I've always been a sony buyer when it comes to things like digital cameras because of that carl zeiss lense. The one I want isnt compatable with Vista. Wonder if it will be compatable with Windows 7.
I need close up clarity and high quality. Any suggestions?
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Those look great. How is it with extreme close up shots.
I'm quite fond of my Nikon D50. It's in the traditional SLR style with a great selection of Nikkor lenses. I've got the 18-55mm and 55-200mm zoom, and use it for everything from studio work(shooting glass art)to snapshots. The current model is the D60, a 10.2MP camera the runs in the $600 range with the "standard" 18-55mm lens.
The 18-55mm lens focuses to about 11" and the 10.2MP resolution allows for poster size blow-ups without artifacts.
One downside, the Nikon software for handling RAW images absolutely sucks eggs. I use IrfanView (freeware) which handles the raw images just fine and makes the whole deal independent of your operating system.
posted by prairieson on Nov 07, 2009 at 09:12:35 pm #
I do not have many "closeup" photos with my Canon, because its not much of my style. Here is what little I have. The up close details are just fine.
My business card in an orgami holder
The Canon is great little Family camera for someone who doesnt want alot of fuss, but beautiful photos.
posted by OhioKimono on Nov 07, 2009 at 09:52:39 pm #
Anoterh micro shot, under strange lighting conditions - this was just using the auto/default settings to take the photo using my canon. nothing fancy, just point click.
posted by OhioKimono on Nov 07, 2009 at 09:55:19 pm #
I second OhioK's endorsement of the Canon Power Shot! I absolutely love mine.
(Cute squirrel picture Prairieson!)
prairieson, nice photo of the orange and white insect, which is the Ailanthus Webworm Moth.
Yesterday afternoon, I was wishing I had a nice camera with extreme closeup capabilities as I was trying to photograph an insect that was only one millimeter long. A pepper spec. I turned my binoculars around. When looking through the other end of a pair of binoculars, they can be used as a magnifying glass. I zoomed all the way out with my little, pocket-sized Nikon Coolpix camera and placed the camera lens at the end of one binocular lens and photographed the insect through the backwards binocular. My poor-man's digiscoping setup. The photos turned out good enough I can show a bug person for identification, but they were still too blurry. Lighting could have been issue too. I need to photograph through a microscope.
Been a Nikon guy for 40 years.Recently replaced my Coolpix with a D60 set up,got the "kit" @ Costco,body 2 lenses case etc for 1500.If you don't want to spend that much I agree with the Power Shot.Easy to use,nice quality.Nice photos everyone!
posted by toledoinmd on Nov 08, 2009 at 10:52:03 am #
I have a Canon Powershot SX110 IS that I love much as OhioKimono loves her model. I think I paid about $225 through Amazon.
But here's a suggestion that helped me decide on my camera. Go to Flickr.com and click on Explore. Check out various photos and when you find one you like, click on it to get into that person's photostream, then scroll all the way down to see its information.
After that, click on Home, and at the bottom of the page you'll find a link to "Camera Finder," and you can see how popular that camera is among Flickr users.
Also, if you go to Amazon and type in a particular model you're curious about, they will frequently have photos submitted by users of that camera, so you can get an idea of what it can do.
Good luck!
swantucky, what do you mean it's not compatible with vista? cameras have nothing to do with the operating system of your computer. any camera should work with any computer, since the files they save the images as are rather universal...
But the camera's software is dependent on the OS. The best quality image straight out of a camera is usually the RAW format, which is usually different from one brand to the next, and is typically proprietary. For example, the RAW format of the images from my Nikon couldn't be opened by any of the usual third party image software, eg Photoshop. The image handling/conversion software from Nikon was what was "required" to d/l and open the images from the camera.
So while the camera and files themselves aren't OS dependent, the software can be.
while compatible with my OS, the Nikon software was slow, kludgy, and a total piece of crap to work with. So on a hunch I pulled out my old standby, Irfanview, and it opened the "proprietary" RAW images just fine.
posted by prairieson on Nov 08, 2009 at 08:52:07 pm #
I HIGHLY suggest a Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS - it is 10 megapixels, and 3x optical zoom - I paid $190. It is rating higher than some $500, with outstanding reviews. I LOVE mine, it is compact, works PERFECTLY with Windows 7 (so far), and takes GREAT pictures.
Light weight, easy to use with advanced options, face recognition software in the camera to help with auto focus, the zoom is ultra easy, the digital display on the back is GREAT.
Below are a FEW photos I have taken with this camera.
Toledo Art Museum..
Chicago
posted by OhioKimono on Nov 07, 2009 at 07:43:38 pm #