Keldyn buys a Digital Camera

[fiBer]

Mine looks like this :)

[Spyder Veteran]

i've always liked the blue in the sky of keldyn's shots. his landscape didn't seem to suffer from it either. pictures i've taken in the past of part land part sky kind of muddied out the blue of the sky. so in short, Keldyn has prompted me to practice! this is what I've come up with. much better than my earlier pictures including sky in the picture imo. what do you think?

[fiBer]

Very nice, looks like keldyn isnt the only one who is talented at photography around here!

[Quboid]

My Ixus 400 arrived in the post this morning with spare battery and 256MB memory. Time to get practising...

Here's the normal box shot - fittingly, while most places get an interesting coloured box, the UK gets a dull, greyish one.

[Quboid]

That's a nice shot Spyder - what's the secret? ;)

One thing I find very hard with any camera is keeping it steady. The Ixus has a light that flashes if it's shaking and that's always on unless I have resting the camera on something. This desk shot took about 15 tries! Is there any trick to it or should I just cut back on my caffine intake? :ninja:

Here's one of my geek kingdom ;)

EDIT: Hmm, if you preview a post with an attachment, the attachment goes AWOL...

[Keldyn]

That's a nice shot Spyder - what's the secret? ;)

One thing I find very hard with any camera is keeping it steady. The Ixus has a light that flashes if it's shaking and that's always on unless I have resting the camera on something. This desk shot took about 15 tries! Is there any trick to it or should I just cut back on my caffine intake?  :ninja:

Here's one of my geek kingdom ;)

EDIT: Hmm, if you preview a post with an attachment, the attachment goes AWOL...

Quboid: congrats on your purchase! I don't have a very steady hand either. You should really be making use of the flash for indoor shots. That should help a lot with the camera shake problem. Also check the ISO speed settings. Auto or 50 is good when there is plenty of light.

Great work with your last shot spyder. The sky looks awesome!

[FlyerXL]

Great shots Keldyn, here is some of my stuff, taken with an HP 812(thank you work!):

[FlyerXL]

And another:

[FlyerXL]

One more:

[dL]

Well! My uncle has already bought the Canon Powershot A70 camera for me in Hong Kong, he just has to bring it in early July to me :) Buying it in HK saved $1000 Canadian dollars compare to buying in here (Vancouver). :D Heehee :p

[Guest Ryan]

Looks like this is the place to be to show off your digital cameras. :)

I'll see if I can use my Dad's for something to give an example. What do you all say is the best way to test your digital camera's performance?

[Spyder Veteran]

SharkFiNbowL - how could it save you $1000 dollars by buying it there when the a70 is only $499.99 here? (in canadian as well)

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...d=&newdeptid=14

[dL]

Good question!

Let me explain... if I convert the $499 ... let's say $500 to Hong Kong Dollar, it'd be $2500

My uncle bought it at $1,800 , so it'd be $700, however Tax didn't include yet... so it'd be approx. $1000 save value :D

Edit: The $1000 is HK Dollar :p .. heh not CAD! $200 in Canadian :D So approx. 50% off if bought in HK ..

[dL]

Is A70 a crappy digital camera? :unsure:

[Spyder Veteran]

so if $500 = $2500 then $1800 = $360 .. i dont see where a savings of $1000 canadian comes in to be honest. it'd be $140 canadian in savings. the $700 (or $805 after 15% tax.. assuming hong kongs tax rate) is a hong kong dollar savings, not canadian

:D

[Spyder Veteran]

Is A70 a crappy digital camera? :unsure:

no. its what I have. look back thru this thread to see pictures i've taken and my comments on it

[fiBer]

How many megapixels is your digi camera spyder?

[Keldyn]

How many megapixels is your digi camera spyder?

The a70 is 3.2 Megapixels which i think is plenty. Mine is 4 but I see no visible difference between the two. Megapixels is a poor way to judge a camera's performance imo. It is not everything.

[Guest Ryan]

Keldyn I just wanna say I have really loved all your photos so far. (Y)

I wouldn't mind seeing more like that last one of the ocean at nite (or whatever time of day it was) that you mentioned takeing on your way home. It was very pretty. :happy:

[username]

alright, some pictures today from a trip to Coopers Rock state park WV

[Guest Ryan]

alright, some pictures today from a trip to Coopers Rock state park WV

wow, i really like that 5th one username. very nice. :)

[aem4162]

remember....it's wild and wonderful in west virginia!

gorgeous pix, username (Y)

[dL]

How many RAM do u guys have for your Digital camera? Just curious..

[FlyerXL]

Great shots username! This little guy came up to me in Central Park:

[Almighty1]

How many RAM do u guys have for your Digital camera? Just curious..

I have a Canon PowerShot G3 which will soon be a G5. I have a IBM/Hitachi MicroDrive 1GB in mines.