I want to sit down and learn how to take better pictures. Priced used Zoom lens for Jerry's Olympus Looked on E-bay at the prices. My smaller Canon does not take good close ups. And can't get The birds to sit still. And off and on button so close hit off when I try to take picture from house.
Mine is a Cannon Rebel, 5 years old and after 13,000+ pictures it is still going strong. The newer model Rebels have more features and more resolution. Jerry
I've always had Canons. Had one of the "old" 35mm ones for years and years. Just got tired of carrying that heavy load.... lenses, flash, etc. The one I have now is the PowerShotA550. It's great little camera, but I'd like to replace it with one with a better/higher zoom.
I have a Fuji Finepix S8100fd. It is digital 10 mega pixels with 18 X optical zoom. It's a great little camera and is very easy to use. It takes great pics. Uses 4 AA batteries. I have had it about 4 years. When I bought it, I think I paid about $400 for it.
Just today my uncle picked up a camera for me (I paid him for it) from the store where he works. Its a Nikon Coolpix L19. Havent played with it yet though.
Kos, I had gotten it at Wal Mart on line, check them out. Someone else in here has a Fuji, I think it's Netty and she was happy with hers too.
I'm going to check these out.Jerry's olympus nice camera but way to heavy for me. No problem he's lot bigger then me. Gal on Secret Garden another site I go to. Gal showed some pictures. I want to take ones like that while all the cardinals are here-Have alot. Thanks for help.
I was at Walmart this morning and they had a Soney 16.2 megapixel with 30X zoom for $399. Nice looking camera and very reasonably priced too! I was in Walmart online and they have a Fuji 3220 with 16 Megapixel and 20x zoom for $179. That's an excellent buy. It includes a camera case and an 8 gig memory card too. moderator's note: removed double posting see point 3.6 of usage rules
My Kodak Easy Share 12 megapixels is under $80 and I have gotten some gorgeous photos with it. I don't normally even use the zoom, the closeup photos I have posted here have been cropped from the distance photo. I am hopelessly cheap but it does what I want it to do so I really don't feel the need to buy one of the more expensive ones.
Mine is a Canon Ixus 400 which is my very first compact digital camera. Had it for about .... WOW!!! 9 years now and is still giving me good pictures.
The camera helps, but it isn't the main piece of equipment necessary for good photos. The eye and the brain behind it make the real difference. Zoom lenses are great, but an 8x zoom can't be held still enough by hand to get a good picture unless you're in full sunlight, and even then it's iffy. If you hold a modern point and shoot camera out in front of you so you can see the display on the back, your arms will shake enough to "fuzz things up." Invest in a monopod if you're out and about, it'll steady your hand and serve as a walking stick if necessary. A tripod is even better, but it's harder to move around. If you specialize in landscapes, do a lot of macro (really close up) work, take a lot of portraits, or other specific work, then pick the camera that gives the best results for that type of work (the folks at your local camera store can help guide you). Otherwise, the simple point and shoot cameras do just fine for general photography, just be sure to get one with optical zoom, digital zoom loses resolution when you zoom in. The wonderful thing about digital point and shoot cameras is that you can take a lot of experimental pictures at no cost. Play with lighting, zoom, wide angle, macro, and other forms. Learning how to take photos is a lot of fun. You can always get a fancy camera, but it won't make you a better photographer, only practice will do that. I have a friend that takes better pictures with a simple point and shoot camera by accident than I do on purpose. His eye for detail, composure, angles, and setting is practiced and automatic. Yours can be too, with practice. Of course, when he gets serious he sets up his "real" camera. Of course, his real camera cost $35,000 and has to be tethered to his laptop when he takes the photo. At 25 megapixels, it also takes a really detailed photo. Even with that fancy camera, it's the eye and brain of the photographer that captures a great image, not the camera itself.
I have a Kodak Easy Share. It took me a few weeks but I learned all of the modes and it works great now. It was $79.00 at Office Depot. dooley
Thanks for all the info.Will check out the cameras.Mainly will check to see if off and on button are apart. And I'm reading book on taking better pictures. Wish birds wouldn't fly away when I go outside. Or they stay-when you don't have camera with me.
