Recommend a good digital camera to me!
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My budget I suppose would be around $500-$1k at most...? But it should be much closer to $500 and nothing close to the $1k range....
I'm looking for something of smaller size and ideally should be able to take beautiful photos of things under dim light too...
Any recommendation...?
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photos under dim light = switch on flash
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
photos under dim light = switch on flash
No no.... But the flash sometimes too power and spoil the whole thing.... Some places too dark, flash also like no use....?I know one way is to control your flash with a piece of paper if it's too strong.... But is there anything more adapted for that kinda quality...? Or even if there is, it would be too expensive for my budget....?
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Are you looking for a compact camera (point and shoot) or a SLR cameral? If it's just a point and shoot.... I just bought a new camera (Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ15) for my husband for his birthday recently. It has got a 10x Optical zoom, 4x Digital zoom and 9.1 Megapixel. Not bad for a compact camera.
For more info, look it up on the website below. I believe the price has come down and electronics products are usually cheaper than those in Oz anyway.
http://www.panasonic.com.au/products/details.cfm?productID=6654
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Okay, first things first. Smaller size and better low-light performance? Forget it. The main thing that helps reduce noise is sensor size, so you're asking for two opposite things. Yes, you can try noise reduction and all that jazz, but ultimately that processing is just going to degrade your picture quality.
You could go for the Sigma DP2, I suppose, but forget fancy things like zoom.
As kopi says, use a flash instead. Built-in flashes are an absolute waste of space, so get a camera with a hotshoe where you can attach an external flash like the 430EX and angle the head to avoid that ugly flash look.
All up, a good candidate would be the Canon G10. It's got a hotshoe, image stabilisation, 5X zoom and can shoot in RAW so you can post-process the living daylights out of crappy shots.
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G10!
that's like in the 1K bracket
but my first camera was a G5 and it was good... enough
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Huh? It's A$649 here - given the parity of the Sing dollar at the moment, I thought it would have been a lot cheaper.
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when i bought the G5, it costs almost 1K
i think the G10 is around there... or maybe around 800?
800 for an awfully good digital camera!!
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ooh just read the photography forums
u can get it for $760-780!
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fugly, retro, but good.
i'd love to use this to do my assignments. hur hur hur~
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Yeah, I had a toy around with a G10 a month back. It's pretty good, but I figured I'd spend the money on good glass instead.
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THANKS PEOPLE!
But what's the main differences between G5 & G10?
Where can we catch the G10 at a reasonably good price in Singapore?
Mmm... But $1k is indeed kinda expensive.... But it's worth it yeah?
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
Yeah, I had a toy around with a G10 a month back. It's pretty good, but I figured I'd spend the money on good glass instead.
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Originally posted by Devil1976:
Why so?Good as it G10 is, it's still no match for even my 400D, much less any of the newer DSLR models. The G10 starts to show noise at ISO200 while I can still take decent shots with the 400D at ISO800. For fast shootng, I already find the 400D's three frames per second limiting (I'd love the 50D's 6.3 fps), and the G10's 0.7 really wouldn't be usable to me at all for that purpose.
The G10's a nice little "carry everywhere" pocket camera that will happily do the job as a backup camera, andone of its oft-quoted virtues is that it's unobtrusive. Since I already have the 400D and I'm not bothered about being unobtrusive, getting lenses was the more sensible choice.
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get the Powershot SX1 IS..
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Originally posted by Devil1976:
But what's the main differences between G5 & G10?
The two models were released five years apart, and it shows.
The G5 has a 5-megapixel sensor; the G10 is 14.7 megapixels.
The G5 has 4X optical zoom compared to the G10's 5X.
The G5's LCD display is 1.8", the G10's is 3" and much higher definition.
The G5 goes up to ISO400 while the G10 goes up to ISO1600 - not that this makes a difference since noise kicks in at ISO200 anyway.
The G5's highest shutter speed is 1/2000 sec compared to the G10's 1/4000 - if you don't have enough light this isn't going to help you any.
The G5 in fact has some adtantages over the G10:
- it shoots at a maximum of 2.5 fps - much faster than the G10's 0.7
- the maximum aperture is larger at f/2.0 compared to the G10's f/2.8
- the G5's screen flips out, letting you take shots from odd angles; the G10's screen is fixedIn any case it's a moot point since the G5 stopped production in late 2004. You'd be lucky to get one in good condition these days.
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Originally posted by Master -_-:
get the Powershot SX1 IS..
No RAW capture. As it is you're already hobbled by a small sensor and poor low-light performance, and shooting only in JPEG will be the final nail in the coffin.
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my first camera
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Just make sure you've got plenty of light when you shoot.
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actually you're just looking for a point and shoot
get a lumix or exlim lah, save the trouble
pick the one where u like the design the most
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
actually you're just looking for a point and shoot
get a lumix or exlim lah, save the trouble
pick the one where u like the design the most
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Originally posted by Master -_-:
cute lah
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Why u guys so pro.
I only have a point n shoot camera.. hahaha
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
The two models were released five years apart, and it shows.
The G5 has a 5-megapixel sensor; the G10 is 14.7 megapixels.
The G5 has 4X optical zoom compared to the G10's 5X.
The G5's LCD display is 1.8", the G10's is 3" and much higher definition.
The G5 goes up to ISO400 while the G10 goes up to ISO1600 - not that this makes a difference since noise kicks in at ISO200 anyway.
The G5's highest shutter speed is 1/2000 sec compared to the G10's 1/4000 - if you don't have enough light this isn't going to help you any.
The G5 in fact has some adtantages over the G10:
- it shoots at a maximum of 2.5 fps - much faster than the G10's 0.7
- the maximum aperture is larger at f/2.0 compared to the G10's f/2.8
- the G5's screen flips out, letting you take shots from odd angles; the G10's screen is fixedIn any case it's a moot point since the G5 stopped production in late 2004. You'd be lucky to get one in good condition these days.
Thanks for the information...
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
Just make sure you've got plenty of light when you shoot.
But see.. I would like to have a point and shoot at a reasonable price... But some of the scenery I like often involves dim or special light effects... Which I often have a problem trying to capture its effect with most normal camera....?