Keldyn buys a Digital Camera

[SYBOLD]

canon 10D

[BillyGoat1978]

Allrite I finally am givin up. Even though I don't see the need for a digital camera for the next couple of years but what the hell. I will be going to Delhi in the next couple of days and have a few bucks lying around and am thinking of getting a digital camera. It will be nice to boast around :p I called up a few camera dealers in Delhi (I live in a village compared to you all abroad...India sucks in this regard :() and for my budget, I can get a Canon A60 or A70. So i wanted to know if these are cameras worth getting. I mean will I be able to take some of the quality pics I see in this thread, I am an absolutely noob when it comes to photography and can't tell my a's from my b's, but I am a fast learner ;). Please give in your suggestions and also mention what accessories I should get with the cam. The camera from Delhi will only have what comes as standard accessories. So please let me know what else I should get.

Sumit

[Keldyn]

Go the A70. It is a very capable camera and very well priced.

[Spyder Veteran]

Allrite I finally am givin up. Even though I don't see the need for a digital camera for the next couple of years but what the hell. I will be going to Delhi in the next couple of days and have a few bucks lying around and am thinking of getting a digital camera. It will be nice to boast around :p I called up a few camera dealers in Delhi (I live in a village compared to you all abroad...India sucks in this regard :() and for my budget, I can get a Canon A60 or A70. So i wanted to know if these are cameras worth getting. I mean will I be able to take some of the quality pics I see in this thread, I am an absolutely noob when it comes to photography and can't tell my a's from my b's, but I am a fast learner ;). Please give in your suggestions and also mention what accessories I should get with the cam. The camera from Delhi will only have what comes as standard accessories. So please let me know what else I should get.

Sumit

the pictures i re-posted a few pages back were taken with my canon a70. its quality for being a a mid-priced camera

[BillyGoat1978]

As i understand, the only difference between the A60 and A70 is their MegaPixel Rating. Other than that they're basically the same. So if the price difference is under 2-3K (INR. 50INR = 1USD), I will get the A70.

What about accessories? The dealer I spoke to is willing to give me a 128MB Memory Card with the camera. What else should I get?

Sumit

[Spyder Veteran]

you should get some NiMH batteries for it right away and a recharger (if you dont have one of those already).

The normal batteries it comes with wont last very long at all.

if you're getting that 128 mem card thrown in with it, you're set. i have a 128 card. at the largest image size and best picture quality settings, i can take something like 140 pics.

/edit.. oh perhaps a carrying case as well to protect it during travel?

/edit #2.. remember, we're talking photography here, not computers. you dont need to go nuts with memory card size. save yourself some money. if 128mb can take 140 pics at the best settings, and you can delete pics you dont want on the spot, you need to ask yourself if you actually need more than that? i haven't even come close to filling this card yet, and i was snapping pics at every little stupid thing.

[SYBOLD]

more memory, i started with 256MB and now i have 1x 1GB 1x 512Mb and the 256 which i had from the beginning

[BillyGoat1978]

Ok then....its set :)

Thanks for Keldyn for making me get this even though I don't need one :angry: ................. j.k. :p

I have been folowwing this thread for a long time now and hopefull, by next week or so, I would have qualified for the "official money wasted club" :p

Will post my pics when I am done....even though I suck at this :(

Thanks all....keep posting ;)

Sumit

[BroChaos Veteran]

50% of original size  :D

original size: 3072x2048

What camera Sybold?

what lens?

[SYBOLD]

what lens?

the EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 II

[SYBOLD]

made this one 2 day

[BroChaos Veteran]

how long have you had your 10d? what lenses do you have for it?

i have a 300d with the 18-55 f3.5-5.6 and i just ordered a 50 f1.8.

my dream lineup is the 17-40L, 24-70L and the 70-200 f2.8L :)

[Spyder Veteran]

bro you need to post some more pics so we can see all these fancy lenses in action :)

[SYBOLD]

i have my 10d now for 4 months

i have 2 lenses

- EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 II (my main lens)

- EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 (just for the zoom, don't use it much)

[BroChaos Veteran]

bro you need to post some more pics so we can see all these fancy lenses in action :)

hehe, i only own the 2. the last 3 were just what i plan to buy, but it's like $5000 for all 3.

i actually have a press pass for a concert on the 7th. that's why i got the 50 f1.8 cuz it's fast enough for low light situations.

the 18-55 is just the standard kit lens, nothing fancy :)

[aem4162]

As i understand, the only difference between the A60 and A70 is their MegaPixel Rating. Other than that they're basically the same. So if the price difference is under 2-3K (INR. 50INR = 1USD), I will get the A70.

