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Forum Archive 2023 => dMw's Community Centre => Community Archive => Tablets, Mobiles, Cameras and Gadgets => Topic started by: chrisje on March 11, 2008, 08:50:37 AM

Title: New camera!
Post by: chrisje on March 11, 2008, 08:50:37 AM
Right guys, seems like theres plenty of members so im loooking for a bit of help.....:roflmao:

what im after is a digital camera for around £200 from either currys, argos, pc world, dixons, or woolworths.

im not too fussed on the pixels but i want a VERY good lens to capture some truly good shots of the scenery.

Reason im asking this is im going to Thailand in 5 weeks and it looks amazing, and from how much its cost me already (and i havent even got there!) i know its going to be something i wont be able to do often, so getting high quality pics is a must.

Thanks in advance,

An excited chrisje :woot2::woot2:
Title: New camera!
Post by: DuVeL on March 11, 2008, 09:11:35 AM
Have fun on the trip. I believe Toxteh (son of Blunt) is also on a worldtour amongst those regions.
 
Got to say that my favourite brand is Canon and especially the Powershots.
They're not to expensive but make great pictures, I'll see if I can add some pictures of my skiingtrip last week so you can see what I mean.
 
EDIT, here's one I took 2 years ago with a Powershot (hope the link works);
http://hyves.nl/index.php?l1=ut&l2=photo&l3=show&media_id=44646944&media_secret=_Flb
Title: New camera!
Post by: chrisje on March 11, 2008, 09:18:56 AM
thatd be great, thanks dude, youre most helpful :thumbsupsmileyanim:
Title: New camera!
Post by: Luminance on March 11, 2008, 09:52:03 AM
go for the Lumix :P
 
The dixons here in holland has the lumix .... FX-3 or something (i know its 10.1 megapixels) wich is around 219 euros :)
 
gr Lumi ;)
Title: New camera!
Post by: T-Bag on March 11, 2008, 10:20:21 AM
Lumix is a good spec camera, with a nice lense on it. Also I think Sony cameras generally come with pretty decent ones too.
Title: New camera!
Post by: chrisje on March 11, 2008, 10:38:43 AM
wicked, that pic you have duvel is pretty damn good. duvel is the super strong lager am i right? :eyebrow:
Title: New camera!
Post by: DuVeL on March 11, 2008, 11:07:25 AM
Quote from: chrisje;225472wicked, that pic you have duvel is pretty damn good. duvel is the super strong lager am i right? :eyebrow:

There's a few guys here on the forum that are actually really into making pictures (Whitey atleast) but they use more expensive cameras.
Mine is cheap but makes some really good pictures.
I might add some more tonight.
 
And yes, DuVeL as in the Belgian beer (although I'm Dutch). Got called a devil with a gun once while drinking and gaming. Gaming + my lovely Grolsch = Grolschhax TM. :flirty:
Title: New camera!
Post by: BigFatCat on March 11, 2008, 11:11:15 AM
Yes, my Powershot S3 is very good, and I've got a firmware update to enable shooting in RAW mode too.

I'd get a new semi compact with a stabilised 18x optical zoom. I played with the Panasonic in a shop in Vegas, I found it slow thought the zoom was good, there's also an Olympus in that bracket which I preferred.

I like the reviews here (http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_cameras.html).
Title: New camera!
Post by: Dr Sadako on March 11, 2008, 11:51:49 AM
http://www.steves-digicams.com/

This is THE site if you want to have good reviews and comparisons between cameras.
Title: New camera!
Post by: BigFatCat on March 11, 2008, 11:59:28 AM
AHA! The good doctor beaten by 40 minutes!!:yahoo:
Title: New camera!
Post by: Dr Sadako on March 11, 2008, 03:01:41 PM
Quote from: BigFatCat;225487AHA! The good doctor beat me for 40 minutes!!:yahoo:

Wow he seems to like it. :norty:
Title: New camera!
Post by: Jabbs on March 11, 2008, 08:19:33 PM
I too am looking for a camera (but for work)...I like the Lumix cameras but will also check out the link - cheers peeps!:D
Title: New camera!
Post by: DuVeL on March 13, 2008, 12:27:54 PM
A few more pictures made with my camera last week;
(http://85.17.151.150/204600001-204650000/204637601-204637700/204637637_6_mDqU.jpeg)
 
(http://85.17.225.32/204550001-204600000/204571801-204571900/204571854_6_pphs.jpeg)
 
And a picture made by King with my camera;
(http://85.17.225.32/204550001-204600000/204571801-204571900/204571856_6_ggtr.jpeg)
 
All pictures are amde with Auto-settings.
Title: New camera!
Post by: chrisje on March 13, 2008, 06:36:29 PM
duvel... what camera, canon powershot--- ?.. thats exactly what im looking for! :dribble:

what kind of money am i looking at for that? :g:
Title: New camera!
Post by: DuVeL on March 14, 2008, 08:40:11 AM
The Powershots are not that expensive.
Not sure which Powershot I currently have but the one I have probably can't be bought anymore as they keep updating the stuff.
Better check out the ones tht were given in the links.
 
Powershots are usually somewhere beween 140-200 Euros (I'm dutch so don't know the UK-prices) so they should suit your price.
 
Edit, just checked at a Dutchsite;
Canon Powershot A560 Serie  (http://www.koopdigitaal.nl/product_details.php?id_product=50866); 119 Euro. A580; 144 Euro.
Title: New camera!
Post by: BigFatCat on March 14, 2008, 08:53:34 AM
With the PowerShot A-Series, I find the optical zoom a bit lacking, the Ss have a much more flexible optical zoom, makes a huge difference. You pay more, but the Ss are a much more capable performer.

The wife has a Nikon CoolPix S-10 (http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/s10.html), which she likes and is quite decent, just not enough manual control for me, when I get all arty, luvvie.
Title: New camera!
Post by: Romus on March 17, 2008, 01:31:41 PM
Quote from: chrisje;225442im not too fussed on the pixels but i want a VERY good lens to capture some truly good shots of the scenery.
For Scenery pictures you could appreciate a wide angle lens. Canon Ixus 860IS has a bit wider angle than most pocket size cameras. I was considering it a few weeks ago, but bought another model because of better manual controls.
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