Faq For Digital Camera Shoppers - Page 3

Salt4Us · 12-11-2003, 02:23 PM

Thanks for this Travis, we've been shopping around for another camera, our Olympus 1.3 mp is good but really want something more now and since prices are dropping fast and all the Christmas specials out there we've really been looking. We both want one with interchangable lenses, are there any downfalls to having interchangable verses the non-interchangeable SLR Digital cameras? Thanks again for this board!

mwrager · 12-11-2003, 02:48 PM

Hello Salt4Us, I also havethe Olmpus 1.3 MP camera. I am looking at getting the Nikon 5700. But that is a lot of $.

Travis · 12-11-2003, 04:34 PM

Hi salt4us, there's no such thing as an SLR camera without interchangeable lenses as far as I know.

Some P&S camera makers are marketing their higher-end models as "SLR-like." Don't buy into this marketing, it either IS an SLR or it's NOT.

The interchangeable lenses of SLR cameras is a huge plus. The problem is, that huge plus comes at a huge premium.

Travis

johnlewis · 12-11-2003, 06:42 PM

I've got the Olympus C-740 UZ the one from the zoom, zoom zoom commercial. I am happy with it it has a 10x optical with a macro and super macro down to about 1.2". I just picked up a tripod and need to get in some more practice so I can shoot like Travis, I have MS Digital Image Pro which has many of the features of Photoshop but just can't let the cash go for Photoshop.

BoomerD · 12-11-2003, 07:00 PM

Great thread Travis! Karma atcha!
Wish I had known some of this before I bought my
Super-Fabulous Fujifilm FinePix 2650!

It does have adjustable white balance & macro with a minimum focusing distance of 3.9", and 2.0 Mp Wanted one of the Olympus 8 or 10X optical zoom cameras, but not in the budget at the time, and I've gotten back into fish, so the disposable income buget has shrunk in a serious way!

Jakets · 12-11-2003, 09:24 PM

Hey Travis,
One thing I would also like to add to "Faq For Digital Camera Shoppers" is the refresh time of the camera. This is the time it takes from when the button is pushed until the picture is taken. I have a Fuji 602Z the time is instant. I also have a Kodak 6440 the time is 1.4 seconds. That does not seem like a long time but it make it impossible to shoot anything in my tank as the subject has moved after I composed my picture.
I believe that most Canon and Fuji Cameras have very fast refresh times. I have not tested the Nikon, Minolta, Sony, or Olympus

Jason

reefrunner · 12-11-2003, 10:00 PM

Quote:

I have not tested the Nikon

Hey Jackets, not sure if this is what your talking about or not....but I was playing with my Nikon CP 995 the other day and took some pics using the highest resolution (saved in .tiff) and from the time the picture was taken until it was ready to take another pic was about 5-10 seconds. When saving that much info to a compact flash card it takes forever.

Jakets · 12-11-2003, 10:44 PM

Sorry I knew when I wrote that I may have been unclear.

The refresh rate of the Digital camera refers to the time the camera needs to prepare for an image. Meaning you push the button and the camera has a pause then the picture is captured. Each camera has to analyze the light hitting the CCD (CMOS) and determine how to capture the image the best way possible. But of course the speed at which it can do this analyzing is the Pause.

I imaging the Nikon's will not have a problem.

Am I making sense of just babbling

J

Bean · 12-12-2003, 12:46 AM

I bought the Canon Digital Rebel a few weeks ago and am totally pleased with it... I spent $899 and it came with a pretty fast auto focus Lens. It would be worth while to take a look at it if your going to spend anywhere in that price range on a point and shoot Camera, it is an SLR, but dont that scare you it is very easy to use, and you always have the option to put some more expensive glass on it.

Scooterman · 12-12-2003, 09:25 AM

Take it for a grain of salt because I shot these the very first day getting the Canon G5! They are reduced in size to ease the pain of big file sizes.

Scooterman · 12-12-2003, 09:26 AM

Travis, thank you for your help!

Craig Manoukian · 12-12-2003, 10:10 AM

Geat shots, Scooterman. That Sailfin looks very much like mine!

Salt4Us · 12-22-2003, 02:54 PM

Thank you so much Travis, we ended up getting a Minolta DiMage Z1, 3.2 mega pixels, 10x optical/ 4x digital, has a great macro down to 4cm. We ended up getting it yesterday, great price of 349 which included the camera, a 16 mb card which isn't much, but also as a bonus the place we bought it from is giving us a tripod, a case and an addition card.

Thanks again for all the help! We'll save up for the interchangable lense one some day but this one is great compared to our 1.3 mp

Travis · 12-22-2003, 04:37 PM

Sounds like a great find, glad people are finding my advice useful.

Scooterman, that G5 puts out some very nice image quality. Metering/color repro/sharpness look great, and you did a nice job making them work toward great shots! Looking forward to seeing more.

T

Craig Manoukian · 12-22-2003, 04:55 PM

Just read the reviews on the Minolta DiMage Z1 and found it on-line at $330. Sounds like Salt4Us found a super deal!

If Travis gives this camera a thumbs up will definitely consider it!

