Digital camera - 10.2 Megapixel - Optical Zoom: 3.9 - Weight: 545 - Flash memory: CompactFlash Type I, Type II - Viewfinder: Optical Viewfinder (On Ciao since: 03/2008)
Digital camera - 21.1 - Optical Zoom: 4.3, 2.5 - Weight: 0.81 kg - Flash memory: CompactFlash Type I/ II - Viewfinder: Pentaprism, Optical Viewfinder (On Ciao since: 10/2008)
Digital camera - 10.1 Megapixel - Optical Zoom: 5, 3 - Weight: 0.7 kg - Flash memory: CompactFlash Type I/ II - Viewfinder: Optical Viewfinder (On Ciao since: 09/2007)
The EOS 450D blends an uncompromising performance with ease of use in a lightweight, ergonomic body. Capture your world with a 12.2 megapixel CMOS sensor and...
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The EOS 450D blends an uncompromising performance with ease of use in a lightweight, ergonomic body. Capture your world with a 12.2 megapixel CMOS sensor and...
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This Nikon digital SLR case comes complete in black and is made from polyester. The durable and lightweight case includes internal dividers along with...
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This Hama digital SLR bag is made of durable nylon material with three adjustable partitions for accessories. An additional small case is included for...
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Advantages: SLR's are cheaper! Development is cool! Disadvantages: Digital is convenient! Plus colour is easier!
...If your considering buying a camera, and you have a similar mindset to me, you could never go digital. To put things in perspective, I have just finished a photography GCSE course and got a B. I have just started A-level, and have aspirations to go to university and do a BA in photography. I really don't care much about cameras, but I can recognise the fact that a camera does help a photographer improve.
The debate shouldn't be Digital vs. SLR - it should be 35mm vs. Medium Format! Limiting yourself to an SLR is pretty constricting when you consider the options.
Digital is out of the question for anyone who wants to do anything creative with their photography - you lose access to the darkroom (unless you print transparencies on your printer), which is the best way to have fun with photography. Photoshop is a good way of getting...
bigbtommy
12.10.2002 ·Read review
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Review of Digital Vs SLR
Advantages: cheaper than digital Disadvantages: You need to actually think about the shots you take
...For the serious photographer there are two options when buying a camera. Either a state of the art digital machine, or the slightly outdated but considerably cheaper (cameras which use a system of mirrors to let the user see directly through the lens). If money weren?t an object, many people would choose a digital camera, however many of us don?t want to go out and blow a large amount of money on a digital camera. There may be a feeling when buying a digital camera that you are ?settling for less.? This is by no means the case, and I aim to show you a few techniques that will enable you to take superb pictures with an SLR camera.
Personally, I use a Practika SLR from the mid eighties. In fact, I am only slightly older than the camera. Using this camera I have taken (if I do say so myself) excellent shots in Glasgow, mainly thanks to...
Chaotic1
14.12.2000 ·Read review
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Review of Digital Vs SLR
Advantages: SLR Control creativity expandable Disadvantages: SLR Immediacy cost size
...I'm surprised there are so few opinions on this subject - everybody seems to be talking about the great debate digital vs SLR. So here are my few thoughts. This isn't comprehensive - never could be, but I hope it helps.
Let me structure my opinion by users - find the type you are closest to and see if you agree or disagree.
CASUAL PHOTOGRAPHER - HOLIDAY SNAPPER
You probably want to use your camera for pictures of the kids, holidays, birthdays, weddings, friends and families - and don't need extra lenses, filters or flashes to carry around. Here you probably don't want to learn about photographic technique, wouldn't ever own or use a darkroom (wet or digital). You are looking for convenience in size, weight and cost.
Most likely to use a 35mm compact camera, maybe with a zoom, cost anywhere between £25 and £150...
mikefrench
15.10.2002 ·Read review
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Review of Digital Vs SLR
...I purchased this camera last year and have since used it more a variety of general and professional photos.
As a basic digital SLR it does a very good job and is perfect for general and amateur photography with a variety of easy to use features and image stabilisation technology. When set to "Auto" mode, the camera will do pretty much everything for you and will work out exposure and focus with very good precision. A fast image processor also helps for taking quick snaps! There are a number of useful modes for adapting the camera quickly and easily to different kinds of photos and lighting conditions and the lens supplied will give you a good range of shots.
I have also tried taking some more professional photos with this camera as well, using the manual features and different lenses. One very handy point to mention is that this...
Advantages: Superb build quality. Compact size. Ease of use Disadvantages: Expensive lenses. Dark viewfinder
...manufacturers. At the moment, though, lens choice is a bit limited and the lenses are not cheap: although I did say this is a pro camera and the quality of the lenses is admirable.
