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Originally Posted by Black Nugget,Nov 9 2007, 09:22 AM
It definitely makes sense. So I presume I just need to do some research on good Non-SLR camera's for now?
Obviously, Cannon and Nikon make great cameras. I hear decent things about the Olympus too.
I would look for something that is pocketable (you might need BIG pockets in some cases, but your interpretation may vary.) Look for something that has a manual mode on it. You will want to be able to use Aperature Priority, Shutter Priority AND full Manual mode to learn with. Then just look for the biggest, best lens that comes on the camera. The way to check this is too look at the aperature available on the lens, the smaller the number the better. Be sure to check it at both full zoom AND full wide. It will almost ALWAYS be different, sometimes by a LOT. IF the best the camera can do is 4.0-5.6 then it will be SHIT in anything but full sunlight. 2.0 -2.2 would be pretty good, and would probably where you are looking. Anything 1.8 or better would be really cool, but generally more expensive.
Any other features, are generally going to be gimmicks. If you got the features listed above, any other features you NEED will be there.
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Originally Posted by ruexp67,Nov 9 2007, 12:12 PM
I REALLLLLLLY like the Sony cameras. I know I'll get flamed since they aren't a traditional camera manufacture, but the fact is that MOST of the manufactures use a Sony CCD for their cameras. If you add in a high quality lens, then what's the problem? You'll get a Sony CCD either way, and their own know how on how to extract the best images from it. I have a DSC-F717 which came with a Carl Zeiss lens on it. It's great.
Obviously, Cannon and Nikon make great cameras. I hear decent things about the Olympus too.
I would look for something that is pocketable (you might need BIG pockets in some cases, but your interpretation may vary.) Look for something that has a manual mode on it. You will want to be able to use Aperature Priority, Shutter Priority AND full Manual mode to learn with. Then just look for the biggest, best lens that comes on the camera. The way to check this is too look at the aperature available on the lens, the smaller the number the better. Be sure to check it at both full zoom AND full wide. It will almost ALWAYS be different, sometimes by a LOT. IF the best the camera can do is 4.0-5.6 then it will be SHIT in anything but full sunlight. 2.0 -2.2 would be pretty good, and would probably where you are looking. Anything 1.8 or better would be really cool, but generally more expensive.
Any other features, are generally going to be gimmicks. If you got the features listed above, any other features you NEED will be there.
Obviously, Cannon and Nikon make great cameras. I hear decent things about the Olympus too.
I would look for something that is pocketable (you might need BIG pockets in some cases, but your interpretation may vary.) Look for something that has a manual mode on it. You will want to be able to use Aperature Priority, Shutter Priority AND full Manual mode to learn with. Then just look for the biggest, best lens that comes on the camera. The way to check this is too look at the aperature available on the lens, the smaller the number the better. Be sure to check it at both full zoom AND full wide. It will almost ALWAYS be different, sometimes by a LOT. IF the best the camera can do is 4.0-5.6 then it will be SHIT in anything but full sunlight. 2.0 -2.2 would be pretty good, and would probably where you are looking. Anything 1.8 or better would be really cool, but generally more expensive.
Any other features, are generally going to be gimmicks. If you got the features listed above, any other features you NEED will be there.
He has an AP2. 
