What Camera

[RobinJI]

Hey. I really like taking pictures and stuff, but I haven't got any kinda of serious camera, and I find it really annoying not having the pictured high-res, and not having the right adjustments on the camera.

I am a pretty broke student for the moment though. So was wondering if there's anything any good for like £250ish. Only as a starter camera, and definitely digital. I'll find out what my dads is, as I really like that, but I'm not sure how much it cost, although it was seriously reduced from the RRP.

So any recomendations??

[Rob_P]

Ok, have a read in some of these: CLICK

I would write an eassy as to why i'd choose one over another but I can't be bothered

Done it way too many times already lol.

Some of my personal favourites for what would be ideal for you, as follows:

Fuji S5500/S5600

Olympus SP 510UZ

Olympus SP 3200

All have manual controls for when you start to learn about apertures/shutter speeds/iso/white balance etc. Let you be a lot more creative.

Rather than just sticking it on auto.

[RobinJI]

Ah, sweet, thanks. I think the S5500 or S6500 is what my dad has, I'll check next time I see him.

Thanks for the help.

After a quick browse, I'm pretty sure his if the S5500, although I'm really liking the look of the S6500.

Just reading up on the S6500 and read the line "Shutter speed: 30 - 1/4000th sec" Does that mean 30/4000 - 1/4000 or can you actually set it to have a full 30 second shutter speed? Also I'm assuming 1/4000th second is easily fast enough for seriously fast things to be captured clearly? assuming the conditions are adequate?

Edited December 2, 2006 by Dont you Just Hate it When...

[Fish-Finger-er]

ive got an s5500 and its mint for wat i need it for, manual settings, yet still simple enough to use when drunk, has screw on lens adapters for wide angle, telephoto, filters etc.has a mint optical zoom. super powerful flash for an inbuilt one,batteries last an age,well made if slightly plasticky. and best of all, its real cheap, could get one,and a 256mb memory card for around £100+10 postage last time i checked on ebay, and that was new,with all accessories. so doesnt matter an awful lot if 6 months down the line i drop it and break it, whereas with a d50, or a 450d, would be a huge disaster. or if you lost interest in photography.

[Davetrials]

fuji EVERY time.

[Krisboats]

Ah, sweet, thanks. I think the S5500 or S6500 is what my dad has, I'll check next time I see him.

Thanks for the help.

After a quick browse, I'm pretty sure his if the S5500, although I'm really liking the look of the S6500.

Just reading up on the S6500 and read the line "Shutter speed: 30 - 1/4000th sec" Does that mean 30/4000 - 1/4000 or can you actually set it to have a full 30 second shutter speed? Also I'm assuming 1/4000th second is easily fast enough for seriously fast things to be captured clearly? assuming the conditions are adequate?

Doesnt it mean 30 seconds exposure time as the maximum, then individually stages down to 1/4000th of a second? I find 1/500th of a second on my dads minolta thing is easily enough to catch a riding in clear quality flying across a gap.

Edited December 3, 2006 by Krisboats

[Fish-Finger-er]

Ah, sweet, thanks. I think the S5500 or S6500 is what my dad has, I'll check next time I see him.

Thanks for the help.

After a quick browse, I'm pretty sure his if the S5500, although I'm really liking the look of the S6500.

Just reading up on the S6500 and read the line "Shutter speed: 30 - 1/4000th sec" Does that mean 30/4000 - 1/4000 or can you actually set it to have a full 30 second shutter speed? Also I'm assuming 1/4000th second is easily fast enough for seriously fast things to be captured clearly? assuming the conditions are adequate?

it means 30 second exposure, right down to 1/4000 of a second, my s5500 is 15-1/2000. and at both ends of the spectrum, its more than adequate for anything i need, only thing i could possibly think off, is having the 30 seconds could be of use when shooting very complex light trails(secnd layer clothing's light trail on there site for example). but yea as kris says, 1/500 is more than acceptable for action shots.

[RobinJI]

Ah, cool. Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be getting either the S6500 or S5500 depending on how well I do at Christmas. Ill borrow my dads 5500 before if he'll let me just to get the hang of the thing. Hes got a point and click thing he can use in the mean time.

[Fish-Finger-er]

some sample pics took with the s5500, some by me, others by my mate, who doesnt know how to use any of the setting on it, its a point an click to him. but still produces decent results, which is handy for when your wasted to mess round with the settings.

my sample pics

EDIT: none of these photos have been close to photoshop, theyve come straight off the camera like that.

Edited December 3, 2006 by trials_punk182

[Krisboats]

some sample pics took with the s5500, some by me, others by my mate, who doesnt know how to use any of the setting on it, its a point an click to him. but still produces decent results, which is handy for when your wasted to mess round with the settings.

my sample pics

Very Ansel Adams

[Fishy]

Any online shops that sell the s5600?

[Fish-Finger-er]

Any online shops that sell the s5600?

amazon used too, otherwise ebay.

or this, its a bit better than the s5600s6500

[Joel]

If you made the land brighter that would be a great photo. and definately ansel adams.

[Fish-Finger-er]

If you made the land brighter that would be a great photo. and definately ansel adams.

got some with the land brighter, just dont appeal to me as much, got about 4 or 5 shots, all unedited, just some are taken with slightly longer shutter times, will post them up tomorrow me thinks.

[Whiteboy]

if anyone is intrested my fuji s5600 may be up for sale with case, memory cards, fillter, strap, batteries, charrger etc

cheers