looking to buy a 35mm slr

Advantages: Cheaper than digital
Disadvantages: processing costs

...Now is an ideal time to purchase a 35mm SLR camera, there are several reasons for this. The first is many people are moving over to the digital format so they are selling off their old equipment. This means that it should be available more cheaply than it would have originaly sold at. Some shops are also selling off their old stock to make way for the digital stock. If you want to digitise your results you can still do so. This is done either by scanning the finished prints into the computer and saving it in a digital form or asking for the film to be developed and stored on a CD ROM or DVD. Also buying a 35mm means that you can perfect the art of photography by doing all the settings yourself and learning the true art of photography. When buying the camera you have choices to make such as do you want a manual or auto...

wildtinsey 23.07.2008 (24.03.2009) · Read review
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Review of Tips on Choosing a Camera

Samsung Vega 140s 35mm P&S compact camera.

Advantages: Low price for high quality and capabilities.
Disadvantages: Too big for shirt pocket.

...I have built a small but representative collection of these P&S cameras because they can be had for peanuts these days. This little beauty has all the rest beat, and the others like Nikon, Pentax, Canon are good, but not as good as the Samsung. The Schneider lens needs no introduction, I have been using this glass in various cameras for the past half century, and it is IMHO at least the equal of other much more expensive lenses. This camera is just about perfect in every possible way, it powers up rapidly so you don't miss these elusive and rare opportunities to capture memorable images which will always be in focus and perfectly exposed. The design of the camera is also well thought out so it looks and feels good in the hand. If Samsung had been competing with the German cameras 50 years ago, the whole photographic market might have...

cameranut 13.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Samsung Vega 140 S Compact Camera

35mm, APS or Digital

Advantages: Digital Encourages Creativity Through Risk Taking, after all, you can always erase it!
Disadvantages: Still got a way to go, before it sounds the death knell of celluloid

...35mm? APS? SLR? 2.3 Megapixels? 3x Zoom? If you’re only now thinking of getting into photography, in however a small way, these are some of terms that you will see bandied around in shops like Dixons or Jessops. Firstly, let me explode the few examples of jargon above. 35mm = Well, 35 millimetre! This refers to celluloid film where its width across its sprocket holes is 35mm. Why does it have sprocket holes? Originally, when the need for smaller cameras was identified before the 2nd World War, cinema film stock was the only format commonly available in that size, hence the holes. APS = Advanced Photographic System. This is a newer celluloid film format, which adds several user-friendly facilities over and above those offered by the better-established films like 35mm. SLR = Single Lens Reflex. This refers to cameras...

BNibbles 25.04.2001 (01.05.2001) · Read review
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Review of Comparison Of Film & Camera Types

A true replacement for professional 35mm cameras

Advantages: Full control over all aspects of photography, True SLR, interchangable lenses, metal body
Disadvantages: Expensive! This camera is for pro and semi-pro photographers, not the amateurs!

...! Physically, the camera has a nice balance, and is exactly the size and weight you'd expect of it 35mm forbears - but with the advantage of being able to take a great many shots with a reasonably-sized Compact Flash card - at full resolution and normal compression, you get around 300 images on a 512MB card. You do have the option of taking both uncompressed TIF images (~30 per 512MB), and even raw sensor data for importation into Photoshop allowing you even more control over the processing of the image. One thing that troubles many photographers about digital cameras is the battery life - fear not! The 1400mAh Lithium-Ion battery supplied with the D100 is perfectly capable of taking over 400 shots using the built-in flash (or Speedlight as Nikon call it), and well over a thousand if the flash is not used (using a CompactFlash card for storage...

tomo1k 04.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Nikon D100

Getting Your Kid Into Digital Cameras

Advantages: Features Like Any Regular Digital Camera
Disadvantages: 16 MB Internal Memory and No Zoom Capabilities

...No digital camera review on CIAO would be complete without a few entries about cameras designed for kids. After all, kids are almost universally enthusiastic about taking pictures. And parents with a love of photography often pass down their passion to their children. But digital cameras are not always kid-friendly, due to fragile construction, price, or complicated menus and buttons. The newest trend in children's electronics is a group of digital cameras made especially for small children. These cameras are easy to hold, come in bright colors that kids love, and have many of the same features as grown-up digital cameras. Kids love them. The VTech KidiZoom Digital Camera is one of the top digital cameras for kids. This camera was made with fun in mind. Kids like the KidiZoom's large LCD screen and the onboard photo editing options...

