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Libid21 Mar 18th 2008Know it's a bit early, but I'm looking for a camera to buy on my birthday. I've been thinking of whether to buy a new camera or a new monitor, but I don't really think I need a monitor. I've always been thinking of buying a camera though, just want to know what my options would be in late July/early August for some good deals on some good cameras out there... I'm mostly going to take pics, but it wouldn't hurt to have a decent camera on it either.
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TheLeggett
Mar 18th 2008
Fredrick is probably the guy you want to talk to about this here at Tutorial9, but I personally love my Canon Rebel XTi. If you're looking for a digital SLR, that is a great option if you're just starting to get into photography but want to really work with decent equipment.
There are a lot of alternatives out there, but I think you can probably grab something from the Canon Rebel series on Amazon for a decent price. -
Libid21 Mar 18th 2008I am looking for a digital camera. Regular.
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Fredrik
Mar 19th 2008
And by regular you mean a compact point-and-shoot camera, right?
First of all, what are you looking for? Just taking snapshots of friends and such, or more of an artistic development in photography etc?
Do you want to be able to set all the manual setting or just shooting in auto? It would be good to have questions like these answered before we can give you any (good) advice, but the most important question is probably how much money you are willing to spend on a camera. -
Libid21 Mar 19th 2008Well, yes, I'm looking for somewhat of a simple camera like a point-and-shoot camera. I'm mostly looking into taking snapshots of friends, and I'm thinking of a decent camera for taking videos too. It wouldn't hurt if it had somewhat of having the 'artistic development' in my camera though.
I was told that the Canon SD1000 was a good camera for me. -
Fredrik
Mar 19th 2008
Okay, well then I think you should look into Canon's PowerShot A series, the A590 IS and the A720 IS cost about the same as the SD1000 you mentioned above but have a lot more features (at the cost of a slightly larger size).
These two cameras can shoot video (640 x 480 @ 30fps for A720 and 20fps for A590) and they have the ability to set manual exposure as well as focusing, and the IS at the end means Image Stabilizer.
So if you don't mind a slightly larger camera I'd absolutely recommend you to look for one of these, or some other in the A-series. One downside (if you ask me) is that these cameras use AA-batteries and doesn't include a rechargeable one. (The G-series is one step above, and Canon's best point-and-shoot cameras, but they cost quite a bit more and if you're looking at those prices I'd just agree with Dave and suggest going with a D-SLR camera instead.)
I'm not so knowledgeable when it comes to point-and-shoot cameras, but this is what I found after looking around. I hope it helped a bit at least...and good luck with your purchase. -
Libid21 Mar 19th 2008Thanks for the input. I'll look into those cameras in a little bit. I can always buy a rechargeable AA battery for my camera, right?
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Fredrik
Mar 19th 2008
Yeah, of course you can, and rechargeable batteries often last longer than their normal counterparts — I just think Canon should have included a high class rechargeable battery with the camera.
Just as a side note, I have the Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) and with two Canon Li-Ion batteries I can take about 5000 photos before I need to recharge. With two non-brand Li-Ion batteries I can take about 400 photos, so there's definitely difference between a battery and a battery, you just need to buy the "good stuff".
I just checked the Wikipedia page on Canon's A-series as well, just to see if there's any pattern on when they release their new versions — but they seem to have released A-series cameras on about every month of the year so it's not easy to predict. That's always a difficult decision, I know you were talking about July/August and it's hard to know if they'll release a new camera before that or if it's worth waiting for it, or just simply buy what's out there already. -
Libid21 Mar 23rd 2008I've narrowed it to two maybe three
Canon Powershot A720 IS
Canon Powershot SD1000
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 -
MPCoyote Mar 26th 2008Well my first camera that I ever owned was a Canon Powershot in the A series, few years old now but it worked and still works very well for the price it was. I'd also point you towards the Powershots but I chose a fujifilm finepix for my dad and it works nicely too. But I can't give too much technical knowledge other then the Powershot kept me going until I had to move onto a DSLR, the Rebel XTi. So good luck and good shopping!