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Cameras: Film or Digital?
David In Indy:
Thanks!! Yes, we had a nice party. There's still a few people here. Most had designated drivers, and those who didn't rode home in "David's Taxi Service". Between Alex and I, we've been shuttling a few back home and they can pick their cars up in the morning.
Yes, it was fun. Fried chicken, hot dogs, barbeque, snacks and some hooch too! :laugh:
Thanks Shasta!! I hope you had a nice New Year's Eve too! It's hard to believe it is now 2008. Tempus Fugit.
Wishes:
David, I had no idea what I was buying really! :) I had looked at cameras several times always leaving the store and that day I just told myself "you're not leaving here without a f-ing camera!" It's a DSC-W55, 7.1 megapixels. I'm not sure if that means anything. I basically decided on this camera because it was a Sony and I'm so glad it's easy to use.
Hope you had a very nice New Year!
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on December 31, 2007, 08:55:06 pm ---I finally got a digital this past summer. I think in the long run -- digitals will save you money if you take a lot of pictures. I bought a Canon Power Shot SD 1000 Digital Elph. I wonder if it's called "elph" because it's so small? :P I love it. It was supposed to have such a short lag time. It's not that short. I may not know how to use it to the best of its abilty yet.
That's cool David--you have a photography degree. Any desire for a studio or wedding/graduation business?
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Shasta, you said your camera's lag time is not very short. Did you format your memory card after you put it in the camera? If so, did you use the Low Level Format option? If you didn't or if you are not sure, you might go back and try it. A low level format will speed up the reading/recording to the card.
Shasta542:
--- Quote from: David on January 06, 2008, 11:10:21 pm ---Shasta, you said your camera's lag time is not very short. Did you format your memory card after you put it in the camera? If so, did you use the Low Level Format option? If you didn't or if you are not sure, you might go back and try it. A low level format will speed up the reading/recording to the card.
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No. I didn't do that. I'll have to figure out how to do it. :) Thanks!
Kerry:
I responded "digital" to the poll. I never was very good with a camera. Actually, that's not the half of it. I was absolutely hopeless! Couldn't even put film in the camera properly, tst! :-\
And then, a couple of years ago, I heard about foolproof photography with digital cameras.
So I went to the local electronics store near my workplace and had a look at their selection. I'm not proud to admit that I made my selection on looks alone! Pretty shallow of me, hey? I chose the tiniest, cutest, little camera they had! Sorta like choosing a car because you like the colour!
The camera I chose was an Olympus FE-100 with an AF zoom 6.2-17.4mm 1:3.0-5.0 lens (I hope you know what that means, David, 'cause I don't!!).
It is very cute! I love it like I love my mobile phone! :D
I mainly use it to photograph art work, which it does brilliantly. It also takes very nice people pics and landscape shots. They're not professional quality, but they are certainly an improvement on the shockingly bad results I used to produce with a manual camera.
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