Camera buying help: Digital compact or dSLR?

[danski]

Sorry, haven't read entire thread so I'm sure someone (Editor?) has probably recommended a Ricoh in one of their various forms.

 

[Herbsman.]

youll regret buying a dslr cos it is too bulky to take everywhere, get a good compact like a canon g9 or g11, and have some sort of insurance in case you break it.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

youll regret buying a dslr cos it is too bulky to take everywhere, get a good compact like a canon g9 or g11

Is the g10 missing for a reason? I'm considering getting the g10 over a dslr.

The g11 is out of my price range atm. Worth waiting a year?

 

[Herbsman.]

Is the g10 missing for a reason? I'm considering getting the g10 over a dslr.

The g11 is out of my price range atm. Worth waiting a year?

according to some it has terrible noise at high isos, thats because canon put too many sensors on the pixel. i mean pixels on the sensor. the g11 has fewer pixels thus less noise

 

[The Groke]

I think I'm seriously considering the Nikon D60.

So we could have saved this entire thread and just gone with my suggestion from the 3rd post...




Did you touch one yet? Hold it in your hands and strike an action-photo pose? Sling it insouciantly over your shoulder and stroll about the store?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I've suddenly decided I'd like a new compact camera. There's a new one from Canon, the G11, that has a lot of features, but isn't as large as a conventional DSLR.

 

[The Groke]

@ Johnny - Ed posted a recent Dig compact "shoot-out" which included the G11 and concluded that the Lumix LX3 was the star of the show...

 

[The Groke]

Oops no: My apologies - it was an older review and was the G10 not 11.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Oops no: My apologies - it was an older review and was the G10 not 11.

From what I've read, they've improved some of the drawbacks of the G10.

 

[Herbsman.]

Did you touch one yet? Hold it in your hands and strike an action-photo pose? Sling it insouciantly over your shoulder and stroll about the store?

That feeling soon wears off when the camera is sat gathering dust and you wish you had bought a compact so you can easily carry it everywhere in your pocket.

REAL photographers use compacts. POSERS use SLR's.

 

[The Groke]

Um.


I am not really sure what to say to that.


Have a smilie.

 

[Madusa]

I'm gonna go today and check out a Lumix G1 against the D60.

 

[stowpirate]

That feeling soon wears off when the camera is sat gathering dust and you wish you had bought a compact so you can easily carry it everywhere in your pocket.

REAL photographers use compacts. POSERS use SLR's.

Here we go again - If you have a rucksack you will be fine. You can carry two or three cameras around and a few lenses, films etc....

 

[northeastoipunk]

ive had good results with the entrylevel sony alpha 200 it cost just less than 300 quid , and gets great reviews in the camera magazines for budget entry ,
its ratherbulky , but lightweight enough for me ??
might be worth thinking about it , and u can pick em up in most jessops shops or currys on the high street

 

[Herbsman.]

Here we go again - If you have a rucksack you will be fine. You can carry two or three cameras around and a few lenses, films etc....

well yes, if you can be arsed with all that shit

 

[ethel]

or just throw your camera into your normal bag like i do.

 

[weltweit]

I pop my dslr into a wooly hat (for protection) and then into a normal rucksack.

It does not bother me that it is bulky, I have it with me whenever I think there will be a photo opportunity.

 

[stowpirate]

well yes, if you can be arsed with all that shit

It is cheaper than buying a dedicated camera bag like all those amateurs with money to burn. They only cost 50p down the local car boot sale

But yes it makes more sense to get a small compact camera either film or digital and stick it in your pocket. I like those folding 35mm kodak retina type cameras for hiking up mountains. But on the day I end up with three other cameras in the rucksack and no place for the waterproof survival gear!

This beast when folded is as compact as a digital.

 

[Madusa]

ok, so I have spent the day agonising over cameras. I really do want something like a Nikon D60, but as others have quite rightly said, is faaar, faaar to bulky to take with me everywhere which is half the point for me... I feel I really do want an entry level DSLR to experiment with and will get one, maybe later on this year but today I went for a teeny tiny mid range Pentax Optio L70 cos it was doing my head in being camera-less.

I was actually gonna buy a Nikon (some letters)9000, have no idea whether that's right. No large lens or anything but looked like the very top range digi compact that was like, 500 euros but fucked it off cos the body was hideous.

So, there you have it. Thanks for all your help you guys give good camera...will still need it when it comes to DSLR purchasing time.

 

[weltweit]

Well done on doing the deed and puchasing one!!

Post some pics !!

(actually you don't have to, I never do! )

 

[Madusa]

I'm charging the battery.
It's not one of the ones I was lusting for...with a big, fuck off lens and amazing features but it should tide me over til I decide properly which dslr to go for. All the sales people blabbering away camera specs in spanish is NOT the best way to spend 500 odd quid I feel so I'll probably buy that one online.

 

[stowpirate]

I went for a teeny tiny mid range Pentax Optio L70 cos it was doing my head in being camera-less.

It is great to see you were not influenced in any way

Interesting camera this Pentax Optio L70 I am sure in ideal conditions it will produce as good quality images as any dslr.