bennyong 21.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of VTech Kidizoom Camera Pink

Fuji Panoramic Disposable camera Quality at a cost

Advantages: small, easy to use, panoramic pics, excellent photos
Disadvantages: Only 15 exposures, not that cheap, no flash

...good quality; with nice colours and no shadows. The images were clear and sharp with fine grain. The photographs are of a panormaic size (4" x 10" format) The camera is also very easy to use, as with most single use cameras, its a matter of click the button on the top then wind it on and its really that simple. processing was also easy, it uses a usual 35mm film, as with most SLR or single use cameras, which means you can nip it into any processing centre without problems or extra costs. Developing and processing however are not included in the price of the camera. Many single use cameras offer free processing however this is not the case for this camera. Thus its perhaps worth considering that on top of the £8.50 you've paid for the camera, you could have another £3 or £4 to pay for processing, the fact that panoramic films also...

gusgusrule 22.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Fuji QuickSnap Panorama Disposable 35mm

Death by 35mm film

Advantages: Great value
Disadvantages: A bit slow

...lab. You know the one, they shove lurid green plastic envelopes through your letterbox every now and then. WILL THEY PROCESS ANY FILM? Currently Truprint accept colour 35mm, APS, Advantix and disposable cameras. They are also setting up a service for digital images online, but this isn't fully functional yet. Or in fact functional at all, so it could be a while before this is possible :( IS IT EXPENSIVE? No no no no NO! It's as cheap as... a very, very cheap thing. This is where the beauty of Truprint lies: for a standard 35mm/27 exp film, the cost for regular 6"x4" pictures is only £2.49. Postage and packaging is 70p per film, but this is still very competitive when compared with the High Street prices. However, in addition to this, for every film you send in you receive a free 200 ASA/24 exp film, and can upgrade to a 36 exp...

Sootica.P.Monster 13.06.2002 · Read review
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Review of Truprint - Photo Processng

vanguard Camera case

Advantages: cheap price, safe and durable, waterproof, and camera protective
Disadvantages: Made in china, available in black only.

...background to Vanguard until I started to write this review I had no idea who they were. I searched online and read a few reviews about the company. The company specialise in manufacturing Camera bags, Binoculars, Tripods and Cases for guns to name a few products. The companies customers include major Camera manufacturers. vanguard Camera Case for a Camera case it is a low priced entry level Camera Case used to hold, store and allow the user to move around with a Camera inside the Pouch. The Camera Case is black coloured throughout. The Case has the Vanguard's logo encased on the closing part of the Pouch. Also the material is polyester and I suppose that it is good that it is not made from leather as the leather in the summer weather reacts to the heat. This Camera Case also adheres to the international quality...

costas1234 12.05.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Vanguard LIMA 6B Case Camera

35mm just went out of fashion

Advantages: Small, great optics, easy to use
Disadvantages: case too soft

...This was my first digital camera and I reckon anyone who tries this technology will never go back to 35 mm. The camera is expensive. Mine cost me £500 with a 256MB memory card (good for 100-500 images). You can take as many photos as you want. You can edit the bad ones, delete the awful ones and print the ones you want or just burn them to DVD and view them on your TV. I sold my 3 35mm cameras and a bucket of film on eBay. The SD card has never let me down. I've never lost any photos but I do carry the original 16MB as a spare. By the way, a 16MB factory supplied card on a £500 camera is sooo mean. Lens cover is a must and is builtin. When it powers off though it doesn't close. You cannot add lens so this is an amateur machine although it has a full rnage of exposure, white balance and speed controls as well as digital...

GordonHall 03.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Canon PowerShot S40

Just like my old 35mm

Advantages: Easy to use. Not expensive
Disadvantages: none

...The first thing that I noticed about this little Kodak camera is how much like an ordinary 35mm camera it is. Just like your old point and click cameras in size, it is really simple to use, with the same point and click button on top that you would be used to with an ordinary camera. About the only way you can really tell it apart is by the lens, which instead of being in the middle, is shifted way over to the right hand side. This can be a bit awkward as it’s quite easy to get finger marks all over it, so it’s better if you keep the lens cap on when its not in use. Obviously, the biggest benefit of any digital camera is that you don’t always have to be buying film for it, and it allows you to take many more pictures. With my old Canon 35mm I could only get 36 snapshots from a roll of film, but now I have...

flooda 15.02.2001 · Read review
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