Author Topic: Which camera would you recomend?? (Read 3676 times)

baggieboy · « **on:** May 22, 2007, 11:34:34 »

Hi there,

We are going to wembley on monday to watch West Brom return to the premiership and wanted a new digital camera to take. We have between Â£150 and Â£250.

Does anyone on here recomend a certain camera which would produce excellent results in that price range ?

thanks

tim · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:49:26 »

A camera JUST for Wembley??

Digital or SLR?

Yesterday's ideas - both 5 star choices.

Fuji Fine Pix F40fd Â£200
Sony Cybershot T100 Â£250

Melbourne12 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:53:09 »

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-CANON-POWERSHOT-S3-IS-6MP-DIGITAL-VIDEO-CAMERA-2GB_W0QQitemZ290119019918QQihZ019QQcategoryZ31388QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've got one of these (I realise that you haven't got time to order it mail order, but it was the easiest link I could find)

It's absolutely super. The one disadvantage is that it's quite large (like an old-fashioned camera), rather than one of these super-slim things.

baggieboy · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:56:47 »

thanks for the replys , not just for wembly Tim but told my GF needed a new one to fit the ground on ;D

northener · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2007, 12:44:49 »

Hope they do it Baggie so the 7-0 thumping you gave us was justified. I'd go Fuji. 1st digital i had much better than the canon i have now. PC world doing a good one less then Â£100. Have a good un

prink13 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2007, 13:38:54 »

No t ahuge help - but my advise is, if you are after a new Digital SLR, stick with whoever made your old SLR, as generally the lenses etc. will fir the new digital

Kathi ;)

tim · « **Reply #6 on:** May 22, 2007, 16:56:43 »

Are not digi-SLRs hugely expensive?

Melbourne12 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 22, 2007, 17:17:10 »

Quote from: tim on May 22, 2007, 16:56:43

Are not digi-SLRs hugely expensive?

You can get makes like Panasonic within baggieboy's budget, but I've no idea of the quality. They don't have removable lenses, but typically a zoom lens. I'd rather have a decent lens from Canon or Nikon and a viewfinder.

And prink13, it's been a while since I bought a serious camera, and my "nice" kit is still all 35mm film, but I thought that digital SLRs needed different focal length lenses from 35mm ones? So even if the lenses physically fit, they won't be much use.

tim · « **Reply #8 on:** May 22, 2007, 17:31:51 »

Can't recall price, but ours are Fuji S5600 & Canon PowerShot S1IS.

Our older Canon A70 has a wide angle lens which I use a lot. But the lens is not transferrable.

I would LOVE a through the lens digi-camera - SO much more critical.

Georgie · « **Reply #9 on:** May 22, 2007, 18:27:16 »

Can I suggest that you check your ticket terms and conditions carefully. Cameras were not allowed at the cup final. >:(

G x

tim · « **Reply #10 on:** May 22, 2007, 20:10:53 »

That might save you a penny or two?

baggieboy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2007, 22:59:58 »

is that right georgie :-\ never crossed my mind

Georgie · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2007, 14:24:36 »

I'm afraid so. No doubt it's designed so that Wembley can make even more money by charging outrageous prices for 'official' photographs. >:(

G x

redimp · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2007, 14:29:36 »

In which case you want a small one so you can smuggle it unnoticed.

PS - I should have been there today - we wuz robbed ;D

Obelixx · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2007, 15:05:20 »

We have a Panasonic Lumix with 12x optical zoom. We chose it because I am used to an SLR and like to use an eye piece to view shots - also saves me searching for reading glasses to use the LCD display which OH prefers. It's a bit bigger than the f*g packet types so I'm going to have to get a new summer handbag.......

If I ever save the pennies - gardening goodies tend to come first - I will by a digital body to go with all the lenses for my old Minolta SLR. A friend did that with his Nikon and has had no problems with his lenses.

redimp · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2007, 13:31:57 »

I plan to do the same by buying a Pentax DSLR. At the moment I have a Pentax Optio 60 which is a bit rubbish at low light - don't know if the new models are any better.

MattyJC · « **Reply #16 on:** May 27, 2007, 13:47:24 »

Cant fault the Sony digi cams. Had a few and they have always been most reliable. As a personal thing, I prefer a camera with the rechargeable batteries. The OH compact just eats AA batteries, which adds to you running costs no end.

Obbelix, I upgraded from my Minolta SLR to the Sony Alpha SLR and I cant fault it. I had a sigma 70-300mm lens and it works perfectly, as do some other minolta lenses. Ive had some very good results...the link to my photo page is on here, so have a look!

Regards

Matt

mc55 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 27, 2007, 16:52:51 »

I got a Canon Ixus 850IS for my birthday - it is a thing of beauty and has a huge screen, can't wait to try it out at the lottie

DadnDom · « **Reply #18 on:** May 27, 2007, 23:37:15 »

I can reccomend the Canon 350d. Head and shoulders above it's rivals as far as quality is concerned.

Obelixx · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2007, 13:43:46 »

Thanks for that MattyJC, but I can't find the link to your photos. Could you point me?

Here are mine - http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/obelixxbe/my_photos - which includes albums of gardens visited and Chelsea as well as my own plot.

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