Wish I could help you Tom, but I still use a completely manual film camera!
Luddite.
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Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:23:23 am PDT #6733 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
megan walker - Jun 25, 2008 9:27:09 am PDT #6734 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Luddite.
It's more that I don't have the funds for a digital SLR, but the battery issue brought home that I don't want to go completely digital. I do not want to have to bring chargers on vacation.
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2008 9:40:02 am PDT #6735 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I tried to stay completely manual, but lens availability and price sure stopped that. My film SLR can go pretty auto, so there's a charger with me either way.
Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:42:34 am PDT #6736 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Luddite.
It's more that I don't have the funds for a digital SLR, but the battery issue brought home that I don't want to go completely digital. I do not want to have to bring chargers on vacation.
I was just kidding!
Wish I had the money for a nice digital SLR, though.
NoiseDesign - Jun 25, 2008 9:43:14 am PDT #6737 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
The high end DSLR cameras do have a full size image sensor. Of course those are the ones that run $3000 and up.
Gudanov - Jun 25, 2008 9:46:07 am PDT #6738 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
We have a Canon Digital Rebel and bought a cheap third party battery. With two batteries we can take about 800 pictures without any charging.
I'd recommend the Canon, I think the lowest end SLR Canon sells now is better than our camera and ours is fabulous. Lots of lenses available as well. I can't say anything about the Nikons since I've never used them, I expect they are quite good as well.
Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:47:38 am PDT #6739 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
As far as batteries for digital cameras, thanks to my job, I'm just used to having an abundance of batteries on me, and I'm careful to pack extra when I travel.
javachik - Jun 25, 2008 10:21:26 am PDT #6740 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I can say lots of nice things about Nikons.
NoiseDesign - Jun 25, 2008 10:25:51 am PDT #6741 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
The choice between Canon and Nikon is really about ergonomics at this point. I've stuck with Canon since I have an investment in lenses and I like the low light photos that I get with the digital rebels. I've got an XTi with an image stabilized lens.
javachik - Jun 25, 2008 10:31:31 am PDT #6742 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I could have gone either way, too. It's a plus that my Nikon D40 can switch lenses with my boyfriend's D80. Canons are great; my point and shoot is a SD750 and it's great to keep in the purse. It's a rechargeable battery, too; very diffeent scenario than the digital cams that take AA batteries.