digi cams

[Martin]

Whats every1 got?

Whats the best for taken car pics lol

I'm Thinking of gettin a newone

Got a budget of around ?220-50


Cheers

[vaughanmc]

Samsung DigiMax V800 --- i think

8.1 mega pixels
2.5" Screen

does the job and the pics are the buisness

[Martin]

^^ the proof is in the picture so to speak.. lets see a pic from it.. lol

[vaughanmc]

resized but still get the idea:
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9128/corsasxi3rt9.jpg
Vaughan.

[Martin]

Nice, How much Was it lil man( the camera)

[vaughanmc]

think it was just less that ?200 --- pics are really quick to take as well (quite good motion pics)

[Martin]

niceoone mate, was it of the net? or did you buy it instore?

[vaughanmc]

ooh now your askin lol --- can't remember

in store i think

to be honest i think it was under ?200 and that was the camera and a 512mb card aswell...if that helps

[stuartp]

cant go wrong with samsung or kodak's!!!

[Ste L]

i've got a samsung Digi Max s800

8.1 mp
really easy to use, and on offer in argos at the min for ?100
pic from cam

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5083/S8000366.JPG

and another

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5034/S8000108.JPG

[Dave]

I've always had fuji's an got on ok with them currently got a f450 (5.2m pixels) and also an e900 (9m pixels)
both simple as you like to use

pic with f450:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/POLLARD/NOVA/novaair.jpg?t=1168297668

and another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/POLLARD/NOVALOAD/66bdd9b1.jpg?t=1168301922

[bump]

Kodak don't actually make anything other than CCD sensors. For point and shoot I've tended to prefet the Fuji units, work out what you want it for then decide from there. There is no point in having a massive pixel count if your not going to print A3+ images. There is a decernable loss in quality by throwing away pixels as well as stretching them.

[Zeo]

I use a Nikon D50 SLR it takes pictures like these...

http://i12.tinypic.com/44k0wpj.jpg

My old car (before i saw the light of novas?!?!)

http://i10.tinypic.com/2ewgt8n.jpg


http://i16.tinypic.com/42i7vj5.jpg

*edited cause pictures were huge*

[Ash]

cant go wrong with a canon, me, my mate and sister (all in design studies) all have the same one - Powershot A620, i payed ?160 for mine, 7.1 mgp, and lots of proper features, alos mum has always been into photography and own mmmm, 4 canon's.

no car pics yet, just a view from my bedroom at uni:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6633/img0315vp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ash

[Welsh Dan]

Samsung Digimax S500 (predecessor to some further up this thread), was ?100 ish around June.
http://www.xen0phobiak.f2s.com/novaload/diamond/polish+rust/S5000295.JPG

[ade]

you'll get a fairly decent camera for that. Aim for the higher mega pixel (mp) - the higher the better quality.

Fuji do an SLR style called Finepix 5600 or 5900 - the latter is very good with loads of features - excellent low light (meaning you can take pics in poor conditions and still get excellent results) - for ?280

If you want something more serious though - save up a little longer and get the Canon 350d digital rebel - its a propor SLR camera - 8mp with removeable lenses (meaning you can get proper pro like shots) - prices are about ?490 for basic package including 1GB flash card.

Thats what I'm getting hopefully next week...

[Zeo]

you'll get a fairly decent camera for that. Aim for the higher mega pixel (mp) - the higher the better quality.



not strictly true, it could have the highest megapixel count ever, but if the resolution is tiny then the quality is going to be crap.

for example my camera is only something like 6mp can take rediculous resolution pictures in the region of 3500 x 3500 or something like that.

[chimp007_uk]

i've got a cybershot only 5.1megapixels, but it takes excellant pics, and its 92*60*10mm, it is tiny :)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/chimp007_uk/DSC06363.jpg

[Jack]

My dad has an old Fuji S3500 iirc which is great, my S5500 is good too but I've never been too happy with the colour results on the latter. Was originally going to go up to the S9500, but concerned I might have the same pale colour depth as my current one - so been looking at Canon (all my 35mm stuff is Canon) or Nikon jobbies.

[wisewood]

Also, the best software in the world for rendering the image into a massive digital format is all good and well, but if the lens on the front isn't any good, none of your pictures will be.

Ignore the basics and you're stuffed lol

Best thing is to go into jessops or something like that and have a play with a few you like the look of, get a feel for the size and weight of it, and try them out to see how much lag there is when you press the button and how easy the menu is to use etc.

Bottom line, for ?200 most cameras will take a picture that looks good resized to a reasonable size, or printed as a 7x5 photo - its the useablity of the camera that you want to go for - and there's no way to know that without testing several to see what suits you.

[Matt2107]

Novalicous - you have a pm regarding nikon digi cam.

I've got a canon something or other.
Macro on it is great...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/Hatchlings2006004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/Cheltenham009.jpg

[wisewood]

lol @ golf stalker

[Matt2107]

The snakes head is probably about a 3/4 of a cm in width.

[draper]

my pics were taken on an olympus C-300, quite old now, its just 1 my dad gave me as it was sitting doing nothing

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/nova/P1010011.jpg

[Iain]

I've got a canon something or other.
Macro on it is great...

