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New Camera ideas?

Model Photography
#21

Sounds like for you, the Sony is a dud. OK, I’ll accept that especially since you were happy with the previous Olympus. If the only problem with the Olympus is the USB interface, does it use a memory card? If so, you could remove the card and out it in a reader attached to your computer to get the photos out. This could save you $500 and the learning curve of a new camera.

If you would still rather buy new one thing I might suggest regardless of brand; look for an electronic viewfinder option that reads the CCD. In bright light situations it’s almost impossible to compose from a LCD screen. Optical viewfinders are better than none, but nothing beats being able to see exactly what the camera sees.

#22

Jon Radder said:

If you would still rather buy new one thing I might suggest regardless of brand; look for an electronic viewfinder option that reads the CCD. In bright light situations it’s almost impossible to compose from a LCD screen. Optical viewfinders are better than none, but nothing beats being able to see exactly what the camera sees.

I will be getting a new one, hopefully around the holiday season, and I like the view finder option you mention.
The old Olympus is probably best being laid to rest, it had a good run of about 3-years, but the battery no longer holds a charge and it takes a memory card that my new computer doesn’t even support (so it seems anyway).

#23

Sounds good Vince. That option is usually found on the “semi-pro” cameras with a fixed lens, a step down in price from an entry level DSLR.

#24

If it for use in a night club with bands you definitely need low light sensitivity. A tilt-able LCD would be useful too for composing over the head shots and with models composing ankle shots. I like travel cams now, always ready in a belt pocket at my side. I can no longer be bothered with chunky SLRs as I did in the 35mm days. There are many model options with features to suit everyone but none will have all the best features so choose wisely!

Andrew

#25

Garratt Steam said:

If it for use in a night club with bands you definitely need low light sensitivity. A tilt-able LCD would be useful too for composing over the head shots and with models composing ankle shots. I like travel cams now, always ready in a belt pocket at my side. I can no longer be bothered with chunky SLRs as I did in the 35mm days. There are many model options with features to suit everyone but none will have all the best features so choose wisely!

Andrew

This new camera will only be used in safe environments! I will keep the Sony for club use as I don’t care what will happen to it.

#26

It also seems that expanding my price range just a little bit more some maybe better cameras become available.
Started looking at this model:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/910145-REG/nikon_27648_1_j3_mirrorless_digital.html

#27

Vincent D’Agostino said:

It also seems that expanding my price range just a little bit more some maybe better cameras become available.
Started looking at this model:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/910145-REG/nikon_27648_1_j3_mirrorless_digital.html

By the time you buy more glass and “other things”, you’ll be way past the $500-600 range.

BTW years ago in Digital Bootcamp the instructor tried to impress on everyone that it is the person behind the camera, not the camera per se i.e learn what you can do with the camera and learn how you can do it.

Which with a digital is relatively painless, imagine you’d have to pay for the film and developing like in the Good Old Days? Precisely the reason why I bought a Canon Digital Rebel - the first one that fell within my price range (back then Can$1400) - it gave me instant feedback.

PS since then I upgraded to a Canon Rebel Xsi, but my everyday walkaround “shoot and point” is a Panasonic TZ5.