camera question to the Photographers- Wes, Danno, et al...

Post by **Crankmas** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:41 am

also check out the Nikon D-40, you can get the kit set-up and have system capabilities

Post by **dbrayack** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:46 am

If I were to go the SLR path Hugh, I would definitely look at the D40 or D40x....even the D80, but those get pricy and you have to buy lenses as well.

Post by JR » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:22 pm

sherpa wrote:i just recently got an olympus stylus 790. 7.1 mp. waterproof to 10 feet. shockproof to about 5 feet. video at 30 fps. the thing is basically invincible and takes awesome video and stills. small and light too. it runs 300 i think

SCIN proved that nothing is indestructable. I had a similar Olympus "indestructable" camera. I asked him to take my picture and he was like how do you turn it on. I told him just slid open the front. He ripped the entire sliding door completely off. I still get a chuckle out of thinking about his attempt to recover all the little springs that flew everywhere.

Post by **Jay** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:55 pm

Ditto again on the waterproof/shockproof Olympus cameras- They can definitely stand up to real abuse (within reason), and you don't have to worry as much about shooting w/ chalk on your hands, as you can literally dunk them to clean them. Big screen, nice image quality, video with sound, and they're barproof! Although for dedicated climbing shooting, I certainly wouldn't mind something a little wider...

Post by **Wes** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:26 pm

I have recommend the same digicam as I want to get - canon S3IS, and you can pick them up pretty cheap. I really wish I had one with me now, as a full sized dSLR and a big lens are not super fun to lug around mouseland...

Post by **the lurkist** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:06 pm

thanks for all the input. good stuff. there are a lot of choices just in the point and shoot less than $300 range.

Post by **ashtray** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:01 pm

lurkist, f the point and shoot. go buy an slr, and come take some pictures of me before i lose my looks. oops, too late. in the short time it took to type this, i went all haggard and beat down looking. sheeze. thanks for nuthin. happy a merry freakin christmas, beeatch. and the same for your super awesome wife and wicked cool kids.

and regarding your tag line. just cause i find you all hot and could stare into your dreamy eyes all day does not mean that i am homo-erotic.

Post by **spuzo** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:33 pm

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse410/

Santa was good to me! This thing takes great pictures. I took a pic of the kid and it's so clear and amazing you want to reach out and wipe the shiny bead of drool off her chin! The nice thing about this camera is the scene settings. For me at work, it's quick and easy and there are like 20 to choose from, including nature macro settings and underwater settings including an underwater macro (waterproof housing needed of course). I haven't taken a bad picture with this. The flash is good and the two lens that come in the kit are great to start with. It can be made fully manual as well if you want to do tricky things with the shutter and so on.
Another trick to getting a good price is look for floor models...check them over and ask for a discount...you should get AT LEAST 10% off floor models...and can usually get a little more if you're good at that sort of thing.

Enjoy!

Post by **the lurkist** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:39 pm

ashtray wrote:lurkist, f the point and shoot. go buy an slr, and come take some pictures of me before i lose my looks. oops, too late. in the short time it took to type this, i went all haggard and beat down looking. sheeze. thanks for nuthin. happy a merry freakin christmas, beeatch. and the same for your super awesome wife and wicked cool kids.

and regarding your tag line. just cause i find you all hot and could stare into your dreamy eyes all day does not mean that i am homo-erotic.

You are still a strapped stallion. While I know you covet my hotness in a platonic bro love kind of way, this totally smacks of homo eroticism. Sorry. Any one want to talk about power tools? (tools? You people are sick!)