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MX73_drifter
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camera's Sun, 28 August 2005 06:29 Go to next message
hey guys im looking at buying a new digital camera something with really good zoom i would like it to be atleast 5megapixels.
is thier 1 u could recomend. if u have a camera that has the above could u post up a pic u taken so i can see the quality of shots i will be able to take.

thanks heaps
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Re: camera's Sun, 28 August 2005 06:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
i have, and recommend, Ricoh R2 camera..

zoom goes down to 28mm so it has wider angle than most. macro function is really good.. pic quality is great..

only bitch is that you can't use it as a data transport/USB flash memory device (like some others can).. the PC interface only lets you download photos..

oh, and battery life is fantastic.... they are about 35,000 yen atm, and spare batteries around 2500 yen

as for shots?? umm.... well.. they are good Razz

most cameras have good quality pics nowadays, so it'S more about the ease of use... the ricoh has less electronic function than others, but that makes it easier to use.. and the wide angle means you fit more in a shot.
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Re: camera's Sun, 28 August 2005 07:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Go here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

And input what you need from the camera. It will find cameras that match your criteria as well as reviews (which contain very detailed sample photos).

Once you narrow it down to a few cameras, you can do the side by side comparison etc, etc, etc.

Very handy site.
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Re: camera's Sun, 28 August 2005 07:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
thanx
right now im lookin at getting a sony dsc-828.
has anyone here got 1 of these
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 03:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Check out the Canon 350D, great camera, love mine Very Happy
Sony are overpriced for what you get. Check out www.dpreview.com for camera comparisons too Smile
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 07:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I totally love my Sony F-707, which is now the F-717

brilliant camera
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 08:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Do you guys get a decent Fstop and various focus options? I'm looking at getting something with those kinda... semi-professional options. I guess I should go play with some at a store.
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 12:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
350D comes with plenty and you can download a patch which unlocks all the ones that are on the 20D as it uses the same architecture at the 350D. Just wait if your gonna get one now though cos they are supposed to come down in price soon as another new model is gettign realised. Very Happy
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 22:07

350D comes with plenty and you can download a patch which unlocks all the ones that are on the 20D as it uses the same architecture at the 350D. Just wait if your gonna get one now though cos they are supposed to come down in price soon as another new model is gettign realised. Very Happy


but they are always releasing new models, and always coming down in price Razz
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 21:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Unless you want an SLR to use its manual festures, dont get one.

It all depends what kind of control you want to have over taking the pictures. Most of the high end compact digitals like the canon ixus 700 still have a manual function, but are great if you want something compact. And it also comes back to how much money you want to spend.
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Re: camera's Mon, 29 August 2005 21:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
MX73_drifter wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 17:26

thanx
right now im lookin at getting a sony dsc-828.
has anyone here got 1 of these


the dsc 828 has THE WORST NOISE evahhh... do not buy
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 02:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 22:07

350D comes with plenty and you can download a patch which unlocks all the ones that are on the 20D as it uses the same architecture at the 350D. Just wait if your gonna get one now though cos they are supposed to come down in price soon as another new model is gettign realised. Very Happy


Where can I get this patch? The 10D and the 300D shared the same architecture, but I don't think the 350D and 20D did, as they have different sensors.
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 03:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Like RobST162 said. The Sony F-717. I've had one for a while. River has one too. They're really good cameras.


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Farkurnell/megapixland_1850_5870326.jpg




Cheers, Greg.
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 03:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ribfeast wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 12:40

Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 22:07

350D comes with plenty and you can download a patch which unlocks all the ones that are on the 20D as it uses the same architecture at the 350D. Just wait if your gonna get one now though cos they are supposed to come down in price soon as another new model is gettign realised. Very Happy


Where can I get this patch? The 10D and the 300D shared the same architecture, but I don't think the 350D and 20D did, as they have different sensors.

