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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / August 2006best digital under $400?
I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought a camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. Estimated budget was $300, but I can stretch it. Output needs to be good enough for (occasional) publication in a glossy magazine. Min specs: 5 megapixels 10X optical macro capability Wide angle would be useful panoramic would be useful. Image stabilization Nothing small, needs to be big enough to handle easily. I'd welcome all suggestions. Thanks  Signature- - Rex Burkheimer WM Automotive Fort Worth TX Rex B ha scritto: > I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought > a camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Nothing small, needs to be big enough to handle easily. With all this item,it does not exist a camera in the world. > Rex B ha scritto: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > With all this item,it does not exist a camera in the world. Panasonic FZ5. Wide-angle and panos are easily achieved with image stitching software. Not current, so should be quite low-cost. David Read reviews at dpreview, good options are Canon S3IS, Panasonic , Sony H2. Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a phone! Very economically viable! Tell me, how do 'you' define the difference between panoramic and wide angle? Just interested. >I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought a >camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Thanks > Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a > phone! Very economically viable! > > Tell me, how do 'you' define the difference between panoramic and wide > angle? Just interested. Wide angle is equivalent to a 24-28mm lense. For taking interior views of rooms, for example. Panoramic is like a long thin 180-degree landscape. This is more a novelty than a need. I sometimes like to picture a retail store in a small town. Panoramic view gives a better feel for what the neighborhood is like >> I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought a >> camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> Thanks >> Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a >> phone! Very economically viable! [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > small town. Panoramic view gives a better feel for what the neighborhood > is like 24-28mm is hard for a 10x-ish camera; most of them tend to bottom out around 35mm or thereabouts. There are one or two that go to 28mm, but nothing (I think) in your price bracket. I'd suggest living with the 35mm lower limit and investigate the possibilities of digital stitching (taking two or more overlapping frames and then gluing them together in software). You'll need that anyway if you want to make panaorama views. In the $300-400 range, there are several good cameras which would fit the bill; most of the major manufacturers have a model in that niche. The three that seem to have the most partisans here are the Canon S series (current: S3IS), the Panasonic FZs (FZ7; the bigger FZ30 is beyond your budget), and Sony (H2 and H5). There are plenty of other good models, but those seem to be the most-talked-about on this group. -dms >>> I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought a >>> camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>> >>> Thanks >>> Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a >>> phone! Very economically viable! [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > beyond your budget), and Sony (H2 and H5). There are plenty of other > good models, but those seem to be the most-talked-about on this group. That's helpful in narrowing down what I have to look at. Yours and other posts give me about 10 to look at. Thanks much, still looking. Rex > -dms > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>> >>>> Thanks For your specs and budget, looks like the Olympus SP500UZ will be the best fit, ($ 280 at CompUSA, + $50 for a 1Gby mem card). >>> Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a >>> phone! Very economically viable! [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >>>> >>>> Thanks > > Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a > > phone! Very economically viable! [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >> WM Automotive > >> Fort Worth TX This may sound a bit silly, but for panaromic why not just take a photo from a distance and cut of the top and bottom? I had a pentax 35mm that did exactly that for its panaromic shots. Eric >>> Maybe a camera phone for your brochure. Let's face it, a camera and a >>> phone! Very economically viable! [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > photo from a distance and cut of the top and bottom? I had a pentax > 35mm that did exactly that for its panaromic shots. Well sure, but sometimes you can't back off far enough to do that. > I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought > a camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Thanks I guess the Panasonic DMC-FZ7 or the Canon S3is are about your best choices. I guess I'd go with the S3is as it's lower noise than the Panasonic. If Panasonic could solve their noise issues they'd have an awesome product line, based on their features. I thought the consensus of the group was that the Panasonic had less noise than the Canon, with those same models? I could be wrong. Rex B wrote: > I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought > a camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Thanks I guess the Panasonic DMC-FZ7 or the Canon S3is are about your best choices. I guess I'd go with the S3is as it's lower noise than the Panasonic. If Panasonic could solve their noise issues they'd have an awesome product line, based on their features. Panasonic are well known to have the most noise but do very well at iso 100 where as the competion gives you 1-200 more iso. I took your suggestions, charted out the features/price by model. Looks like the best one for my purposes is the Canon S3IS. Thanks much for all the input. - - Rex Burkheimer Fort Worth TX > I need a new camera for my workplace. It's been years since I've bought > a camera, so I'm not up to speed, yet I need this in the next few days. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Thanks |
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