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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 12:25:49 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.photography, Allister McLaren 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,
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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That’s an impressive looking camera. Perhaps more than you need for Lego
photography. If you’ve got a good macro mode then high optical zoom isn’t as
much of a necessity - you simply move the camera closer. You might consider
getting something less extravagant and spending the balance on Brick :)
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That’s the problem. My parents have completely restricted all buying of the
Brick, because they think “I already have enough Lego. Why don’t I use it all?”
Gosh, am I supposed to use every juniorized brick in my collection, as well as
MegaBloks? :)
But the zoom does have a function if you use a close up filter, then you shoot
in normal non-macro mode and can zoom in all the way for a macro. Its much
easier to light then if you have the lens barrel right in front of the subject.
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I recently got a Canon Powershot A70 and am very happy with it. It has 3x
optical zoom, 3Mp and a good macro (5cm) - good enough for Lego. It’s also
about half the price of the Fuji s602. I just need to get some daylight bulbs
for my lamps rather than the yellowish ones I have now.
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I’ve looked at the A70 for a long time, but then I realized I could sell my
camera and my budget went up 200$... :)
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A tripod is essential, but I just use one of those tiny desktop ones with the
flexible legs for my Lego. A shutter delay is also useful for avoiding
shaking the camera when pressing the shutter.
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The Fuji provides a two and ten second shutter delay. The 2 second one is very
useful for eliminating shutter shake.
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Check out Steve’s
Digicams reviews for some of the most comprehensive reviews I’ve found on
the net. (He rates the s602 VERY highly by the way :)
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Here are some more:
http://dpreview.com
http://megapixel.net
http://dcresource.com
They rate the Fuji very highly, except for its lack of AF lamp and “super CCD.”
But I can live with those.
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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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My PSA70 has all this. It has several auto functions, but everything can be
set manually as well, including the white balance (another important
feature). One small point on white balance too - consider getting a proper
photography grey card. They’re inexpensive, but quite useful.
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Yeah, but the Fuji also has other features not found in a lopwer-price camera.
Such as bracketing, and a fancy focus ring right around the barrel...
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| (...) What an odd statement. You know, once a Lego pile reaches a certain size, new Lego is virtually unnoticeable, especially to the untrained eye. winkwink. (...) Why not? ;) That would be an interesting challenge though: build something using (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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| (...) That's an impressive looking camera. Perhaps more than you need for Lego photography. If you've got a good macro mode then high optical zoom isn't as much of a necessity - you simply move the camera closer. You might consider getting something (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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