Recommend a good digital camera to me!
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
What, you're not going to wait for the D3Xs?
i was predicting that i'll only buy a D5X
but it seems like business is good enough that i should be able to get a D3x
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
though i'm aiming the Ricoh GX200 because it gives good colour, can focus fast enough for a compact, its well designed, can shoot RAW. but its a daytime camera, any shots at night or requires flash will fail miserably. firstly because it get noisy at midrange ISO and the flash sucks. but depending on how you use it, you might achieve something nice with the noise at night, like those japanese photographers who use this camera.
No hotshoe? I think the zoom range might be a bit limiting as well. Both things, plus higher resolution, go in the G10's favour.
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
No hotshoe? I think the zoom range might be a bit limiting as well. Both things, plus higher resolution, go in the G10's favour.
there's a hotshoe
but the flash will be bigger than the camera
ricoh for me due to the size and results given
g10 if i want better quality photos (for print)
if i want proper zoom, i'll go for a DSLR
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
i was predicting that i'll only buy a D5X
but it seems like business is good enough that i should be able to get a D3x
Whoa, kopi, better read Ken Rockwell's review on the D3X before rushing out to the store: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3x.htm. Rockwell's a no-bullshit guy, but the review is pretty harsh for even him.
Looks like you could be better off with a D3 (no X) instead.
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seems like a step backwards.
but i'll be using this camera at ISO200 and below, i just want the extra megapixels.
then again he said the firmware pushes it back down to 12.
"Do you really want to pay a $3,800 premium over the D3 for a mere 42% improvement in linear resolution? Why not buy a D3 for speed and low light, and buy a Canon 5D Mark II for high-resolution full-frame shots for $2,700, and pocket the leftover $1,100 to go party? Very, very few photographers know what they're doing well enough to get this sort of sharpness at the sensor, so for most guys, D3X images will look the same (or worse) than D3 images."
ok so its either a D3Xs, D4... or i just get bloody batter grip for my D300 because i prefer using a battery grip for portrait shots
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
seems like a step backwards.
but i'll be using this camera at ISO200 and below, i just want the extra megapixels.
then again he said the firmware pushes it back down to 12.
"Do you really want to pay a $3,800 premium over the D3 for a mere 42% improvement in linear resolution? Why not buy a D3 for speed and low light, and buy a Canon 5D Mark II for high-resolution full-frame shots for $2,700, and pocket the leftover $1,100 to go party? Very, very few photographers know what they're doing well enough to get this sort of sharpness at the sensor, so for most guys, D3X images will look the same (or worse) than D3 images."
ok so its either a D3Xs, D4... or i just get bloody batter grip for my D300 because i prefer using a battery grip for portrait shots
Get the D3 lah - FX is better than DX for portraits.
As a Canon shooter, if was going to get serious about portrait shooting, I'd be getting the 5D or 5D2 instead of trying to get an APS-C body to try and do the job.
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
Get the D3 lah - FX is better than DX for portraits.
As a Canon shooter, if was going to get serious about portrait shooting, I'd be getting the 5D or 5D2 instead of trying to get an APS-C body to try and do the job.
the money spent for the same amount of megapixels is like... not worth it.
its not like as if nikon has a camera that matches the 1Ds Mark 3.
i'll stick with the d300 untill nikon comes up with a better body.
for now i'm happy with the results of the d300... except that it doesn't have a damn battery grip.
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
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.
For me G10 is the choice, it can take photo like SLR, but without all the damn lenses and weight. When travel photography is the thing you want ... compact and less weight is the thing.
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
for me, i'll be ok with a G10
though i'm aiming the Ricoh GX200 because it gives good colour, can focus fast enough for a compact, its well designed, can shoot RAW. but its a daytime camera, any shots at night or requires flash will fail miserably. firstly because it get noisy at midrange ISO and the flash sucks. but depending on how you use it, you might achieve something nice with the noise at night, like those japanese photographers who use this camera.
i'm still considering purchasing this camera because of its results during the day. because i don't take my camera out at night!
but be reminded that the cameras that i've mentioned are around the $700-800 range
Ok.. Thanks... But I'm more like a day & night person... I suppose I'm more into something which can enable me to take anything with a reasonable and decent speed..
I think I'll just pass on trying to get good night photos out of GX200 as I don't really know much about photography... Though there was a point where I was quite truly tempted to pick up much more, but still.... Mainly time constraints.....
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Originally posted by storywolf:
For me G10 is the choice, it can take photo like SLR, but without all the damn lenses and weight. When travel photography is the thing you want ... compact and less weight is the thing.
You're making me fall in love with G10 already!
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
someone said before that the best zoom is to take a step forward.
it really isn't the equipment sometimes.
the same wide angle lens at different heights will give you different a "feel" each time.
take one standing up, chest level, hip level and from the floor with the same lens, it all looks different.
if the flash is too bright, step back, zoom in to crop the photo.
its that simple
Hey, I TOTALLY AGREE with the HEIGHT THINGY!!! Sometimes it's just about HOW BAD you want that picture captured in the STYLE YA WANT!!
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Originally posted by storywolf:
it can take photo like SLR
No it can't, but it's a nice little bit of kit anyway.
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
the money spent for the same amount of megapixels is like... not worth it.
its not like as if nikon has a camera that matches the 1Ds Mark 3.
i'll stick with the d300 untill nikon comes up with a better body.
for now i'm happy with the results of the d300... except that it doesn't have a damn battery grip.
Fair nuff - definitely get the grip. Once I put the grip on my 400D, it never came off - damn handy and improves the balance of the camera when you've got a large lens.