Ribfeast i'll talk to my brother tonight about it and see if he knows where to get it, i'll pm you with the details when i find it.
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 04:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
yeh id like to know too as im about to buy a 350D as well..
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 13:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nark wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 17:12

Go here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

Very handy site.


Yes but DP Review could mean sooo much more. Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Only if you're a perverted mofo! Very Happy
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Re: camera's Tue, 30 August 2005 18:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
on a slightly tighter budget, i highly recomend checking out a second hand eos d60 slr Nod

1500th sec
f8.0
iso 400 (slightly grainy @ 100%)

135mm (215mm equiv)

100% crop from original (see below)

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7481/img0601a6id.jpg

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8743/img06019rl.jpg

[Updated on: Tue, 30 August 2005 18:58]

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Re: camera's Wed, 31 August 2005 02:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Not bad man Smile
I need a decent zoom lens Sad

Love to have that firmware info if you manage to find it Corona Smile
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Re: camera's Wed, 31 August 2005 02:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
My bro was at an AMSA meeting last nitgh till late will talk to him tonight i promise and see what he says, think it was on some forum for photography i'll pm you when i find out ribfeast.
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Re: camera's Wed, 31 August 2005 04:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
http://forums.toymods.org.au/index.php?t=msg&g oto=645346&rid=5002&S=9aee7f20375d336cb94b 6f7fbcfd3ebb

this thread was done a while ago.
I used 2 use my Minolta (best lenses in the world) only 3.2 pixels but i sware by it. a really good point and shot BUT all so really good pix i payed $500 about 2 years ago
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/593000-593999/593805_40_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/370000-370999/370203_208_full.jpg

all info here
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E323/E323A.H TM


i always wanted a SLR u know with Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority. but was not going 2 by shit
i wanted 2 stay with Minolta but $2500 later.
so i got my hands on a Fuji FinePix S5500 for only $500 new.
this is the one be for it
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S5100/S51A.H TM

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/593000-593999/593805_67_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/593000-593999/593805_70_full.jpg


I'm really happy with my FUJI have to be happy with the price to
Very Happy
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Re: camera's Wed, 31 August 2005 09:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
is seen the f-717 at camera house i think.
im after some thing that just keeps takin pics. mine right now u gotta take a pics and then its goes on stand by for like 2 sec. i wanna be able to snap sequences.
would the f-717 do this?
also any1 know the retail price for these

thanks
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Re: camera's Wed, 31 August 2005 12:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ribfeast wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 12:40

Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 22:07

350D comes with plenty and you can download a patch which unlocks all the ones that are on the 20D as it uses the same architecture at the 350D. Just wait if your gonna get one now though cos they are supposed to come down in price soon as another new model is gettign realised. Very Happy


Where can I get this patch? The 10D and the 300D shared the same architecture, but I don't think the 350D and 20D did, as they have different sensors.



the 10d is a vastly different camera to the 300d as is the 20d/350d

there is a firmware floating around to give the 350 faster film speed, and some of the custom options the 10/20d has. however firmware cant exactly change the physical differences. ie: different optics and chasis.

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Re: camera's Thu, 01 September 2005 00:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
At least the 10D and 300D shared the same sensor. No such luck with the 20D and 350D, they are far more different. ISO6400 would be something very handy for me, and unlocking some extra AF points, but thats about all I need.
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Re: camera's Thu, 01 September 2005 09:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Hey is this what ppl are looking for?

Firmware update
http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eosdigital2/e3kr2_firm ware-e.html
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nah thats just a firmware update, not a hack to enable new features.
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
personally i find the 350d too smal for my gorilla hands
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Too small and too light. Especially when you've got a heavy lens on it.
Same with the Nikon D50.

I suppose that's why the new lenses made for DSLRs are all plastic.
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
precisely - hence my professed love of the d60 Nod

with the added battery pack (aka vertical grip) and a decent lens, then you know youre holding a camera

[Updated on: Fri, 02 September 2005 00:43]

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hmmm yeah but when you lug a camera round on your neck all day i know which one i'd prefer. Smile
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
i spent 4 weeks lugging mine around my neck and for the opportunities and photos i took, it was worth every second of shoulder grimmacing discomfort
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I have an S1 Pro. Big professional body.
I lugged that with a large (I think it's 72mm) 24-120 lens around Sydney for a day without even a shoulder strap!!

