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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / December 2006Search for small digi camera with manual focus
Hi, I'm looking for a small digi camera like the Ixus800. But it should have approximately 4 optical zoom and manual focus if possible. I have expensive pro gear but I can't take it with me on my bike rides. I would like to take shots of my friend's jumps during the rides and that's where I require the manual focus. Any suggestions please? > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any suggestions please? www.dpreview.com -> Buying Guide -> Features search. For example Ricoh GX8, R5 etc. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any suggestions please? > I have expensive pro gear but I can't take it with me on my bike rides. ^^^^ Motor or pedal? BugBear This might fit the bill -- http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/e900.html 4 x zoom and manual focus. I picked one up yesterday and so far I like it a lot. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any suggestions please? > This might fit the bill -- > > http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/e900.html > > 4 x zoom and manual focus. > I picked one up yesterday and so far I like it a lot. You like the manual focus? That's one of the E900's weakest features, the LCD is low res (115K) and there is no magnified image available to help you judge the focus. You may get lucky at close range but I wouldn't depend on it. Also when using manual focus in low light the screen does not 'bright up' so a dim scene becomes unworkable. The behaviour in auto-focus mode is different, here the screen does bright-up and one trick I developed was to pre-focus on the target in auto-focus mode - though even that's not too easy in low light since the E900 doesn't have a focus assist lamp - then, without adjusting anything else, switch to manual focus. The focus point remains at the pre-focus setting. Not perfect, but likely to get better results than plain manual and in low light the only usable option. The E900 does have its plus points but please don't sell it on its manual focus. -- Regards, Chris Luck  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Sorry about the line wrapping. Using Thunderbird - must try to remember to re-wrap before sending. -- Regards, Chris Luck SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Sorry about the line wrapping. Using Thunderbird - must try to remember to > re-wrap before sending. No problem reading it with T-bird here, as it wraps to the size of my window automatically... The above don't work as a delimiter only because Terranews appends its own delimiter: SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com john mcwilliams >> Chris Luck wrote: Sorry about the line wrapping. Using Thunderbird - >> must try to remember to re-wrap before sending. > > No problem reading it with T-bird here, as it wraps to the size of my > window automatically... Yes, but it can make it difficult to follow with a wide window. I'd sooner it wrapped as here. [Assuming I've done it right this time. :) ] >> -- > The above don't work as a delimiter only because Terranews appends its > own delimiter: I know. Drat. Not a lot I can do about that aside from finding another provider but Teranews has good coverage and performs adequately given the price (though it has had its ups and downs) so I'm not desperate to move. I'll maintain the 'non-delimiter' out of habit. -- Regards, Chris Luck SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I would like to take shots of my friend's jumps during the rides and > that's where I require the manual focus. I'm also looking for a compact, did you consider an LX2? I'd buy one in a flash if it not for the reports of bad noise. > Any suggestions please? > > Hi, > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I would like to take shots of my friend's jumps during the rides and > > that's where I require the manual focus. Thank you everybody. I hope there is a smaller camera out there like the Ixus cameras. I really need one which is very thin to keep it around my neck. Hw small do you want to go? How big is too big? If you're after a pocket camera, try one of the Canon A series - these advanced pocket cameras have some mighty impressive specs. If you're happy to go a bit larger, try the Canon S3 on for size. I've been impressed with the Canon S3. The little Panasonics look pretty impressive too, with built in image stabiliser. Question though ... instead of manual focus, wouldn't pre-focusing work well enough? David > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any suggestions please? > Hw small do you want to go? How big is too big? > If you're after a pocket camera, try one of the Canon A series - these [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Question though ... instead of manual focus, wouldn't pre-focusing work > well enough? My guess is that he prefers open stop with low EI ... a DOF issue demanding greater focussing control. > David > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> Any suggestions please? > > Hw small do you want to go? How big is too big? > > If you're after a pocket camera, try one of the Canon A series - these [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > My guess is that he prefers open stop with low EI ... a DOF issue > demanding greater focussing control. Correct- thank you. I'm still looking around since I can't find a really small pocket camera which does the job. |
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