Olympus have gone out on a limb by producing the first digital SLR built from scratch-i.e. not being based on an existing film camera design. The result is a pleasure to work with. Just don't expect a bargain for a while....
Advantages: Price, durability, ergonomic design, ease of use, good instructions! Disadvantages: No memory card included. Argh.
...In this review: SUMMARY - SPECIFICATION - LOOK - INSTRUCTION - RESULTS - OVERALL a GREAT camera.
=SUMMARY=
Nikon's lowest-priced SLR - the best SLR in this price range on the market. You really can't go wrong!
=SPECIFICATION=
This is a 6 megapixel camera with 23,000 pixel LCD monitor and ISO sensitivity range of 200-1600. Custom Auto ISO also applies, and the Nikon Processing engine is the same as the D80 or the D200, with 420 pixel sensor on the 3D Color Matrix Metering. If this all sounds a bit beyond you, the camera ALSO offers lots of helpful and accessible functions like "in-camera retouching". This is just to help you improve your photos BEFORE you take them - the LCD monitor will tell you if your scene is too dark and you need to use the flash (I am so guilty of this). You can also do red-eyed reduction, trimming etc...
piratess2104
06.11.2007 ·Read review
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Review of Nikon D40
Advantages: Great quality and value for money, feature-rich, the good old dependable Nikon name Disadvantages: None really, unless you need more megapixels and more features for pro use
...I bought this gorgeous digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera just over a year ago and am head over heels in love with it. Although only the entry level D range Nikon at 6.1 megapixels, it is an absolutely brilliant piece of kit (as you would expect from Nikon) for the money and produces impressively high quality photos.
I?ve been an avid photographer for many years, and my trusty ancient Minolta SRT-101 SLR served me extremely well for more than two decades until I decided to try digital. At first I bought a Nikon Coolpix a few years ago, as prices for digital cameras were a lot higher then and that was as much as I could afford, and alternated between the Coolpix and the SRT depending on whether I wanted just snapshots or something that needed setting up in a more creative way.
But having had the opportunity last year to purchase...
thereddragon
10.04.2009 ·Read review
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Review of Nikon D40
Advantages: Light, Long Battery Life, 27 consecutive shots Disadvantages: Accessories expensive, No Image stablizer, probs with old EOS lenses
...Having owned the Canon EOS 400 D for the last 5 months, I am very pleased with all the results that I have been able to produce with my first DSLR camera.
Whats Good
Lets look at the sotware package, quick simple and it does nto overwrite or re-download any pictures that have already been downloaded, very useful if you dont always clear the memory card down when you have finished with the camera.
It feels like a normal SLR although completely trahes any other Digital camera that I have owned with the 27 consecutive frames without a pause. I have found that if you drop the quality then you can get more.
Battery life is exceptional, keep trying to run it out and eventually resort to sitting down and continuously shooting to maintain the battery
The buttons, menus, functions and instructions are all easy to use / understand...
simes23
02.10.2007 ·Read review
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Review of Canon EOS 400D
Advantages: Lightweight and compact, easy to use in "Auto" mode Disadvantages: comes without memory card
...on the "auto" mode for a few days, I will update this review as I go on, and find my feet with the camera, but so far so good it feels well built, For the money to me it's a prefect introduction into the digital SLR camera world, and I feel confident that it will help me learn a lot more about this new hobby of mine and give me much pleasure in the years to come. (so much so that I put "excellent" for reliability and durability in the boxes below) :-)
UPDATE: 11/04/08
So, I have been living with this camera for a while now, and just keep getting more and more impressed by its ability to "keep up" with the "big boys" I have taken numerous photographs with it, and even had a couple featured in the local press, and on the BBC website. - much to the annoyance of some local "professionals" :-)
I also have now purchased a 55-200 VR zoom...
brianmcc
23.01.2007 (11.04.2008) ·Read review
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Review of Nikon D40
Advantages: Lightweight and extremly versatile. Brilliant for walking and other outdoor activities. Disadvantages: Slightly stiff joints compared to the compact camera version, and a bit bulky (relativly speaking)
...the location. The grippy rubberised knuckles even allow you to wrap the legs around fence posts, tree branches, signposts etc. The tripod fixes to a standard tripod mount fitted on most cameras. You can leave the small quick release adapter permanently fixed to your camera, or simply screw the whole thing in every time you need it. I have a Canon S3 Is superzoom compact (size wise its sits between a standard compact and an SLR), which is well supported using this SLR version. The only question mark is whether those joints will still work in a few years time, though there are no problems with mine yet and I have been using it over a year....
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