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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 12:12:14 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.photography, Matt Hein wrote:
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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,
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With a nice part time job on my hands (which means an absolute
surge in personal funding :), I’ve set my eyes on this
particularal model - the Olympus c 5050 zoom; after reading
sporadic reviews from a few sources (hopefully, they are as
reputable as they claim :) PC World.com
gave the model top laurels on its listing of digital cameras over
$500 USD, so this should mean something, right?
Here’s the actual
review,
with a listing of specifications...
And the model itself.
5.0 MP around $500 with a f1.8 maximum aperture lens and 3.4x
optical zoom: Not too shabby for that price. It can also
facilitate additional lenses with a step-up ring.
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The Fuji can take extra lenses too, in fact I’m going to try to buy a close-up
filter so I can just screw it on and use the camera in normal mode zooming in.
This reduces distortion and allows for easier lighting.
Yeah, the Olypmus was competing right up there with the Fuji, and it has a great
macro mode as well. But in the end I went with the Fuji because of ergonomics
and because the Olympus had some issues with CAs (purple fringing, which I HATE)
and noise. But it was definently up there. I’d still reccomend it.
I don’t know much about the PC world reviews, though... they never tell you much
in detail.
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Right now I’m messing around with an outdated HP
photosmart model, but I’m looking to sell it. Any takers? :)
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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.
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The model you have in mind doesn’t come equipped with
a hotshoe? Hmm...
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Yeah, it does. Don’t know how the last phrase came into being. I guess maybe I
meant with a flash? I dunno.... :)
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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.
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Yes, I can definitely relate here - particularly with many
of the shots Todd Lehman has taken. todd, would you tell us
already what camera you’re using? If you recall his release of
the Blacktron Pod there
were some amazingly crisp pictures there.
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Doesn’t Todd use a DSLR, or at least something very close?
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Speaking of which, it would be nice to see a photography tutorial
on hosted on lugnet or elsewhere describing lighting, photoshop
editing, camera/ lens selections and various apparatus. In this
regard, treading through the same discussion over and over again
would be less likely.
Perhaps there’s some documentation over here in .publish? If
not, it would be a service to the community for someone to get
one compiled.
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So, what do you guys use? Any recomendations?
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Right now I’m using the HP model, but that will change
within the next few weeks! Aside from that, I use a canon
AE-1 model for non-lego purposes, but its FD lenses are
expensive (especially the sigma models and any non-fisheye
lens under 24mm!)
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Uhh... SLR... did you mean EOS-1?
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| In lugnet.publish.photography, John Henry Kruer wrote: Okay, with some research into the digicam discussion, here's some information I found. (...) Checking for some of the lenses, I was pleased to find a few low dispersion glass lenses, but as (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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| (...) With a nice part time job on my hands (which means an absolute surge in personal funding :), I've set my eyes on this particularal model - the Olympus c 5050 zoom; after reading sporadic reviews from a few sources (hopefully, they are as (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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