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Gabrielle
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:35 pm |
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Digital Cameras?
I am getting a new digital camera, and reading the internet reviews is making me dizzy.
Anyone really happy with theirs, or have any advice?
I want to be able to crop/enlarge to 8x10 nicely.
Also would like a good optical zoom.
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| JD
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:47 pm |
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Re: Digital Cameras?
| Gabrielle wrote: | I am getting a new digital camera, and reading the internet reviews is making me dizzy.
Anyone really happy with theirs, or have any advice?
I want to be able to crop/enlarge to 8x10 nicely.
Also would like a good optical zoom. |
Canon Digital Rebel. I could recommend others depending on your price range.
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| Gabrielle
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:48 pm |
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Re: Digital Cameras?
| JD wrote: | | Gabrielle wrote: | I am getting a new digital camera, and reading the internet reviews is making me dizzy.
Anyone really happy with theirs, or have any advice?
I want to be able to crop/enlarge to 8x10 nicely.
Also would like a good optical zoom. |
Canon Digital Rebel. I could recommend others depending on your price range. |
well. what is the price for the Canon?
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| KLeigh
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:57 pm |
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I visit Arubagirl's site because she has such awesome pictures of Aruba. I believe she just got a new camera. Maybe you could pm her and ask about it. It sure takes great pictures.
Here is her site's address: http://arubagirl.typepad.com/
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| JD
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:59 pm |
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Re: Digital Cameras?
| Gabrielle wrote: | | JD wrote: | | Gabrielle wrote: | I am getting a new digital camera, and reading the internet reviews is making me dizzy.
Anyone really happy with theirs, or have any advice?
I want to be able to crop/enlarge to 8x10 nicely.
Also would like a good optical zoom. |
Canon Digital Rebel. I could recommend others depending on your price range. |
well. what is the price for the Canon? |
I think it runs about $1000. What other features do you care about and what kinds of things will you be doing with it -- it's a hobby and I know a couple of things about digital cameras.
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| JD
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:03 pm |
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| KLeigh wrote: | I visit Arubagirl's site because she has such awesome pictures of Aruba. I believe she just got a new camera. Maybe you could pm her and ask about it. It sure takes great pictures.
Here is her site's address: http://arubagirl.typepad.com/ |
Thanks for posting that link. I just checked it out and those are stunning photographs. Don't know what kind of camera but I'd guess it's a higher-end rig.
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| Gabrielle
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:14 pm |
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Re: Digital Cameras?
| JD wrote: | | Gabrielle wrote: | | JD wrote: | | Gabrielle wrote: | I am getting a new digital camera, and reading the internet reviews is making me dizzy.
Anyone really happy with theirs, or have any advice?
I want to be able to crop/enlarge to 8x10 nicely.
Also would like a good optical zoom. |
Canon Digital Rebel. I could recommend others depending on your price range. |
well. what is the price for the Canon? |
I think it runs about $1000. What other features do you care about and what kinds of things will you be doing with it -- it's a hobby and I know a couple of things about digital cameras. |
well, shit...I was hoping to spend about half that amount.
It will be used for fun mostly. I like to take pictures of the kids for my mom and enlarge them to frame etc.
I also take a lot of pictures of my animals..domestic and wild. So, both indoor and out.
I guess my main interest is that it enlarges nicely and can zoom in well without distortion. The Kodak I have now seems to change the color of objects. My daughters purple prom gown is blue in all my pictures.
Can I get a decent camera for about $500 or not? 
btw...thank you so much for the help.
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| JD
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:23 pm |
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Re: Digital Cameras?
| Gabrielle wrote: | | JD wrote: | | Gabrielle wrote: | | JD wrote: | | Gabrielle wrote: | I am getting a new digital camera, and reading the internet reviews is making me dizzy.
Anyone really happy with theirs, or have any advice?
I want to be able to crop/enlarge to 8x10 nicely.
Also would like a good optical zoom. |
Canon Digital Rebel. I could recommend others depending on your price range. |
well. what is the price for the Canon? |
I think it runs about $1000. What other features do you care about and what kinds of things will you be doing with it -- it's a hobby and I know a couple of things about digital cameras. |
well, shit...I was hoping to spend about half that amount.
It will be used for fun mostly. I like to take pictures of the kids for my mom and enlarge them to frame etc.
I also take a lot of pictures of my animals..domestic and wild. So, both indoor and out.
I guess my main interest is that it enlarges nicely and can zoom in well without distortion. The Kodak I have now seems to change the color of objects. My daughters purple prom gown is blue in all my pictures.
Can I get a decent camera for about $500 or not?
btw...thank you so much for the help. |
Yes, you can.
Fuji Finpix S9000 Great camera. Best camera for < $500 in my estimation.
Read about it --here--
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| hisss
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:27 pm |
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Hewlett Packard has a good one for around $450. Here's a link to their page...
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/gateway/dig_photo.html
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| joynow
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:49 pm |
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| Gabrielle
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:18 pm |
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Wow..thanks all for the great links.
Looks like I can get what I want for the price I need.
Going at this "cold" thru google was making my head spin.
I'm off to shop.........
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