Macca
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| posted on 1/5/03 at 07:47 PM |
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Digi cam's
Does anybody know of any good sites that do reviews etc
Looking to buy a newer model but want to do my homework first.
Anyone made one??????????
Just a thought.
Col
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 1/5/03 at 08:05 PM |
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just use google to search for "digital camera reviews" 
there are lots.
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.dcresource.com/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/
(not me!)
http://www.imaging-resource.com/
my small experience is that Nikon models, not always expensive, have clear pics but the colour isnt as rich as a kodak, which has
'noisyer' pics.
The Sony range seems good. For a base model, the P31 is good value at 175 quid and the rest of the P series are even better.
look at
www.dabs.com
and
www.internetcamerasdirect.co.uk
and possibly
empire.co.uk (or com?)
for prices!
atb
steve
[Edited on 1/5/03 by stephen_gusterson]
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Alan B
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| posted on 1/5/03 at 08:24 PM |
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I have an Olympus D-450...about 3 years old now....very happy with it
I know other people with Olympus too (different moels) and they have all been pleased.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 1/5/03 at 09:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
I have an Olympus D-450...about 3 years old now....very happy with it
I know other people with Olympus too (different moels) and they have all been pleased.
a distant relation of mine that flies c130s showed me some great pics taken over afghanistan - with a mid range casio.
was better than my nikon!
atb
steve
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ChrisW
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| posted on 1/5/03 at 10:51 PM |
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I've got an Olympus 840 thats about 5 years old now. Looking a bit worse for wear so I'm saving up for a Sony DSC F717. We have them at
work and the only word I can use is superb - 5 Mega Pixel, Shutter and Apature priority, laser focus, infra red for night shots, LCD screen and LCD
viewfinder. Oh, and the pics it takes are pretty good too!
Only issue is the price tag - cheapest I've seen it is £540 from empiredirect.com
http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/productdetailsnew.asp?modelcode=SON-DSCF717
I'm hoping to bring one to Stoneleigh so have a look there.
Chris
[Edited on 1/5/03 by ChrisW]
My gaff my rules
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kingr
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| posted on 2/5/03 at 10:47 AM |
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I've got a big old kodak DC200 or something like that, £750 when new, £2 now, 1 megapixel, no zoom and 4mb memory as standard. Time for a new
camera I'm thinking. Pictures aren't too terrrible though, although it does seem to have a little bit of blue bias.
Kingr
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ned
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| posted on 2/5/03 at 12:05 PM |
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my canon powershot a40 is good, zoom, cpflash, movie mode, cost under £200 too. not a bad budget camera.
i guess these new fangled docking jobbies must be the thing to go for though...
Andrew.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/5/03 at 01:25 PM |
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Just seen one in the paper. Fuji F601 3.1 megapixel £319.99. £170 off at Curry's. Looks good. I have a 2 year old Fuji and it's been a
good solid camera, not too heavy on batteries either.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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locodude
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| posted on 3/5/03 at 02:30 PM |
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I have a dog basic Fuji MX1200 and it works just fine for what I want. Don't think I'll be upgrading for a couple of years, not till I get
photo quality at photo prices. A £30 35mm compact will beat any £500 digicam hands down. I took a once-use camera to france last year and the results
were very impressive also if you lose or break it you've only lost a fiver!
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 3/5/03 at 03:54 PM |
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i got a 2nd hand kodak dc210,takes good pix but nearly fills my handbag
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 3/5/03 at 07:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kingr
I've got a big old kodak DC200 or something like that, £750 when new, £2 now, 1 megapixel, no zoom and 4mb memory as standard. Time for a new
camera I'm thinking. Pictures aren't too terrrible though, although it does seem to have a little bit of blue bias.
Kingr
I have a dc200 as a second camera, cost about 50 quid on ebay second hand.
not a bad cam for photographing your build - better than a cheapo 80 quid one new.
A dc210 is basically a dc200 with stripes
atb
steve
[Edited on 3/5/03 by stephen_gusterson]
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