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peter90

#15
January 13, 2008, 07:14:04 PM
Quote from: Luminance;218638I'm thinking of buying a Canon 400D, but i don't know what price range you want.

I was thinking about somewhere under £300

Luminance

#16
January 13, 2008, 08:25:58 PM
Then you could go with the previous model (Canon 350D) its pretty good (ask Marduk, he has one). At this moment its about 350-400 euros

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January 14, 2008, 08:47:27 AM
Is this the RAW thingy?
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January 14, 2008, 09:15:03 AM
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#19
January 14, 2008, 09:29:20 AM
Quote from: BigFatCat;218762Is this the RAW thingy?

Yes.  The page has moved, but there is a list of supported cameras.  Last I checked, the S5 was not supported (yet, someone was working on the firmware dump).

Ah, here it is: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Downloads
#!/usr/bin/admin
use warnings;
use strict;
use boot;

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Cadaver

#20
January 14, 2008, 09:48:12 AM
Quote from: Luminance;218638I'm thinking of buying a Canon 400D, but i don't know what price range you want.

IMHO I'd hold off for a wee while if you can.  If you'd have bought one between 01/Oct/07 - 31/Dec/07, then Canon were doing a cashback offer.  I got £50 off mine when I bought it in November.
 
You'll be paying the full RRP for a 400D just now.  The 400D was released back in August 2006, and a replacement is widely expected to be announced this year.  Once that happens the 400D prices will drop, and you should be able to pick one up for a decent price.
 
Unless you have to have the very latest of everything that is... :)
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#21
January 14, 2008, 09:58:27 AM
FWIW my first digital camera was a Sony point-and-shoot DSC-V1 before I bought my 400D. It was a great little camera, but in the end I started to feel limited by it and wanted to go SLR to improve my photography.
 
There's a whole heap of decent P&S cameras for under £300 these days. Don't restrict yourself to just Canon or Sony - e.g. the Panasonic Lumix range get excellent reviews also. Check out http://www.dpreview.com for some unbiased reviews.
 
Work out what you personally want from a camera, and buy the one that offers the features to meet your needs - that's really the best advice I can give.
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#22
January 14, 2008, 05:23:36 PM
I just tried setting my S3 up with the pseudo-firmware hack as listed earlier.

Got a spare SanDisk Extreme III 2GB SD card, so I copied the stuff and found the ALT menu and made the card bootable, etc. Restarted the camera with the locked SD card in it, loaded the new FW automatically and allowed me to shoot a RAW pic to the card.

Installed dng4ps2 and did the conversion voodoo. Double-clicked the resulting DNG and PhotoShop popped with it's RAW tool, and then opened it in the main window, complete with EXIF data from the usual JPG the camera would save.

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#23
December 08, 2011, 08:31:45 AM
The Panasonic G series are a good starting point (on price vs quality) but if you want something great, you'll need to spend £400-500. The Canon EOS 1100D (Rebel) or the Nikon D3100 are both good starter DSLR's and have great built-in guides. Handy for photo noobs!

You can also pick up some good camera bodies and lens second hand. Most photographers are religious about keeping equipment in good condition and often sell lens when they buy newer or better models. Don't be afraid to look on eBay. Just do your homework first.
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