Camera Recommendations Please! - Page 2

**nctomatoman** · December 11, 2007

Another vote for the Canon Powershot S3 1S - actually, the S5 is the current version.

Read all about digital cameras here -

http://www.dpreview.com/

The reviews are superb.

dcarch · December 11, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deer Park

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When I head stops swirling and I get my feet under me then I will begin to digest all this stuff, Macro, Micro.......
I may just have to take a class at the junior college.
And to think all I really want to do is take the best pictures I can of my beloved tomatoes.
Man am I getting left behind with all this high tech stuff. I really have a long learning curve.------------
--Michael

For high price cameras, you need to know how to download firmware updates and --------and --------and ----

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No! don't worry, most cameras are auto-focus, auto this, auto that --- They all have this point-&-shoot button.

The only thing you have to learn is to remove the lens cap before you snap, I mean clip!

dcarch

feldon30 · December 12, 2007

Have you got a dollar figure that can be spent?

How do you feel about smaller vs. larger cameras?

Do you expect to take most pictures with the automatic settings? Or do you like to tinker with manual settings?

If the answer is $150-200, small/medium, and auto, then a Canon A-series camera is as good as any.

It doesn't have to be difficult to make a decision. Maybe we should have asked for these criteria from post #2 and then only if you are interested in all the options, we start posting technical documents.

biermaster · December 12, 2007

I used a HP C 500 2 Megapixels to take Photos for badges and when it died as some one dropped it went with a HP R725 for badges and for other in-plant photo's. 6.2 megapixels. We use Photoshop 6.0 for the enhancement. My camera is an HP M 425 with 5 megapixel which is the least that I would advise. The company cameras have rechargeable batteries in them but mine I buy regular AA batteries from Costco. I have a charger and lithum ones but I find that I am better off having the regular one as it seems as if every time I want to shoot I need to put new batteries in and regular batteries are or seem to be available about every where in stores. You can buy the SB cards at overstock.com cheaply and I have found that I am better off changing the chips out rather than having the 1 or 2 gig one so if you loose one you are not missing a huge # of photo's. I have yet to completely fill a 512 mb chip. I usually down load them before they are filled.

Denise_in_MI · December 27, 2007

What did you end up getting? My DH got me the Canon S5, told me he paid a bit under $300. Buy.com has SD cards REALLY CHEAP! 2GB around, $14. I have to get over there to buy a couple of them.

December 11, 2007	#16
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Another vote for the Canon Powershot S3 1S - actually, the S5 is the current version. Read all about digital cameras here - http://www.dpreview.com/ The reviews are superb. __________________ Craig

December 12, 2007	#18
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Have you got a dollar figure that can be spent? How do you feel about smaller vs. larger cameras? Do you expect to take most pictures with the automatic settings? Or do you like to tinker with manual settings? If the answer is $150-200, small/medium, and auto, then a Canon A-series camera is as good as any. It doesn't have to be difficult to make a decision. Maybe we should have asked for these criteria from post #2 and then only if you are interested in all the options, we start posting technical documents. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

December 12, 2007	#19
biermaster Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tucson,Az Posts: 58	camera I used a HP C 500 2 Megapixels to take Photos for badges and when it died as some one dropped it went with a HP R725 for badges and for other in-plant photo's. 6.2 megapixels. We use Photoshop 6.0 for the enhancement. My camera is an HP M 425 with 5 megapixel which is the least that I would advise. The company cameras have rechargeable batteries in them but mine I buy regular AA batteries from Costco. I have a charger and lithum ones but I find that I am better off having the regular one as it seems as if every time I want to shoot I need to put new batteries in and regular batteries are or seem to be available about every where in stores. You can buy the SB cards at overstock.com cheaply and I have found that I am better off changing the chips out rather than having the 1 or 2 gig one so if you loose one you are not missing a huge # of photo's. I have yet to completely fill a 512 mb chip. I usually down load them before they are filled. __________________ Freedom doesn't mean you can do as you want but to do what is "right"

December 27, 2007	#20
Denise_in_MI Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Zone 4 in NLP and Zone 5b/6a in SE MI Posts: 79	What did you end up getting? My DH got me the Canon S5, told me he paid a bit under $300. Buy.com has SD cards REALLY CHEAP! 2GB around, $14. I have to get over there to buy a couple of them. __________________ Denise