Speaking of which, what inexpensive digital camera do you recommend? I'm talking cheap. I've got to do some research on Consumer's Reports. I've heard Canon has a nice, inexpensive, easy to use camera.
That's how I started. I asked someone to trust me with something I couldn't replace so I could figure out how I used a camera. What will you use it for? Who is your audience? Where will you store the pictures? How much control do you have to manipulate them once the image is rendered?
About this camera (http://www.digitalsaver.com/stores.asp?productid=25513):
Nikon 5400 purchased in mid 2004 (last years model? - on ebay) for $350 (included shipping . . . now <$220, whoa!) 4x optical zoom (higher is better, nevermind digital zoom because it's crap and not very worthy of consideration when making a purchase) 5 megapixel (5 million pixels, or less per exposure), 15 presets, including short quiktime movie, b/w, automatic and manual settings, etc, etc. It has a 1½ x 1" LCD display (that swivels!. .. and I thought I'd never use that feature and I Love it!) The only things I'd currently want for on this camera are interchangeable lenses, a higher optical zoom rating, and an indefinite aperture time (this one is between 1/4000 of a second and 10 minutes - I wish I could leave the shutter open all night long . . . ) but I can do basically everything I want to with it. Also I have Photoshop, a lot of disc space to burn and a high school education about general photography (the only class I took in high school that I learned anything from!) and a kid who's a total ham when she wants to be.
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Date: 2005-10-18 04:41 am (UTC)thanks for that.. it was good for me in this late swimming evening.
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Date: 2005-10-18 04:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-18 05:40 am (UTC)what-ever.
:p
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Date: 2005-10-18 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-18 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-20 02:22 am (UTC)Speaking of which, what inexpensive digital camera do you recommend? I'm talking cheap. I've got to do some research on Consumer's Reports. I've heard Canon has a nice, inexpensive, easy to use camera.
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Date: 2005-10-20 04:19 am (UTC)That's how I started. I asked someone to trust me with something I couldn't replace so I could figure out how I used a camera. What will you use it for? Who is your audience? Where will you store the pictures? How much control do you have to manipulate them once the image is rendered?
About this camera (http://www.digitalsaver.com/stores.asp?productid=25513):
Nikon 5400 purchased in mid 2004 (last years model? - on ebay) for $350 (included shipping . . . now <$220, whoa!) 4x optical zoom (higher is better, nevermind digital zoom because it's crap and not very worthy of consideration when making a purchase) 5 megapixel (5 million pixels, or less per exposure), 15 presets, including short quiktime movie, b/w, automatic and manual settings, etc, etc. It has a 1½ x 1" LCD display (that swivels!. .. and I thought I'd never use that feature and I Love it!) The only things I'd currently want for on this camera are interchangeable lenses, a higher optical zoom rating, and an indefinite aperture time (this one is between 1/4000 of a second and 10 minutes - I wish I could leave the shutter open all night long . . . ) but I can do basically everything I want to with it. Also I have Photoshop, a lot of disc space to burn and a high school education about general photography (the only class I took in high school that I learned anything from!) and a kid who's a total ham when she wants to be.
Still wanna borrow it?
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Date: 2006-04-23 10:02 pm (UTC)