Yeah I'm impressed with that too on my Canon A700 :D

http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/gallery/Dorset2006/IMG_0202.JPG

[craig green]

Theres a lot to be said for the user aswell. Holding the camera perfectly still & getting the focus spot on will have a massive influence on the image.

Ive got a lil Samsung I'm really happy with (model escapes me). 5mp

Heres a close-up of a mates paint shop fresh, Pearl white 300ZX
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/TAshowpics/Nippers_Z017.jpg

Or Timmy's Nova at Cheltenham before Christmas..

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/TAshowpics/Novabits4sale058.jpg
w/out flash.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/TAshowpics/Novabits4sale057.jpg
w/flash.

Think the camera was circa ?120

[Welsh Dan]

not strictly true, it could have the highest megapixel count ever, but if the resolution is tiny then the quality is going to be crap.

for example my camera is only something like 6mp can take rediculous resolution pictures in the region of 3500 x 3500 or something like that.

3500x3500 is a 12.something megapixel camera. You don't know what you're talking about. Resolution and Pixel count are a measure of the same thing.

[wisewood]

xen0 is correct there.

The size of the image is how many pixels it is in size...
eg if your camera takes a picture of, say, 1280x1024 you do that math and get the total number of pixels in the image (1310720 pixels).

You then divide the number of pixels by one million to get the number of megapixels.... for this example, that would be a 1.3 megapixel image.

A 3500x2800 image would be 9,800,000 pixels... or 9.8 megapixels.

A 6mp camera wouldnt be capable of that, obviously lol

http://www.birkoph.com/owned/owned_help.jpg

[Matt2107]

^^^^^^ Owned!!!

[Mike]

ive got samsung 4.1mpx vivcam thingy, well ace tbh but for some reason it doesnt like the cold?

?80 ish from argos with a 2.2" tft screen

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0006.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/2661big7.jpg

[wisewood]

the pic of the novas doesnt bear a true reflection of the camera imaging, because its been rescaled and redrawn by the novaload upload tool that kev wrote.

[Mike]

the pic of the novas doesnt bear a true reflection of the camera imaging, because its been rescaled and redrawn by the novaload upload tool that kev wrote.

how about now, not re-seized at all ;)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0110.jpg

[wisewood]

better, thanks lol

[Martin]

LOTNSR, had that cam.. got overspray on it... etc and now its dead lol

Matt you have a pm..

[stuartp]

mines a kodak C310 its spot on for me cuz i need it for work (building site) and the odd car show !! only ?100 might get another one of a better quility for the shows!

heres its effort!!
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q203/stuartp741/000_0269.jpg?t=1168371867

[wisewood]

is it me, at this time of the morning, or is that pic slightly out of focus.

[craig green]

maybe just slightly. The colours throw the vision off slightly.

Not easy on the eye!

[wisewood]

Canon digital ixus i 4.0 megapixel

http://www.wisewood.org/blog/gallery/Mallorca_2006/mallorca2006_003.jpg

[bump]

That image is slightly out of focus.

[wisewood]

Same camera, set to take smaller pics, different country lol

http://www.wisewood.org/blog/gallery/LakeDistrict_2006/LakeDistrict_2006%20009.jpg

[wisewood]

That image is slightly out of focus.

lol the middle is in focus, the edges aren't :thumb:

[bump]

For a point and shoot it's out. If it were an DSLR I may be convinced that someone had chosen a depth of field for nostril photography lol

[Martin]

That pic with the insect in it.. how do you get the camera to focus only on the insect an everything else blurrd?

[craig green]

That pic with the insect in it.. how do you get the camera to focus only on the insect an everything else blurrd?

That is focus! Have you never noticed that when you stare at your computer screen, everything in the background behind your PC is blurred.

Or put your finger in front of your face & look at the fingerprints. Everything in front youu is blurred. Do it the other way around look at the wall & the finger is blurred.

MAGIC!

[Iain]

Nah it's not, it's my immense photography skills lol

[craig green]

Not my primary school teaching method then?

Settle down Children!

[Martin]

thats ace lol never knew that lol

god i miss out on all this at school

[bump]

Try studying optical theory. Never mind making light bend it makes your head bend.

[Jack]

Fuji S5500

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/holiday4055.jpg?t=1168457847

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/2005_11270045.jpg

and a 1:1 using the Macro mode:
Clicky - 2272x1706, 1.3Mb (http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/4717/200602170168azl2.jpg)

[Stanley]

Hands up who else thought this thread was about camshafts??

[bump]

Humn, a digital cam, I guess it's either on or off!

[Ash]

and a 1:1 using the Macro mode:
Clicky - 2272x1706, 1.3Mb (http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/4717/200602170168azl2.jpg)


Thats upside-down :p lol

Looks like a very good camera tho, never really been impressed with fuji, till now.

Following on from before, for the price range (?200 iirc) i found that you could either get an expensive (gimmicky) crap camera, or like mine, a cheap professional camera. Also i when along with names:-

Canon - only make cameras, Good
Sony - (Try to) make everything - Sh1t
etc,etc

Ash

[Jack]

Actually its not - its the right way round. Its a shot from under my sunroof (i.e. from inside the car) with the rainwater sat on the outside. Alas the macro mode on my camera is pretty sh*te so still only focuses about 10cm away from the lense lol

Its a good camera but has a tendency to leech colour out of pics and give a really bad cyan cast when there's not much direct sunlight.