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Dave McMahon - 20 Aug 2003 22:26 GMT

Hello there

I am thinking about buying a digital camera, I need one with a preview
screen lots of memory (memory sticks seem a good idea) and good quality is
it worth saving up for a SLR? I know the more spent the better but they are
expensive!!! I was thinking about spending about ?500, is this enough

Are second hand camera's as good as new ones? do they have parts that wear
out with age? I know that condition will be important,

I only need the camera for my own personal but I obviously want them to be
as good as possible.

Are there any good books on dig, photography?
or even better web resources?

thank you for your help hopefully help other people as well.

Dave

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Adi Nicola - 21 Aug 2003 15:00 GMT

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You should take a look at:

http://www.dpreview.com
http://www.steves-digicams.com
http://www.dcresource.com
http://www.dcviews.com
http://www.imaging-resource.com
http://www.megapixel.net
http://dp-now.com

Adi

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David Clark - 24 Aug 2003 13:45 GMT

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Hi.
I've just bought my second digital camera, a Fuji S602Z, for £ 449.
I've had it a weeks & taken about 100 pix so far.

It feels & behaves like like a "real camera", especially when compared
to the first camera, a Kodak 3700 & will, once I get to grips with all
it's features, satisfy my digicam needs for some considerable time!

I can't coment about it's ability to produce prints, if only because
I've never felt the need to print any digital images so far!
It's very easy to burn one's (edited) pictures onto a CD-R & play them
back as a slide show on one's TV set, via the DVD player.

I didn't want to spend too much on a digital camera, so I was happy to
be able to buy one of the Kodak "£100 mistakes" & experiment with it.
It's a pocket, point & shot camera, with limitations bit it was a good
intro imto the digital world.
If you have a £500 budget, the Fuji S602Z could be a good choice for
you, as it's quite possible to use it as an automatic camera, with a
very useful 6-1 optical zoom lens, whilst learning about it's
capabilities as a manual coamera.
At least the learning curve, is very cost effective, it's MUCH cheaper
to make mistakes. & learn from them, with a digital camera.

I still have, & use a pair of manual 35mm SLR's, which would be my
cameras of choice were I looking to produce a print album.

To forstall any sarcastic comments, I don't consider myself to be a
photographer, nor do I want to be one, but, as a happy railfan I'm
glad to be able to record what I see & to be able to email my pictures
to my friends.

Go the the camera stores, look, handle what's around for app. £500,
try out the functions, decide what's best for you & then search for
the best deal.

Enjoy, David C.

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