I was a bit sore afterward... But wouldn't trade it for one of those baby plastic SLRs.
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i take my Canon 3000N (beginner film slr) with 90-300mm lens to drift days etc, it gets saw after a while.
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 00:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
blah, double frikin post... (weired)

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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 01:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Corona RT142 wrote on Fri, 02 September 2005 10:52

i take my Canon 3000N (beginner film slr) with 90-300mm lens to drift days etc, it gets saw after a while.


Perhaps invest in a monopod? Especially if you're taking photos at 300mm... Comes in handy.
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Edit don't worry just clicked what a monopod was, oh and i had heard complaints about the 350D being too small and light. Few reviews say its the smallest size you'd want to go for a SLR camera.
Probably a good idea except its just another PINA thing to carry around especially when i go to Bathurst, already have a pack on my back with food/camera supplies ie film sometimes batteries other lens and bag to put camera in when neck gets saw.
Another problem with the monopod is you can't be as fast to quickly jump up and start taking pics should something happen.

[Updated on: Fri, 02 September 2005 01:11]

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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 01:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Google. Bitch! Laughing

It's like a tripod but... You can guess the rest. Razz
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Nark wrote on Fri, 02 September 2005 11:12

Google. Bitch! Laughing

It's like a tripod but... You can guess the rest. Razz

read bitch i edited my post and didn't need to search it came to my head (mind blank befor)
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Re: camera's Fri, 02 September 2005 07:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ed_ma61 wrote on Fri, 02 September 2005 10:43

precisely - hence my professed love of the d60 Nod

with the added battery pack (aka vertical grip) and a decent lens, then you know youre holding a camera


Smile I agree. I bought the 10D over the 300D bacause it had a metal body. The extra weight tends to steady your hand a bit too. Plus, the sheer weight of it always lets you know its there, and I find I tend to be more aware of it, and would certainly know if someone was trying to pinch it.

Anyway, quality comes at a price, and thats big, heavy cameras.

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Re: camera's Sat, 03 September 2005 02:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I dont have any pics handy, but ill get them off the other computer if you want.

but i have a fujifilm finepix s3500

this is an awesome camera.

the only thing i dont like is indoors, unless the lights are bright enough (i.e. really bright) you need to use flash, or you get blurry pcs.

but i didnt buy mine for taking pics indoors anyway.

bought mine for $350 from KMart minus My staff discount.

i thoroughly recommend it Smile

oh yeah, and the s5500 is everything this camera is, and more!

i bought mine for $474 for the camera, and a 1GB memory card, which is good for 950+ pics on the 4 mega pixel mode. the camera also has 6x optical zoom, which is fkn huge!

0.3 MP mode is good for somewhere in the vicinity of 3500 pics, insane!

Eldar.O.
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Re: camera's Sat, 03 September 2005 06:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
MX73_drifter wrote on Wed, 31 August 2005 19:30

is seen the f-717 at camera house i think.
im after some thing that just keeps takin pics. mine right now u gotta take a pics and then its goes on stand by for like 2 sec. i wanna be able to snap sequences.
would the f-717 do this?
also any1 know the retail price for these

thanks


I've got a F717 and I can take multiple snaps but only 3 in a row.

Some pics I've taken with the 717

http://www.pbase.com/silver_arrowz/various_pics

I've been told for DSLR's, go for a Canon because they have better quality lenses and compatability.
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Re: camera's Sat, 03 September 2005 21:16 Go to previous message
Yeah true, the F-717 has a function that allows you to take 3 in quick succession.


I suppose a lot of cameras have it but something else it has is night vision and night focus which is really nifty.




Cheers, Greg.
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