Comments on: Question?: Which Camera Should I Get? http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/09/17/question-which-camera-should-i-get/ Digital Photography Tips, Techniques, and Tutorials Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rob Nunn http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/09/17/question-which-camera-should-i-get/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 Rob Nunn Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:21:55 +0000 http://www.yourphototips.com/?p=349#comment-1780 I can only talk about my camera, the Fujifilm S5700 (S700 in the States), and I have to say I think its brilliant - small, but with a 10x zoom plus excellent macro, full manual control plus all the point and shoot eae of use too. Custom white ballance, spot / multi photometry, you can change the auto-focus point, auto brackets, shoots B&W, live histogram, shake warning... the list goes on. Obviously it sounds like Lara doesn't want these advanced features now, but if she fancies being well prepared for the control of a dSLR in the future, for $154 I don't think you could go far wrong - plus have the spare cash for a camera bag, tripod, spare batteries, memory card, polarising filter and maybe a copy of Elements. Cheers, Rob. I can only talk about my camera, the Fujifilm S5700 (S700 in the States), and I have to say I think its brilliant - small, but with a 10x zoom plus excellent macro, full manual control plus all the point and shoot eae of use too.

Custom white ballance, spot / multi photometry, you can change the auto-focus point, auto brackets, shoots B&W, live histogram, shake warning… the list goes on.

Obviously it sounds like Lara doesn’t want these advanced features now, but if she fancies being well prepared for the control of a dSLR in the future, for $154 I don’t think you could go far wrong - plus have the spare cash for a camera bag, tripod, spare batteries, memory card, polarising filter and maybe a copy of Elements.

Cheers, Rob.

]]> By: Damien Franco http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/09/17/question-which-camera-should-i-get/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 Damien Franco Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:57:18 +0000 http://www.yourphototips.com/?p=349#comment-1762 I agree the_wolf_brigade that ease of use is very important. At times, when people ask me about point and shoots and they aren't an enthusiast or hobbyist I have to balance "ease of use" with "probability of use". I tend to recommend smaller cameras that will fit in pockets or purses so that those people are more prone to actually carrying the camera around with them. Of course these things are really hard to answer because most people don't truly know what they want out of a camera. I feel, and I may be wrong, that marketing tactics have caused such a fuss over "features" when most people just want a camera that is both easy to carry and easy to use. FYI - I never mind links in comment posts as long as they are relevant to the conversation. You know I don't mind links to Brian's blog or any other reputable photography blog. I can't write about everything at once after all! I agree the_wolf_brigade that ease of use is very important. At times, when people ask me about point and shoots and they aren’t an enthusiast or hobbyist I have to balance “ease of use” with “probability of use”. I tend to recommend smaller cameras that will fit in pockets or purses so that those people are more prone to actually carrying the camera around with them.

Of course these things are really hard to answer because most people don’t truly know what they want out of a camera. I feel, and I may be wrong, that marketing tactics have caused such a fuss over “features” when most people just want a camera that is both easy to carry and easy to use.

FYI - I never mind links in comment posts as long as they are relevant to the conversation. You know I don’t mind links to Brian’s blog or any other reputable photography blog. I can’t write about everything at once after all!

]]> By: the_wolf_brigade http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/09/17/question-which-camera-should-i-get/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 the_wolf_brigade Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:28:42 +0000 http://www.yourphototips.com/?p=349#comment-1755 I have a Fuji Finepix S6500fd, which while bulky, does an amazing job. The little versions of the finepix perform well too. The thing I would suggest looking at is the ease of menu. I have chunky fingers so I hate going through too many buttons. On the finepix everything I need is only one button away - ISO, flash, macro mode. It makes switching between subjects a lot easier! In the event that anyone has any questions about film cameras, Brian has a whole lot about them over <a href="http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/09/17/80-film-cameras-for-under-50-dollars/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on Epic Edits. (Hope you don't mind the link?) I have a Fuji Finepix S6500fd, which while bulky, does an amazing job. The little versions of the finepix perform well too.

The thing I would suggest looking at is the ease of menu. I have chunky fingers so I hate going through too many buttons. On the finepix everything I need is only one button away - ISO, flash, macro mode. It makes switching between subjects a lot easier!

In the event that anyone has any questions about film cameras, Brian has a whole lot about them over here on Epic Edits. (Hope you don’t mind the link?)

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