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patsea	CAMERA SUGGESTIONS		Lead	[-]
Tourist Gold Membership Posts: 21 05/15/09 11:24:14 Charter Member	Tags : None Remove this ad i have a sony digital camera - very nice but i guess i never read the instructions so darker pictures just dont come out well and just other things that bother me. i was thinking of a more professional camera without the more professional price - i mean something nicer than mine but certainly don't need the bells and whistles of a truly professional camera. also wish i could get it to take the next picture quicker. i do use a higher speed card but i'm sure the camera must have something to do with this too. any photog buffs out there? Pat - Travel Agent http://www.cruiseadventure4u.com PatSea@CruiseAdventure4U.com
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funnyspeaker	Sony Camera	#1	[url]	[-]
Tourist Gold Membership Posts: 12 05/15/09 15:49:46 Charter Member	Pat, What model Sony do you have? What do you call a professional price ? >$2500 or >$500 and <$1000 The high speed card is nice, but you are limited by the speed at which the camera can write to the card and the size of the image that you are writing to said card. The higher quality the image the longer it will take to write (high speed card or not). Forbes
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patsea		#2	[url]	[-]
Tourist Gold Membership Posts: 21 05/17/09 14:58:51 Charter Member	i was thinking about a grand. so that is why it takes so long to write - i have it set really high. Pat - Travel Agent http://www.cruiseadventure4u.com PatSea@CruiseAdventure4U.com
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funnyspeaker	CAMERA SUGGESTIONS	#3	[url]	[-]
Tourist Gold Membership Posts: 12 06/01/09 17:57:24 Charter Member	Pat, Sorry about the delayed reply. Thought I had replied and was waiting for something to popup in my e-mail saying there had been an update. For 1K, there are a fairly descent selection of good cameras. 1) Do you want a point -n-shoot or something that you can grow with (add additional lenses, flashes, etc. later)? 2) How about image size/quality? Number of MegaPixels / lots of noise when shooting @ ISO3200 settings (real geeky) 3) Brand recognition Nikon / Cannon vs Olympus? I can go on for hours....... Personally: the one I like at the moment is the new Olympus E-620 E-620 SLR Digital Camera with 2-Lens Kit (14-42mm Lens & 40-150mm Lens) $800 if I had the money I would get its big brother E3 or E-30 but I don't have the 1.5K to 3K needed. :-( Forbes
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mnmomof4		#4	[url]	[-]
Tourist Silver Membership Posts: 3 06/10/09 16:33:08 Charter Member	Forbes, What would you recommend for a digital camera that is easy to use and fits in my purse for under $250? My current one is from 2004 and my son complains about the quality when he uses it for his photo/video class. Thanks.
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Ships N Trips		#5	[url]	[-]
Tourist Silver Membership Posts: 28 06/11/09 18:52:55	Remove this ad Penny, Forbes will definitely chime in with some good info ;) but what type of quality does your son need for his class? There are several Canon, Sony and Nikon "point and shoot" digital cameras under $250, up to 12 megapizesl, up to 7x zoom, etc. but I don't know if they'd be suitable based on what your son needs for class. Susan Schaefer, MCC, DS, CSS Ships 'N' Trips Travel & Kick Butt Vacations www.shipsntripstravel.com www.kickbuttvacations.com Toll free: (888) 609-1721 Email: susan@shipsntripstravel.com or susan@kickbuttvacations.com
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funnyspeaker	CAMERA SUGGESTIONS	#6	[url]	[-]
Tourist Gold Membership Posts: 12 06/12/09 03:03:34 Charter Member	Penny, The key factor when looking at a "Point-N-Shoot" is the ZOOM - watch out for those cameras that tell you they have a 31x zoom. There are two stages of zoom, optical and then digital. most of the Point-N-Shoot's have both, the digital takes over once the optical has reached its limit (once the digital kicks in the image quality starts to degrade). With this said you are looking for a camera with the highest OPTICAL zoom number. Depending on what your son is doing with the images the higher the Mega pixels the better (but this also comes with a price... camera price and flash cards (although I did see a set of 2 x 2GB cards at Costco for under $35, used to be $75 for one about a year ago). As I have stated elsewhere I am an Olympus bigot, no naturally I would suggest them, But Canon makes a great camera in the PowerShot line. Hope this helps Forbes
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mnmomof4		#7	[url]	[-]
Tourist Silver Membership Posts: 3 06/15/09 15:18:06 Charter Member	Thanks...my son informed me that he isnt taking anymore photo video class...so the camera would be for my personal/travel use. I've always had sony's
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Ships N Trips		#8	[url]	[-]
Tourist Silver Membership Posts: 28 06/18/09 21:39:54	See, now you can make a purchase based on YOUR needs (such a novel concept for parents huh?). Susan Schaefer, MCC, DS, CSS Ships 'N' Trips Travel & Kick Butt Vacations www.shipsntripstravel.com www.kickbuttvacations.com Toll free: (888) 609-1721 Email: susan@shipsntripstravel.com or susan@kickbuttvacations.com
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funnyspeaker	CAMERA SUGGESTIONS	#9	[url]	[-]
Tourist Gold Membership Posts: 12 06/24/09 05:13:06 Charter Member	Like the looks of the Canon Powershot SD780 IS Digital Camera w/HD Video Digital stills & HD video ALL in one and is only $250. Still researching this one.... Forbes
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mnmomof4		#10	[url]	[-]
Tourist Silver Membership Posts: 3 06/29/09 08:00:16 Charter Member	Remove this ad Thanks Forbes....HD video might be more than I need.
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