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It's been a long time since I've bought a new camera, and I now see
that haven't been keeping up with emerging technology.
I'm looking for an education / side-by side comparison of features.
Looking at websites, it seems some newer cameras are reviewed on each
site, but I'm looking more for a publication of all cameras on the
market. Does such a thing exist?
I know photography (film) and the only digital camera I've owned is my
Olympus Brio 1.3 megapixal p&s that just broke. I thought I was waiting
for dSLRs to come down in price to buy one, and was just going to
replace by broken camera with its equivalent to use until then and for
snapshots. I figured I'd buy something like this on eBay inexpensively.
1. I can't -- they're either also someone's broken camera, or more
expensive than I'd want to spend given that they have extra features
but not necesarily features I want. 2. Now that I see how many more
features have come to exist, I want to see if perhaps I can spend more
than I'd planned to, have more features that will meet my needs and
perhaps be able to fulfill any immediate need for a dSLR.
If anyone can point me in the right direction: I take close-ups of
objects without a flash. My largest problem is not enough light --
manual shutter speed and aperture settings would be great. At first I
thought the long zoom lenses would take care of the macro problem (that
the shutter just won't stay open long enough at close range), but I
realize I may still have the same light problem as I zoom in, and from
the reviews I read, camera-shake seems inevitable without a tripod. So,
I got to thinking if I were going to the trouble of looking at $300
cameras for their zoom ranges, I should look at ones that I can control
the aperture. As I am close up, I often get a focused center and blurry
outer. Do automatic digital cameras come with these manual overrides?
FWIW, I prefer a heavier camera; I can hold it more steadily, with both
hands, and I don't care for the feel of a camera the size of a credit
card. I also like an optical range finder (view field? sorry, don't
know what to call it).
I apologize for the long post. Any suggestions about cameras or where
to read about cameras? (I take many snapshots too, so I do like to own
an automatic.)
Thank you.
It's been a long time since I've bought a new camera, and I now see
that haven't been keeping up with emerging technology.
I'm looking for an education / side-by side comparison of features.
Looking at websites, it seems some newer cameras are reviewed on each
site, but I'm looking more for a publication of all cameras on the
market. Does such a thing exist?
I know photography (film) and the only digital camera I've owned is my
Olympus Brio 1.3 megapixal p&s that just broke. I thought I was waiting
for dSLRs to come down in price to buy one, and was just going to
replace by broken camera with its equivalent to use until then and for
snapshots. I figured I'd buy something like this on eBay inexpensively.
1. I can't -- they're either also someone's broken camera, or more
expensive than I'd want to spend given that they have extra features
but not necesarily features I want. 2. Now that I see how many more
features have come to exist, I want to see if perhaps I can spend more
than I'd planned to, have more features that will meet my needs and
perhaps be able to fulfill any immediate need for a dSLR.
If anyone can point me in the right direction: I take close-ups of
objects without a flash. My largest problem is not enough light --
manual shutter speed and aperture settings would be great. At first I
thought the long zoom lenses would take care of the macro problem (that
the shutter just won't stay open long enough at close range), but I
realize I may still have the same light problem as I zoom in, and from
the reviews I read, camera-shake seems inevitable without a tripod. So,
I got to thinking if I were going to the trouble of looking at $300
cameras for their zoom ranges, I should look at ones that I can control
the aperture. As I am close up, I often get a focused center and blurry
outer. Do automatic digital cameras come with these manual overrides?
FWIW, I prefer a heavier camera; I can hold it more steadily, with both
hands, and I don't care for the feel of a camera the size of a credit
card. I also like an optical range finder (view field? sorry, don't
know what to call it).
I apologize for the long post. Any suggestions about cameras or where
to read about cameras? (I take many snapshots too, so I do like to own
an automatic.)
Thank you.