[P1] Cameras

[Robert Newman]

Angus Wallace wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Just to resurrect this thread...
>
> I'm thinking about the powershot series, but I'm also considering the 
> Olympus C-760 (or similar), which has a 10x optical zoom (which I 
> think would be a real asset). Does anyone have any experience with 
> this, or other cameras who can give me some advice?
>
> I'm not a photography buff, but think I'd like to play with manual 
> control of a camera, and I thought a 10x optical zoom would give 
> greater flexibility...
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> -Angus
>
> On 17/05/2004, at 10:02 AM, Larry Kollar wrote:
>
>>
>>>>> Myself, I chose to purchase the Canon Powershot A80, a 4 mp wonder 
>>>>> that I
>>>>> recommend highly. It works very well with my Canon i860 photo 
>>>>> printer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I second that recommendation. I have one as well. It's extremely 
>>>> versatile;
>>>> it has full auto mode, full manual mode, and just about anything in 
>>>> between.
>>>
>>
>> My in-laws took us with them to a reunion (so we could drive & take 
>> pix :-) last
>> night. I got a 128MB CF card at the same time I got the camera, and 
>> they had
>> me taking shots of each couple (about 20) and various mixes of 
>> people. Others
>> were doing the same & kept dropping out to swap film; I just kept 
>> shooting. It
>> really boggled them when I shut off the camera, pulled out the CF 
>> card, and
>> told them that's where all the pictures were.
>>
>> Only gripes with the A-series Powershots is the lack of a 2nd strap 
>> "eye" for
>> use with a neck strap (it only allows for a wrist strap) and I'd like 
>> it if the mode
>> selection dial wasn't so easy to knock to a different setting. (I'd 
>> absolutely
>> love it if the shutter & aperture settings had dial switches instead 
>> of using a
>> menu to set them too!)
>> -- 
>> Larry Kollar    k  o  l  l  a  r  @  a  l  l  t  e  l  .  n  e  t
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Hi:

I am a digital camera repair technician.  What ever you decide on do not 
let some jerk at a photo store looking for a commission, convince you 
otherwise.  Many will tell you that if you do not buy a 8 megapixel 
camera, you cannot print anything bigger than 4x6.  This is nonsense.  
Since we do warranties on most major camera brands, I have used almost 
everything out here.  The benefit of the larger megapixel cameras is if 
you need to crop.  When you crop you must blow up the resulting picture 
more.  If you crop out 50% of a 1280x960 image, you will have 640x480 
image, which probably could not be printed very big.  If you however, 
compose carefully, and just get as much of the picture that you need.  
You can print a 2.3 megapixel image up to 16X20.  People would not 
believe us, so we used my excellent Olympus UltraZoom 2100 which is a 
2.3 mp camera, and shot a macro of a water lilly.  We then had it blown 
up to 16x20 by a local lab, and mounted and framed.  Now people come in 
and are blown away by the image.  When they find out that it was with a 
2.3 mp camera, they are even more amazed.  The Olympus UZ2100 has a 10X 
optical zoom with image stabilization, and that stabilization makes a 
world of difference.  One other piece of advice.  Stick to the camera 
brands, i.e. Canon, Minolta, Pentax, Fuji, Olympus, etc. and avoid 
Epson, Panasonic, etc. as it is difficult to find a place that will 
repair them.  Avoid RCA, Emerson, and off brand digitals, as if it 
breaks outside of the warranty, you can just throw it a way. Even if it 
only has a broken battery cover, most of these brands (if you can locate 
them) do not sell parts outside of warranty.

Hope this helps,
Robert Newman