digital camera's

Started by CJ-IROCZ, January 12, 2008, 12:51:14 PM

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CJ-IROCZ

January 12, 2008, 12:51:14 PM
Looking to buy my first digital camera and was wondering what you would recommend.


I've between £70 - £150 to buy one so i appreciate i'll only get an entre level camera

CJ-IROCZ

#1
January 12, 2008, 01:14:43 PM

F Body

#2
January 12, 2008, 01:22:07 PM
Wouldn't have thought you'd need 7.2 million pixels ?

All my web shots are taken using a 2 million pixel credit card sized casio

You'll pay top dollar for Sony as well

I only two issues with it, one because of it's tiny size the flash is very poor and it hasn't got a zoom lens

Umm they do zoom versions now

http://exilim.casio.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://exilim.casio.com/

Kenny

#3
January 12, 2008, 01:28:06 PM
the best compact camera out at the mo is fuji f50fd. photos look amazing, even when compared to dslr. £144 from amazon

CJ-IROCZ

#4
January 12, 2008, 01:54:54 PM
Thta casio looks a little corker

HardRockCamaro

#5
January 12, 2008, 01:55:34 PM
Casio Exilims are great.  I have a 3 year old one and it kicks arse.

They're small, thin, well made and can be used fully automatic or you can use one of over 30 preset settings (sunset, portrait etc) to get a slightly better picture, or you can even put them on full manual and do whatever you want when you learn how.  They also make great movies and the battery lasts for several hundred shots.

The Casio EX-V75 is available for, Argos for £99 so well within your budget but if you can stretch it I'd suggest  spending a little more to get more zoom and an image stabiliser.

The newer Casio Ex-V7 is available for around £135 online.
7 million pixels, image stabiliser (to stop camera shake), 7x OPTICAL zoom and so on.

The latest version of this is the Ex-V8 (yay V8!) and gives you 8 million pixels and some minor improvements.  This is available for about £170 online.


Here is a review of the Casio Ex-V7 by a proper photographer who has several high end (read thouysands of pounds worth) of high end cameras.  He has one and loves it.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/casio/ex-v7.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.kenrockwell.com/casio/ex-v7.htm

CJ-IROCZ

#7
January 12, 2008, 02:16:41 PM
its a refurb though

Incursus

#8
January 12, 2008, 02:22:13 PM
Quoting: HardRockCamaro
Casio Exilims are great. I have a 3 year old one and it kicks arse.


Ditto got a EX-Z4. Has served me well for good few years. till titsy scratched the screen

art b

#9
January 12, 2008, 02:56:07 PM
ive got a fujifilm Z5, nice camera,around the 100 bucks mark,try amazon

they all seem to have shed load of megapixels these days...?
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

Gator

#10
January 12, 2008, 04:38:23 PM
Craig never realised this was your id on here

art b

#12
January 12, 2008, 07:10:42 PM
Quoting: Gator
Craig  never realised this was your id on here


pay attention...peckerhead..........
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

CJ-IROCZ

#14
January 13, 2008, 04:39:19 AM
Yep. good feedback too

CJ-IROCZ

#15
January 13, 2008, 04:39:40 AM
Quoting: Gator
Craig  never realised this was your id on here





tis me

art b

#16
January 13, 2008, 06:22:29 AM
7x optical zoom too,

so how do refurbs...work ,are they shop returns as theres no way they have been repaired and returned to the market...
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

CJ-IROCZ

#17
January 13, 2008, 01:56:04 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180203926062&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180203926062&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008

brought this. not a bad price , It comes with a 512md xd memory card as well. Its a cheap one that the wife can use to get the hang of and then i'll get something a bit better

It seems to have good reviews

art b

#18
January 13, 2008, 02:51:18 PM
had a few finepix/fuji cameras in our house,there are 4 of us, and thay have all been good,
our matt had an olympus one, it was unreliable and heavy
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

HardRockCamaro

#19
January 13, 2008, 03:59:49 PM
Fuji make excellent digital compacts.

I had one prior to my Casio and loved it.
In fact, I still have it in a drawer somewhere...


It's only 2 megapixels but the pictures off it are far better than the 5mp pictures off my SE K850i camera phone or the N95. Some camera phones (eg the ones listed) are very good, but only in bright light and stationary subjects.
I always have a sinking heart when I see people taking pics with camera phones of important events, particularly indoors or of action.  They're full of enthusiasm doing it and then they look at the screen to see what they've got and almost always look disappointed.


This was a paid for advertisment by HardRocks "Campaign for real cameras"

Gator

#20
January 14, 2008, 02:04:43 AM
megapixels mean nowt without a good lens

F Body

#21
January 14, 2008, 07:52:30 AM
Quoting: HardRockCamaro
This was a paid for advertisment by HardRocks "Campaign for real Camaro's"


You sure the 3rd Gen was a real Camaro


Quoting: Gator
megapixels mean nowt without a good lens



Indeed my 2 million pixel jobby is twice as good as the 5 million one
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