What about accessories? The dealer I spoke to is willing to give me a 128MB Memory Card with the camera. What else should I get?

Sumit

I'd pick up additional memory cards when they are on sale. I blew through a couple when I was on vacation. Also get another battery and car charger. The car charger has come in very handy. Get an AC adapter too.

[syntaxerror64]

Hey you guys that own the Canon A60 or A70, I'm considering buying one of these cameras.

I definitely should get rechargable batteries and a recharger I'm assuming, how much time do you guys normally get out of your batteries? Should I get two sets of recharables, or will one be enough? Thanks for any help.

[aem4162]

Hey you guys that own the Canon A60 or A70, I'm considering buying one of these cameras.

I definitely should get rechargable batteries and a recharger I'm assuming, how much time do you guys normally get out of your batteries? Should I get two sets of recharables, or will one be enough? Thanks for any help.

Your batteries will drain when they are left in the camera, so either take the battery out when the camera isn't being used or keep a spare ready. A battery came with my s400, then I got another one as part of the package I bought, and now there is a 3rd one that came with the ac adapter.

Make sure you get a nice padded case for your camera so it doesn't break from being bounced around.

[syntaxerror64]

I'll definintely get the case, and a couple of extra sets of rechargables. That is the one thing I liked about the Kodak models I looked at, is it has a rechargable pack and I could just throw it on the dock and not worry about it. But it seems from what I've read and seen here everyone likes the Canon models a lot better, and the picture quality does look really good.

[nekrosoft13]

yo Keldyn (or any Canon Digital Camera owner)

is there any way to use a Canon Digital camera and access the CF card, and save files (zip, exe and the works) to the card. and later to retrieve them?

some type of 3rd party app?

[Keldyn]

yo Keldyn (or any Canon Digital Camera owner)

is there any way to use a Canon Digital camera and access the CF card, and save files (zip, exe and the works) to the card. and later to retrieve them?

some type of 3rd party app?

Interesting idea. Kind of like a mini flash drive? To be honest I don't know although it would not surprise me were it possible.

[aem4162]

yo Keldyn (or any Canon Digital Camera owner)

is there any way to use a Canon Digital camera and access the CF card, and save files (zip, exe and the works) to the card. and later to retrieve them?

some type of 3rd party app?

you can save files to the cf card with you reader...no camera required...i just did it and it's COOL :o (Y)

DAMN i LOVE my camera!

[....]

Whoohoo! BOOG just bought a new camera today. Gonna take some pics and post them.

Got a Canon A80. Its Ver-nice!

[aem4162]

excellent (Y)

[DavidGP]

(nekrosoft13 @ Nov 5 2003, 22:01)

yo Keldyn (or any Canon Digital Camera owner)

is there any way to use a Canon Digital camera and access the CF card, and save files (zip, exe and the works) to the card. and later to retrieve them?

some type of 3rd party app??

aem4162

you can save files to the cf card with you reader...no camera required...i just did it and it's COOL?

Yep you can do this with almost all ( get out clause just incase ) camera media be that XD, SD, CF etc etc

I generally use the 128mb XD card and my camera as a portable file storage unit for anything from Word or Acrobat Docs to small programs.. saves using CDs and i've been using this for a while now.

one thing I have noticed is this really only works well on XP machines as you can just use XPs Mass Storage Driver so plugging in your camera using the USB cable into a XP machine loads the MSD so in theory you can just plug your camera into any XP machine and upload and download data.