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Re: good camera to get?
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Date: 
Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:51:18 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.photography, Kerry Raymond wrote:
  
Re Paul’s comments on tripods. Tripods are nice but you can probably set up your camera on a bean bag on a kitchen stool as a cheaper alternative.


And, as I found, a much more frustrating one as you muck around with phone books, boxes and the like to get the relative heights correct, then muck around trying to get the camera back into its correct position on the beanbag when you press the timer button on it...

  
many people have a tripod in their cupboard that goes unused 364 days of the year; you may find a neighbour or friend can easily lend you one. It’s probably better to spend all the money you have now to get a suitable camera you can, and buy accessories like tripods if you decide you need them with the next lot of birthday money.


Ok, so I meant “acquire” a tripod. *shrug*

Cheers,





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(...) have (...) Given that price is probably important to you, I would suggest scanning the sales and specials for whatever cameras are cheap at local camera shops, Harvey Norman, OfficeWorks, etc, and buy one that meets these needs: Pixels: I (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au)

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