12-11-2003, 02:48 PM	#32 (permalink)
mwrager Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert AZ Posts: 1,068 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hello Salt4Us, I also havethe Olmpus 1.3 MP camera. I am looking at getting the Nikon 5700. But that is a lot of $. __________________ Mark Some days I realy feel old! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner3.gif

12-11-2003, 04:34 PM	#33 (permalink)
Travis Smilie Bartender Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,330 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Hi salt4us, there's no such thing as an SLR camera without interchangeable lenses as far as I know. Some P&S camera makers are marketing their higher-end models as "SLR-like." Don't buy into this marketing, it either IS an SLR or it's NOT. The interchangeable lenses of SLR cameras is a huge plus. The problem is, that huge plus comes at a huge premium. Travis __________________ Help build the Encyclopedia of ReefKeeping Find over 1400 Reef Aquarium Articles at The Reef Aquarium Index

12-11-2003, 09:24 PM	#36 (permalink)
Jakets Fire Coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hey Travis, One thing I would also like to add to "Faq For Digital Camera Shoppers" is the refresh time of the camera. This is the time it takes from when the button is pushed until the picture is taken. I have a Fuji 602Z the time is instant. I also have a Kodak 6440 the time is 1.4 seconds. That does not seem like a long time but it make it impossible to shoot anything in my tank as the subject has moved after I composed my picture. I believe that most Canon and Fuji Cameras have very fast refresh times. I have not tested the Nikon, Minolta, Sony, or Olympus Jason __________________ 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. ZEOvit System, Bubble king 300Ext, PM CAreactor, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Blog

12-11-2003, 10:44 PM	#38 (permalink)
Jakets Fire Coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sorry I knew when I wrote that I may have been unclear. The refresh rate of the Digital camera refers to the time the camera needs to prepare for an image. Meaning you push the button and the camera has a pause then the picture is captured. Each camera has to analyze the light hitting the CCD (CMOS) and determine how to capture the image the best way possible. But of course the speed at which it can do this analyzing is the Pause. I imaging the Nikon's will not have a problem. Am I making sense of just babbling J __________________ 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. ZEOvit System, Bubble king 300Ext, PM CAreactor, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Blog

12-12-2003, 09:25 AM	#40 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,179 View Gallery Karma Komment	Take it for a grain of salt because I shot these the very first day getting the Canon G5! They are reduced in size to ease the pain of big file sizes. __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

12-11-2003, 02:23 PM	#31 (permalink)
Salt4Us Tunicate Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 14 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks for this Travis, we've been shopping around for another camera, our Olympus 1.3 mp is good but really want something more now and since prices are dropping fast and all the Christmas specials out there we've really been looking. We both want one with interchangable lenses, are there any downfalls to having interchangable verses the non-interchangeable SLR Digital cameras? Thanks again for this board!

12-11-2003, 06:42 PM	#34 (permalink)
johnlewis Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton, MI USA Posts: 448 View Gallery Karma Komment	I've got the Olympus C-740 UZ the one from the zoom, zoom zoom commercial. I am happy with it it has a 10x optical with a macro and super macro down to about 1.2". I just picked up a tripod and need to get in some more practice so I can shoot like Travis, I have MS Digital Image Pro which has many of the features of Photoshop but just can't let the cash go for Photoshop.

12-11-2003, 07:00 PM	#35 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,248 View Gallery Karma Komment	Great thread Travis! Karma atcha! Wish I had known some of this before I bought my Super-Fabulous Fujifilm FinePix 2650! It does have adjustable white balance & macro with a minimum focusing distance of 3.9", and 2.0 Mp Wanted one of the Olympus 8 or 10X optical zoom cameras, but not in the budget at the time, and I've gotten back into fish, so the disposable income buget has shrunk in a serious way!

12-12-2003, 12:46 AM	#39 (permalink)
Bean Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6 View Gallery Karma Komment	I bought the Canon Digital Rebel a few weeks ago and am totally pleased with it... I spent $899 and it came with a pretty fast auto focus Lens. It would be worth while to take a look at it if your going to spend anywhere in that price range on a point and shoot Camera, it is an SLR, but dont that scare you it is very easy to use, and you always have the option to put some more expensive glass on it.

12-12-2003, 09:26 AM	#41 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,179 View Gallery Karma Komment	Travis, thank you for your help! __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

12-12-2003, 10:10 AM	#42 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 15,744 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Geat shots, Scooterman. That Sailfin looks very much like mine! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-22-2003, 02:54 PM	#43 (permalink)
Salt4Us Tunicate Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 14 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thank you so much Travis, we ended up getting a Minolta DiMage Z1, 3.2 mega pixels, 10x optical/ 4x digital, has a great macro down to 4cm. We ended up getting it yesterday, great price of 349 which included the camera, a 16 mb card which isn't much, but also as a bonus the place we bought it from is giving us a tripod, a case and an addition card. Thanks again for all the help! We'll save up for the interchangable lense one some day but this one is great compared to our 1.3 mp

12-22-2003, 04:37 PM	#44 (permalink)
Travis Smilie Bartender Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,330 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Sounds like a great find, glad people are finding my advice useful. Scooterman, that G5 puts out some very nice image quality. Metering/color repro/sharpness look great, and you did a nice job making them work toward great shots! Looking forward to seeing more. T __________________ Help build the Encyclopedia of ReefKeeping Find over 1400 Reef Aquarium Articles at The Reef Aquarium Index

12-22-2003, 04:55 PM	#45 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 15,744 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Just read the reviews on the Minolta DiMage Z1 and found it on-line at $330. Sounds like Salt4Us found a super deal! If Travis gives this camera a thumbs up will definitely consider it! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

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