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Re: What camera do you guys use?
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lugnet.publish.photography
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Tue, 8 Jul 2003 03:25:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John Henry Kruer wrote:
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My birthday is coming soon, and so I’ve asked for money. I’m saving up for a
new camera, and currently my eye is on the
Fuji s602. It has a 6x zoom, extremely fast shutter response and burst
rates, a good macro- 1 cm focus (although this has some barrel distortion,
I’m planning on eventually buying some close-up filters so I can do macro
with no distortion and at full zoom) and a hotshoe.
I’ve been really impressed by some of the pictures here, and I’m wondering
what cameras you guys use. I know that Bram uses a Nikon coolpix 990 (I
think) and that the coolpix line is great for macrophotography, but I wanted
something a bit larger with more versitlity. I currently use a Sony P-71,
but it simply doesn’t focus close enough and doesn’t have any manual
features, such as aperature control, shutter speed, flash sync, etc.
So, what do you guys use? Any recomendations?
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I’ve been using the Coolpix 5000 for a little over a year now and am happy. The
Fuji looks like a good choice but one thing I’ve learned w/ today’s digital
cameras is that they eat up batteries! I strongly suggest you look at power
requirements and options the manufacturer can provide.
Example- I used to own the Coolpix 880 and it uses those overpriced and
sometimes hard to find 2CR5 lithium batteries. Fortunately, Nikon got smart
when it came out w/ the 5000 by providing the rechagable Li-ion 2CR5 battery and
charger w/ the camera (you had to buy separately w/ the 880). One accessory
bought separately and love is the AA battery pack that attaches beneath the
camera that also forms a good grip for shooting vertical and provides vertical
release too. AA cost much less than 2CR5’s and best of all can be bought just
about anywhere.
Adr.
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| (...) The Fuji uses 4 AA batteries, so I plan to get (or use my current) rechargable NIMH batteries. It did pretty good on pattery life, too. I believe it lasted over 3 hours, which is very good. (...) Yeah, I usually prefer AA to fancy propiertary (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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