What's your (favorite) camera?

jeber · Joined: Dec 19, 2002 Posts: 4198 Location: The Village

I'm really an old-school photographer. For anything serious, I still use my Nikon 35mm SLR.

But I've been dabbling with digital photography for a while now, and have two cameras (3 if you count the one on my PDA).

My favorite is the Sony Mavika I bought eight years ago. It uses floppies, and I have a ton of them around. I like the images it produces and its ease of use.

My newest toy is a Vivitar ViviCam 5100. It can shoot limited video with sound and it's 5.0 mega pixels. It produces OK images, is small and more portable than the Sony. And it was cheap.

So what's your camera, or favorite camera?

Werebo

Approx 2 years ago (and about 3 weeks before a 25% off sale

), I bought an Olympus Camedia C-350 zoom digicam to replace my Praktika 35mm film cam.

At the time of purchase, it was rated among the top 5 cams for it's price range, but the main deciding point for me is the fact that it has a sliding lens cover/power switch. I've seen quite a few camera ads for 'pocket' digicams that don't have a lens cover of any sort. How can they take good pics with a dusty scratchy lens???

It's a beautiful little cam although slightly too bulky to be a pocket cam.

I don't miss the expense of 35mm photography, but I do miss playing in my darkroom though Wink

12quidkidinnit

My favourite camera ?

It's the one that I left out in the rain all night and it still works. Must be good. It's a Kodak 6230 I bought a couple of years ago to take pictures of things to sell on eBay. Only 2.1 mega pixel, but it does the job. After finding out it still worked when it had dried out, and hadn't lost the pictures I'd yet to upload to the compputer, it gets my vote ! Cool

Rons · Joined: Dec 07, 2002 Posts: 5667

I have a HP M417 5.2 megapixel which is compact and works very well. Very Happy

exbritinca · Joined: Dec 05, 2002 Posts: 323

I have a Nikon D50 which I absolutely love, simple enough for the rest of the family to "point and click" yet sophisticated enough to give me the control I want....without paying a fortune for those esoteric functions of much higher priced cameras. The battery lasts forever (have taken over 1,500 shots on one charge) and Nikon's software is simple and intuitive. I sold all my SLRs about 8 years ago and finally feel like "I'm back" with the D50. Very Happy

Sgt Schultz · Joined: Dec 07, 2002 Posts: 7378 Location: St. Louis area

I have a Kodak DX4530 that I absolutely love. It's easy to use and takes great pictures.

Some pictures I have taken with it.

MrMazel · Joined: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 158

Nikon D70s with SB800 flash

brat · Joined: Jun 05, 2003 Posts: 2326

Jakeoc19 · Joined: Aug 26, 2004 Posts: 88

Well I have a Kodak C330, and I've been looking at the P850 for a long time, but first I'm interested in buying a 35 mm camera. can anyone recommend a good one thats got all the features for under 200?

The Franchise · Joined: Oct 27, 2004 Posts: 460 Location: Arkansas

I got started in photography with the Asahi Pentax 35mm SLR which I got while stationed in Japan in the early 60's.That camera broke so I found a company that sold older equipment and now I have 2 more Asahi Pentax cameras with the screw mount lenses.Manual cameras with no battery in sight.By getting cds I can use editing programs.
recently I purchased a Canon S520 and I'm well pleased with it. 4 megapixels but great photos. poor battery life but I'm not used to them any way.Way too many functions on it. I like the manual cameras that give me the control.When I move up the Nikon D50 would be my choice.
Jimmy Rolling Eyes

Is there such a thing as an all manual digital camera?

piero · Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 78 Location: UK

I have Sony CyberShot DSC-W15 & really satisfied with it's quality.

Very Happy

geo90 · Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 10

I used canon, its a cool one.

pasquanel · Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 507 Location: Maine

I have 2 Sony Cyber-Shots the latest one is the DSC-N2 10.1 megapix. a great compact camera!
Excellent low light capability and virtually no shutter lag.

The other one is a seven year old DSC-P5 that my uses often and the original rechargeable battery still works fine!
It's only a 3.2 megapix. but still takes wonderful pics. Very Happy

Sgt Schultz · Joined: Dec 07, 2002 Posts: 7378 Location: St. Louis area

Just bought a new Kodak Z812IS a couple of weeks ago and it's great. 12X optical zoom, 8.1 MP and image stabilization. I still have my other Kodak but I'm letting boy use it as the old Fuji I gave him finally bit the dust.

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1546 Location: Central FL, USA

I'm sure that almost anyone would say that it's the last camera they bought. Wink

Yup, that's my answer too. Laughing

Yesterday, I got a real deal on a Polaroid Digital i531. Only $69!

It's only half the size of my Kodak digital and is actually twice the camera.
With gobs of features, 5-megapixel and settings galore, it also has both optical and digital ZOOM.
It can also capture Video with sound. I've not tried that yet. Wink

Being only the size of a pack of Regular Size Cigarettes, it fits easily in the shirt pocket. It's a beautiful little camera for the price.

Cheers Mates!
The Doctor Cool

goretsky

Hello,

I picked up a Canon PowerShot SD100 IS Digital ELPH camera for my trip to Prague. Not being very knowledgeable about cameras, I picked it up after some recommendations from co-workers who are into photography.

It is about the size of a pack of cards, takes 8MP pictures, uses standard SD/SDHC memory cards and has a standard 5-pin mini-B USB connector. The only thing I really don't like about the camera is that it uses a proprietary battery; I would much rather have a camera that uses standard batteries available anywhere. Still, the larger battery cell does let it take more photos per charge, so I guess that's one advantage.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

rusty79 · Joined: Aug 06, 2008 Posts: 2

Slaboby · Joined: Aug 18, 2008 Posts: 1

I am enjoying learning on my Canon Digital Rebel Xt.

Barry · Joined: Jul 12, 2005 Posts: 29

I have just purchased an Olympus SP-560UZ. This camera has everything I need, an 18X optical zoom, 10 megapixels, , Optional manual settings, numerous scene setting options and the price is right at about $350. I preferred this to the newest Olympus the 570 which is technically slightly better but requires two hands to operate.
if you are wanting great images, easy to master controls and a reasonable price this is hard to beat. It isn't a "drop in your pocket" camera but it isn't a huge hassle to carry around.