I have that same camera and I like it a lot. Only downfall is that it does eat through batteries fairly quickly.
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I have that same camera and I like it a lot. Only downfall is that it does eat through batteries fairly quickly.
My friend just picked up a used DSLR, a Canon Rebel XTi with a standard lens, for 250 bucks - sweet deal, from B&H.
This web has a lot of information on cameras:
http://www.dpreview.com/
If you have to stick to $200, no way you can buy a DSLR. Even the cheapest(but a good one) - Nikon D40 with kit lens will be twice that price. But of course, that will give you much better quality picture because it has much bigger sensor than today's sad 1/2.7 inch sensors that most compacts feature in their camera. Takes great outdoor pictures but poor indoor pictures.
Don't go with the highest possible mega pixel - most of them have similar sized sensor so more pixels within the same area means less light sensitivity per pixel. To certain extent, this even applies to DSLR cameras with much much bigger sensors.
I personally like Canon compacts. None of the compacts will give you a good aquarium pictures without extra lights - "aperture" on these guys are just too small, and sensor is also too small, hence you are forced to push ISO higher which means more grains in the picture.
http://www.dpreview.com/
If you have to stick to $200, no way you can buy a DSLR. Even the cheapest(but a good one) - Nikon D40 with kit lens will be twice that price. But of course, that will give you much better quality picture because it has much bigger sensor than today's sad 1/2.7 inch sensors that most compacts feature in their camera. Takes great outdoor pictures but poor indoor pictures.
Don't go with the highest possible mega pixel - most of them have similar sized sensor so more pixels within the same area means less light sensitivity per pixel. To certain extent, this even applies to DSLR cameras with much much bigger sensors.
I personally like Canon compacts. None of the compacts will give you a good aquarium pictures without extra lights - "aperture" on these guys are just too small, and sensor is also too small, hence you are forced to push ISO higher which means more grains in the picture.
Nice deal.
I think XTi is not manufactured anymore. XS replaced that model, I think. XSi is more expensive, and 40D is even more.
Check out this website. Really great reviews on most cameras out there.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/
Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
VF get some 2100+ Mah rechargable batteries and that will be a thing of the past.
Well, it looks to me that the Canon is winning for me!!!
Thanks everyone for all your help!!!!!
Hi Lady G,
Go for a Canon camera with 8 megapixels in case you want to print large photos of the 'great shots' you will be taking. When you want to enlarge your photos, less megapixels will produce blurry, fuzzy enlargements.
8 megapixels is a good starting point these days, now that prices have come
down on cameras.
As someone else mentioned, dpreview.com is a great website to look up
all kinds of cameras. It might be the best camera website out there...
Good luck!
Great seeing you here ..again !
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