Looking for a new camera...
And am looking for suggestions. What do you use to capture Corgi smiles?
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Are you looking for a point-and-shoot or an SLR?
The price range is tremendous. Point-and-shoots can be great but the shutter lag means you will miss most good shots if your dog is moving; by the time the camera finally snaps the pic, your dog will be out of the frame.
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Permalink Reply by CorGeek on
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I have a point and shoot digital, and the lag is what's driving me nuts. That and the lack of control I have on the flash. My previous camera was a lovely Canon Rebel 36mm (I'm that old). Great camera, but a pain to haul around. I guess I'm looking for the best of both worlds. A flexible fast camera that doesn't count as a carryon. :D
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I had an old Canon 35mm SLR. When I finally got a digital point-and-shoot, I was thrilled with the small size and light weight, and it took some fabulous pictures when we went on vacation. I have great shots from hiking trips and Niagara Falls, Washington DC and wine country. However, it is hopeless for shooting the dogs.
I broke down, busted the budget a bit, and just got a Canon Rebel T1i. It is fairly big, but surprisingly lightweight, and it takes great pictures in low light. It has no lag time at all, shoots over 3 frames per second, and has several automatic modes as well as the fully manual ones. I need to get out and practice with it some more.
It is a bit pricey. A Canon xSi is quite a bit cheaper, but I went up to the one I got because of its great reviews shooting at ISO 1600. It also has image stabilization on the lenses, which means I can handhold at a 250 zoom (equivalent to about 400 zoom with a 35mm camera; without image stabilization I could never hand-hold much higher than a 200 zoom on a 35mm). You can also handhold down to a shutter speed of about 1/30 or even 1/15 on a shorter lens, which is fabulous for action shots of your doggies.
Plus, a bit of a zoom means you can get far enough a way to lose that "Oh my god, she's taking my picture! Make a face, make a face!!!!" issue that I have with my male Corgi. LOL
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Permalink Reply by Aj on
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I use a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170. It takes good pictures, but when I'm outdoors. I take a lot of pictures indoors and the lag is making me want a SLR. Planning to purchase a Nikon SLR soon.
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Permalink Reply by Alice on
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We just bought a Canon last year. It's the PowerShot SD790. We debated between that and a more professional (carryon style) camera but the compact cameras were more convenient and fit our needs. We've been really happy with it. I think they might even have a newer version of it available now. It gives you a lot of control and options for a compact camera. I wish we had it when Finn was a baby; we would have had a lot more quality pictures than what our cheapo HP camera gave us.
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Kimball on
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If you can find a Nikon d40 (they were discontinued before Christmas but some places still have them on discount at around $400 or $600 with lenses) that is what you should get. Point and shoots are NEVER going to be able to get enough speed, even on the continuous-shoot mode, to freeze action. All of my crazy action shots are taken with my d40; I have the cheap two-lens kit and use the zoom lens for most of the dog shots. If you can stabilize the camera enough or get a nifty-fifty lens (they're about a hundred bucks) you can also take great no-flash indoor shots. Even at night with artificial light I can get decent clarity without a flash.
When my ship comes in I'm going to get a bigger DSLR for portrait-y or more fancy stuff, but the d40 is ideal for everyday. It's not so expensive that I can't hand it to my kids to go take a hundred shots of climbing trees but it's high enough quality that I get wonderful pictures.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I have a Canon Power Shot A720 and I like it ! Some day I will get my "dream" camera as I love taking pics but for now it's easy to take with and the pics are good. My kids just spent more on their camera and I don't like it as much as mine!
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See my notes above about my camera. Here's a picture I took just messing around. I was standing inside my house, and the birds are in a tree maybe 30 feet away or so. Notice the one sparrow is in mid take-off. This was hand-held on a cloudy day with auto-focus and zoomed to 250 (400 equivalent in 35mm). I have compressed the heck out of the pic so it won't take forever to load. Compressed to about 115k from original size 7.4mb. (and I have very shaky hands)
Shutter speed 1/800, f 5.6, ISO 1600. And you can set the auto-focus to use just one central dot for focusing so you don't end up with, say, the trees in focus and the birds blurry. That's what I did for these long shots.
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I just want to be where those birds are. Much more lovely than the ugly pigeons here. :) To be fair we do have some pretty birds but you rarely see them.
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Permalink Reply by Geri & Sidney on
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I use a Nikon CoolPix. It takes great close-ups, scenic shots and, if I put it on sports setting, action shots. The only thing I can't take is distance pics in the dark with no flash (like at performances onstage)...can't work around that issue! Other than that it's easy to use and very portable. I think it sells for about $150 but I got it on sale at Target for about $120.
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