Need help with good camera brands and finding a digital camera?
Posted on Jun 28, 2010 under Digital news and reports |I don’t know a thing about cameras.
What I’m looking for is a camera that will take crisp, clean photos, with a nice zooming ability. Zooming is very important. The camera should also have nice video quality and long battery life. It would be great to have the ability to upload pics to the internet. Also, I prefer a camera that is lightweight and not too expensive (preferably under $400). I like cameras that are available in different colors, but it is not necessary.
Also, which camera brands are the best, and why? Is Sony a good brand?
Thank you!
June 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Canon is the best brand and has been around for decades, Sony is good and better than Nikon but still Canon tops all… I would suggest either the Canon SX20IS or the Canon SX120IS, the Canon SX20IS is an outstanding camera with an awesome 20x optical zoom!!!
June 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Sony is the best brand and has been around for decades longer than Canon has in digital imaging
really Strong statements make me nervous.
Sony makes great cameras. have more experience in miniaturization and digital imaging than anyone else in the market. Nikon can’t be beat for certain things. And Canon cameras turn grass to moosh… but on the other hand there is a reason Canon dominates sporting events. Nikon dominates Photo journalism and Minolta (Sony now) dominates in Colour reproduction for things like fashion
400.00 is a nice amount to work with for a Camera. You should decide which sorts of things you like to shoot. Kids outdoors are easy. lazy cats indoors are easy. concert shot of Phil Colin’s are tougher. high school basketball is tougher still. I would suggest answering the following questions and taking your answers to the nearest real camera shop that sells the brands you are interested in. and let them help you pick one, there is a lot of choice no matter the brand.
What do I shoot mostly. Dark? fast action fast action in the dark? party shots? People.. things.. cars .. landscapes etc …
Will I carry the camera everywhere I go. like to the beach or everyday on the subway, trunk of the car. bag on a bicycle
How much do I want to learn about actual photography or do I really just want snap shots from a camera that chooses all the settings for me..
June 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
I would suggest canon SX20 or Panasonic FZ35. Great zoom camera that take great picture quality and also take good HD video.
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but if you want compact one then Sony DSC-HX5V is a good choice.10x Wide Angle Zoom. 1080i AVCHD Movie records high-quality HD movies
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
There’s a reason this camera is selling out everywhere at the moment.
I’ve had more fun taking pictures the last week than I have ever had with any other camera.
You know how your old point-and-shoot camera has a bunch of different modes and probably some "scene modes" that you can hunt around for in menus and which never really seem to do much? The HX5V has all this stuff on steroids and it’s both powerful and useful and easy to get to.
The large mode dial on the top of the camera lets you jump back and forth between the different modes (panorama, fully auto, Hand Held Twilight, etc.) and I believe the settings are saved in each mode so you rarely have to change anything. No hunting through menus to get to another mode, just spin the dial and off you go.
The HX5V is small and easy to hold for an extended period of time. I spent a couple hours wandering around the zoo yesterday pretty much holding it in my hand the whole time without getting tired. Try that with a DSLR. It doesn’t matter how good and expensive your camera is if it’s so big that you don’t bother to take it with you.
It’s extremely fast and responsive. Pre-focused shots are virtually instantaneous and even with focus you’ll almost always get the shot as it’s very quick. This is a huge improvement over older cameras I’ve used.
My favorite HX5V features so far:
1) Sweep Panorama mode. Spin the dial to the panorama mode, hold the shutter and move the camera around to create a 270 degree panorama shot. The camera takes a whole bunch of pictures and then stitches them all together in a couple seconds, and the results are amazing. This gives you a very interesting and different way to photograph a location, and the camera is worth the price for this alone.
2) 10-shot burst mode. Touch the still/bracket button on the top of the camera and you enable burst mode by default. This will take 10 pictures over a one second period, and is perfect for capturing animals, kids, or any other moving/uncooperative subject. It does take about 20 seconds or so to process and save all ten shots to the memory card before it’s ready to shoot again.
3) HDR backlight mode. This is one of numerous modes the camera has that involve it taking multiple exposures and then merging them together. In HDR mode it takes two shots in quick succession to expose both highlights and shadows, and then merges the two together to create a result that has the appearance of having much more dynamic range than you could get from a single exposure. It really works well with backlit subjects.
4) Hand Held Twilight (HHT) mode. This snaps a series of images and then syncs/merges them together to produce a sharp lower-noise image than you could get from a single long-exposure shot. Works great in low light situations.
5) Video. the HX5V can capture great looking 1080i High-Definition video. You don’t even have to switch into "movie mode" as there’s a dedicated record button that will start recording video while in any mode. So if your subject starts doing something interesting, just hit the button and it’s quickly recording full definition video. The results are really quite impressive.
6) GPS. The camera contains both a digital compass and a GPS receiver, and will "geotag" pictures with their location and the direction you were facing. It’s great to be browsing your photo collection and be able to click a link in the metadata (I’m using Adobe Lightroom) and have a Google maps satellite image come up showing you exactly where the picture was taken. So far it is amazingly accurate, at least when shooting outdoors where it can get a good view of the sky. If the camera has boon off for a long while then it takes about 30s to get a lock on the position, but if you’ve had it on recently then it only takes a few seconds to re-establish the position when you turn the camera back on.
There’s a bunch more useful and fun stuff it can do, but those are the most interesting features for me so far. This camera just does so much that it adds new dimensions of fun to taking pictures, and its advanced features are made easier to use than you might expect. There’s even an "easy mode" that increases the size of the text on the display and simplifies the information shown for your less-technology-savvy user.
Just a great fun camera overall.
Sony DSC-HX5V 10.2MP CMOS Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle Zoom with Optical Steady Shot Image Stabilization and 3.0 inch LCD
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DSC-HX5V-Digital-Optical-Stabilization/dp/B00328HR76/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1277184148&sr=1-2&tag=best-price-sell-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
June 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
you can consider buying Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 12.1MP Digital Camera
# 27mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens;
# 18x optical zoom with POWER O.I.S.
# HD movies with 1280 x 720-pixel resolution; AVCHD Lite format
# 2.7-inch TFT LCD screen
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IKLJU0?ie=UTF8&tag=bestdeals-y-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002IKLJU0
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 - Digital camera
# 20x optical zoom; 28mm wide-angle Sony G-Lens
# Capture up to 10 frames per second; HD (1080p) movie capture
# 3.0-inch Clear Photo LCD tilt display; 90-degree tilt, horizontal and vertical
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U3ZUWO?ie=UTF8c&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001U3ZUWO
Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LITT3I?ie=UTF8&tag=bestdeals-y-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002LITT3I
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