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Digital Camera (SLR) recommendations
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| Magnetonium |
I am starting to really hate electronics. First, laptop keyboard/ethernet problems, now after I bought an 8.0 MP OLYMPUS EVOLT E-500 with 14-45 mm & 40-150 mm lens, and its been a nightmare. I was an idiot for selling my old but near mint 5.0 MP Kodak E-340 digital camera, because that camera actually took better pictures (see my website http://www.magnetonium.com/main_photography.html). Kodak's limitations were limited zoom and no open-shutter for nights.
I lost the whole weekend reading the Olympus manual, trying to get the bloody thing to work, macro (close-up) mode was outrageously horribly blurry, no matter how much I tried manual and automatic focus. ISO options in the darker rooms gave me blue, orange, yellow, white objects instead of the normal color images. I got stressed out, and even school doesnt stress me out and I am in tough program. I don't know what to do, seems like restocking fees are going to piss me off at the store. The camera cost me in total $1120 dollars, including 3 year warranty. I packed the baby up and ready to return it tomorrow but I dont know what to trade it for.
I really really need your help, because not only I now sold my previously good Kodak camera, expecting this Olympus junk to be great ...
I need a digital camera that has a good zoom, high pixels and open-shutter option for working it at night. Please post your recommendations, or maybe you can even suggest how the bloody Olympus works without a workout? Many thanks in advance ...
It just seems like to me these SLR cameras are too bloody demanding ... it takes so much time to get it all going that by the time you are ready the deer you wanted to take a picture of is gone. At the same time, I dont like automatic focus much because in certain conditions the camera is not accurate at zooming (I am talking about the cheap ones) |
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| igottaknow |
| nikon or canon make good dslrs. i prefer nikon and own a D70. read reviews on the models that fit your price range and have the features that you want. |
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| epdarks |
| The Nikon D40 and D50 are awesome buys... Canons are nice too... pick one. |
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| miamitranceman |
| Check out the Canon 30D or Rebel XTi. They are both great. |
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| LiquidNitrogen |
Read review, do your home work @ www.dpreview.com, http://www.steves-digicams.com
I have a not so geeky camera (a plain simple Panasonic 28mm camera) but you are welcome to look at some of the pics i have taken from it.
Photography is an art, I only wish if i could spend some more time with it. |
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