[HM] Re: Digital camera...

[David Crandon]

I haven't been following the whole thread, but here's another
consideration if it hasn't been mentioned yet.

The delay between pressing the shutter button and when the cameral
actually snaps the picture. If you take posed shots all the time, this
really doesn't matter. But if you take spontaneous photos (which in my
opinion are infinitely more interesting) this is a huge consideration.

With a traditional non-autofocus 35mm SLR, when you press the shutter
button, the picture is taken instantaneously. With an autofocus SLR or a
good compact autofocus 35mm, you may get a delay of a half second or so.
This is still OK for spontaneous pictures, although it can be too slow
for action shots.

With many of todays digital camera's, there can actually be a several
second delay. This can ruin spontaneous shots, and make the camera
useless for action pictures.

Sometimes manufactures will disclose this delay, sometimes it's part of
camera reviews. Interestingly, price does not seem to have a bearing on this.

David Crandon 

Jane Sprando wrote:
> 
> Carl, you bring up some excellent points about buying a simple camera to
> start with. I didn't know about the different memory formats, either!
> 
> I still have a beige G3 with SCSI interface. What would I need to upload my
> pictures?  (I'm holding out hope that I can buy a Mac after Christmas, but
> just to safe...)
> 
> jane
> 
> > From: Carl Smedberg <cws at heathrowcable.net>
> > Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:39:38 -0500
> > To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Subject: [HM] Re: Digital camera...
> >
> >> My family wants to give me a digital camera for Christmas, but I know
> >> nothing about them.
> >>
> >> I need your comments and opinions on what a good camera have/not have.
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> jane
> >
> > Jane,
> >
> > I would look into a simple megapixel Kodak like the DC240 off of ebay for
> > the following reasons...
> >
> > It will be pretty inexpensive and allow you to get started and learn what
> > features are important to you and what is not.
> >
> > A megapixel camera can still shoot great 4x6 prints and the images can be
> > sent as attachments pretty easily, even to your friends who don't have High
> > Speed internet service.
> >
> > A 5 megapixel camera is great, but if you only shoot snapshots, it's
> > overkill.
> >
> > When you finally learn more about digital photography and decide to upgrade,
> > you won't mind letting the kids use the camera that you learned on.
> >
> > I also have one more suggestion.  The Kodak's use Compact Flash cards, so do
> > the Nikons which is what I hope to eventually upgrade to...  Sony uses their
> > own memory sticks.  My dad has an Olympus, which uses the smart media cards.
> > I don't like the smart media cards because the contacts are exposed.  They
> > are smaller but...  So the suggestion is just to be aware of the memory
> > format requirements.  You may want to invest in digital film that you can
> > use with more than one camera.
> >
> > I have 2 sets of rechargeable batteries and have never been left needing
> > more power to shoot pictures.  I also have flash card reader connected to my
> > Mac.  Don't bother connecting the camera directly to the computer.
> >
> > Let us know how you make out!
> >
> >
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