassle and bring your digital file to a pro-lab and have an RA-4 (normal) processed silver-hailide print make from the file and they'll have the same archival properties as a normal print.

...that, and you can yell at them if it's not perfect