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I'm thinking about buying a digital camera and thought this might be the best place to ask a few questions.

I've been looking at the Nikon series, in particular the coolpix 4300, 4500 and the 5400

Has anyone used these cameras before, and if so do you like them, have you used other cameras which you prefer?

Basically I'm after a decent camera, prepared to fork out a reasonable amount of money and would like the camera to have a decent macro rating.

Any help/advice would be great

thanks in advance

well i photographed a guster on saturday night. it was my first "real" photography experience with my 300d. the results are ok, i feel i could have done a lot better, but i need more experience. taken with a 50mm f1.8, iso 800 or 1600.

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I bought a minolta dimage xt3, its smaller than a stack of cards, thinner and smaller than the cannon elphs also. at $240 i thought it was a good deal and I bought a 256mb sd card to go along with it.

My old camera is a 1.0mp so I have no idea how exactly a 3.2mp camera should take pics heh.

So heres a test, I took this today when downtown. Is the quality ok? I dont have another high quality cam to compare too. The only dislike is weak flash but otherwise its a pretty cool camera. btw i resized this to fit the topic page

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I LOVE your cloud pic!!!! The 3.2s take good pix...you did good (Y)

Your clouds would make pretty wallpaper...got a bigger pic?

thanks man, the original is 2048x

what size you want it in, and how you want to get it? I took the image in jpeg which can hold about 160 images in the sd card, in tiff format my memory card can hold about 22 only heh

SYBOLD: that cam is awsome.. I looked it up and came at $1500! damn :)

nekrosoft13, you have a nice one too. btw this thread is too long so those are the only two I noticed.

The only thing that turned me off olympus was the xd cards... :x Nice job olympus! Canons are great, but are a bit pricey, I wanted the s230 but the minolta cost less and was smaller.

Keldyn I have a request. :D

Can you take a 1600x1200 (all though 1280x1024 might be good enough) sized picture of a beach for me on a good day? A clear sunny day, with the water and sand close by, like you're standing right on the shore? No people in it though, just sky, water, and sand. :happy: Maybe you can get some waves in it for me? That'd be so elite of you! Rock on! :)

I'm thinking about buying a digital camera and thought this might be the best place to ask a few questions.

I've been looking at the Nikon series, in particular the coolpix 4300, 4500 and the 5400

Has anyone used these cameras before, and if so do you like them, have you used other cameras which you prefer?

Basically I'm after a decent camera, prepared to fork out a reasonable amount of money and would like the camera to have a decent macro rating.

Any help/advice would be great

thanks in advance

I have some shots taken with a Nikon 4500 in this thread on pages 72 and 86. The great thing with Nikon cams is its macro functionality and realistic color tones. What i like about the 4500 is the swivle lens. It makes it a lot easier to get in to those tight spots for photographing that spider for instance. I always take it with me even when i'm shooting on film.

Hi, I'm looking to get the digital camera soon. I have a limit budget, around $350. I did lots of research on net and found 2 models that I like within my budget, Canon PowerShot A80 and Minolta DiMAGE Z1. I still can't decided which one is better. Anyone have any suggestion/advice?

Thank you,

Hi, I'm looking to get the digital camera soon. I have a limit budget, around $350. I did lots of research on net and found 2 models that I like within my budget, Canon PowerShot A80 and Minolta DiMAGE Z1. I still can't decided which one is better. Anyone have any suggestion/advice?

Thank you,

my advice would be to visit these 3 sites and read the reviews on both cameras you're looking at.

http://www.dpreview.com

http://www.dcresource.com

http://www.steves-digicams.com

you'll be able to make an informed decision then :)

Hi, I'm looking to get the digital camera soon. I have a limit budget, around $350. I did lots of research on net and found 2 models that I like within my budget, Canon PowerShot A80 and Minolta DiMAGE Z1. I still can't decided which one is better. Anyone have any suggestion/advice?

Thank you,

my advice would be to visit these 3 sites and read the reviews on both cameras you're looking at.

http://www.dpreview.com

http://www.dcresource.com

http://www.steves-digicams.com

you'll be able to make an informed decision then :)

that's better than my reply....i'm just a wee bit biased toward my canon :whistle:

:o ok last one i'll post, i took this today too, downtown of the RenCen. this is in detroit btw

I should mess with the settings, I dont think the sky should be so white heh

quality set to 60 to meet size restriction :pinch:

it's not the settings, it's because you metered off of the building. since the buildings are darker, it takes a longer exposure, thus over-exposing the lighter clouds.

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