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MarJay But it's British!
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Posted: 16:59 - 05 Mar 2006 Post subject: Digital Cameras - Help! |
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Hello,
My girlfriend has offered to buy me a Digital Camera for my birthday. I know absolutely zip about them.
My main priorities are:
A short shutter lag (the time between pushing the button and the photo being taken
must be under £200
I'm not all that bothered about how many megapixels it is, but ideally I'd like the best I can get for the money and with a fast reaction time. Also I would like it to be small, but this isn't essential. I have also noticed that some cameras now are LCD display only... I'd like it to have a viewfinder, but I guess this is related to the reaction time. If the reaction time is fast enough then I don't mind.
Can anyone suggest a camera or two that might fit the bill? ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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biker-dj Spanner Monkey
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Posted: 17:30 - 05 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Just one of many there are on the market, but I bought my wife a Fuji finepix E550 it cost 150 quid and IMO a very competant, average priced camera. It's got about 6.1 megapixels which is credible, a zoom lens although offhand I cant think of exact specs, fully automatic with settings for landscape, sports, portrait and night time and aperture and shutter speed settings to give you more control with integral flash. If you do a search under random banter - topic about cameras I have attached a photo taken with this camera file name Zante. Hope this helps ____________________ Ride with the music! |
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MarJay But it's British!
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Posted: 20:43 - 05 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Well a review of the X1 I read said it had a really bad shutter time lag...
This one has a short lag in reviews...
https://www.ajelectronics.co.uk/ViewProdDetails.asp?Prod_code=DMCFX1Silver
Anyway Sarah probably won't want to buy online, so I'll probably pop into Jessops tomorrow and ask them. ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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Posted: 21:53 - 05 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Hi
Shutter lag on the digital SLRs is pretty much non existant. But they are bulky and inconvenient for much of the time.
How big do you want the pictures? Even a 1.3mp camera will produce an image bigger than the screen resolution I am using now. 3mp will give you a reasonable A4 print, so after that you are after a decent lense on it. Higher pixel count is more to do with marketing than actual picture quality.
Seperate optical viewfinders are better in some ways, but then you land up having a difference between what you are seeing and what the camera is seeing.
My little old Canon A10 is fine for snaps and has an optical viewfinder. Might be worth checking the newer equivalents (about 5 generations newer) which are around £200.
All the best
Keith ____________________ Traxpics, track day and racing photographs - Bimota Forum - Bike performance / thrust graphs for choosing gearing |
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Posted: 13:51 - 06 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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https://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm?sort=ShutterLag
Here is a list of cameras and their measured shutter lag times. ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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Posted: 22:24 - 06 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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I think I've settled on a Casio model, one newer than the one that wins the lag test on the link above.
https://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/176609/art/casio/exilim-zoom-ex-z120-secur.html# ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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Look at the Konica Minolta as you mentioned, and along those lines see these camera's. Almost SLR sized but with nowehere near the features, or the cost.
Fujifilm Finepix S5600.
Olympus SP-500.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5.
Panasonic seem's to have gotten the best review out of those but it is automatic focus only. The fujifilm is very close and come's with a manual focus.
All of those can be had for between £200-250. ____________________ Pictorgraphicalfantastical |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 18 years, 93 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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