Digital Camera....[56K Beware]

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:58 pm

Heya, took my kid to the Yankee game today and used my Canon SD100 Digi-Cam and the pics were clear and adequate, I wish it had more digital zoom and an optical zoom to get the pictures I really wanted to take. Here are the specs:

Digital zoom: 3.2
Effective sensor resolution: 3.2 megapixels
Light sensitivity: ISO 100
Still image format: JPEG
Lens aperture: F/2.8-3.9
Interchangeable lens: No
Optical zoom: 2 x
Weight: 0.4 lbs
I guess i traded ultraportability for performance.( Weight: 0.4 lbs) but am willing to carry something heavier for better performance. What you guys reccomend I am ready to trade / sell mine for a step up. I guess I prefer Secure DIgital Memory but am Flexible to change. What do you guys reccomend?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:18 pm

i have the canon power shot -s50 its a 5 mp 12 x and the s45 about the same camera !
now the power shot 60 and i look into it !
that the camera i used to take this pic of in this post here ! http://www.pcabusers.com/forums/showthr ... adid=35703 link to camera hope it works for you dave

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:15 pm

nice but I just fell in love with the Digital Rebel

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:16 pm

thats a sweet camera - i got a hell of a deal on the wifes or we still be dreaming !

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:19 pm

Forum or retail?

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:49 pm

Originally posted by DaMaN
nice but I just fell in love with the Digital Rebel

link??

i'm eyein' the Canon PowerShot A80 4 my next upgrade.

blade · Post by **blade** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:04 am

I wish it had more digital zoom and an optical zoom

Forget digital zoom.

It's only a gimmick the makers use to help entice buyers that aren't aware of how useless it is. It's a gimicky selling point they use, nothing more.

All digital zoom does is enlarge the center of the pic, therefore you lose quality. You can do the exact same thing with any decent photo software.

Digital zoom should be outlawed because so many 'think' they are getting a real added and useful feature. They are not.

"Optical" zoom, is TRUE zoom.

Never even use digital zoom, unless you just want a closer look.

2 and 3x optical zoom is almost as useless, except for getting closer on some indoor and few outdoor shots. 6 or 10x optical zoom is what we really need. Some cameras have that, but of course are more expensive.

10x is about equal to a 200mm lense on a regular slr 35mm camera.

Nice camera!

rogue · Post by **rogue** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:24 am

I'm in love with the Nikon D70, myself. I've always loved SLR's and Nikon has always made top notch stuff. I'll probably get it once the kit falls below $1k. The Digital Rebel is nice, but I don't like the way it looks and handles, and that it comes with a pretty subpar objective.

d_b · Post by **d_b** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:57 pm

I really like my Kodak instamatic.

I have a sony P32 or something like that. Which I could justify getting a better digicam but I can't.

DaMan -You going to post the pics from the game?

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:51 pm

ok here they are, I suck as a photographer.........My daughter took a couple as well.
It was American Girl Day at Yankee Stadium. American Girl is a brand of Doll that is popular now and the stadium gave away 14,000 yankee doll outfits to the first 14,000 girls in attendance. We got 80.00 seats five rows from third base. Awesome view of the game. My kid had a blast.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:13 pm

all i want to know DaMaN is who won the game

d_b · Post by **d_b** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:26 pm

whats wrong with those pictures? they look good to me. If you want to see bad photography you should see my pictures.

I know what's wrong now, no cheerleaders.

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:41 pm

bell, Yankees lost 5-4 but was exciting until the very last out.

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:06 pm

Hey yall I decide to pick this up instead of the digital rebel:

The PowerShot S1 IS

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/s1is.html

I could not justify to myself spending that much for a camera. I know I will graduate to a digital SLR later but for now this will do as far as an upgrade is concerned. I am not as knowledgeable as Blade and Billygoat and some of you folks so I gues this camera will be my next stepping stone

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:16 pm

dayem,,, that's 1 fine-lookin' digi.
always did favor Canon's.

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