All About Cameras

I have the standard 18-55mm, 55-200mm VR and a 50mm 1.8D – all Nikon lenses. If I buy a film camera for a photography class, can I use these lenses?

If you lenses are DX format (which it seems at least two are) then no, they will not produce a large enough image to fill a 35mm negative.

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I’m really interested in photography and want to get a really good camera. I love taking close up photos and night photos.
Cost is somewhat of an issue, but i have a reasonable budget. about $2000 AUS.
If anyone knows of a website to compare cameras or something similar that’d be great.

I would suggest a lower end body, and use the remainder of your budget for a couple of decent lenses.

Second only to the person behind the camera, lenses are arguably the lifeblood of photography. Camera bodies are overrated and are marketed to make you believe that the better the body, the better the photo. Like most advertisement that is patently false.

Don’t be afraid of the used market as well. Everything I own is used and I got most of it at a steal.

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I am planning to buy a Kodak Digital Camera. Can anybody suggest me any online website for Kodak Camera’s BEST PRICE?

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/kodak_ratings.html

http://www.naaptol.com/buy-online/cheap-prices/WO-best-price-deals-WkodakO-deal-W0O/kodak.html

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/camera/kodak/

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Hi, I want to buy a budget (below $200) digital photo camera and want to use it to make quality videos too. The camera has to be able to shoot at least 10 minutes of video (with a high capacity SD card) and the video must be 640 x 480 pixel @ 30fps.

Which is my best shot?

Try the Nikon L18. If you’re willing to spend about $200, go with the Casio Exilim EX-S10. Incredible quality for the small price.

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I absolutely love my little Kodak CX7430 but it is four years old and starting to have some performance issues. I am not wanting to spend a fortune, but would like to get a decent camera at a decent price. Please help me decide what camera I should consider purchasing.

my suggestion
go to the links below for help

http://www.adorama.com/alc/

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camera-buying-guide

http://www.dynamicgraphics.com/dgm/Article/28819

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Okay, can someone please give me a link or something to a pink canon digital camera?

Thank youu :]

I looked at my favorite electronics stores online and was not able to find a pink Canon camera, however, I was able to find a Samsung S730 in pink. This is a great camera, I bought one for my mom in red from digitaldealz.net. Here is the link below:

http://www.digitaldealz.net/product_info.php?products_id=20689

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I want to buy a camera for beginners and of course a canon brand. Im on a budget too. I want something along the line $600 to $700. Can someone help me with this? I want something that is great with good quality and for beginners use. Any idea?

"eos" is the series of cameras…like "powershot" is canons series of point and shoot cameras

"slr" means single lens reflex and is the type of camera it is

all canon "eos" cameras are a "slr"

is that budget for camera or camera and lens?
if its for both you might get a 350D or if your lucky a 20D with a kit lens

id get a cheap prime such as the "35mm 2.8" or the "50mm 1.8" along with it so you can learn

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I wanted to get into digital photography as a hobby, so I decided to buy a cheap basic digital camera to start. However, I’m worried that the camera I got won’t do very well. It has 3x optical zoom, 10.1 megapixels, I’m not sure how to tell how big the sensory is, and it has 4.5x digital zoom, but the digital zoom sort of sucks.
It’s a GE digital camera.

A 10 megapixel camera should more than suffice if you are just starting up.

1 megapixel = 1 million pixels
1 pixel = The smallest dot that can be put on your computer screen

With a 10 megapixel camera, you will have photos big enough to create posters out of it. I would also recommend not using digital zoom in the camera at all since that will distort your photos. Plus you can always do a digital zoom using a photo processing software on your computer.

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I’d like a new camera, something in the $300 range. I’d really like something that can shoot in Black and White, and also focus on objects in the foreground while slightly bluring the background. I’d also like a camera that makes certian lighting situations really pop.
Is there a name for these features (make the lighting/colors look better, focus on objects in foreground).? Can someone suggest a good camera?
Forgot to mention, I was hoping to get a digital camera.
Can a digital camera meet my needs?

You will need a camera that has manual shutter speed and aperture settings. The effect you’re describing, where an object in the foreground is sharply in focus, but the background is softened and blurred out is called "selective focus." You achieve that effect by using a shallow depth of field. Depth of field means the distance behind and in front of the subject that is in focus. With a long depth of field, everything will be in focus and the background will be sharp. With a shallow depth of field, the distance is more critical and only objects that are at the focal point will be sharp…anything that is too close to the camera or is farther away will be blurred.

Selective focus is used a lot in magazines and movies to draw more attention to a subject in the foreground, or with pictures where the background might be too distracting.

To change the depth of field, you have to change the aperture. Think of the aperture as like the iris in your eye. The aperture has 2 functions. It determines how much light comes into the camera and it also affects the depth of field. You can adjust it to let in more or less light. The aperture has settings called "F-stops." It’s a little confusing, but a bigger F-stop number actually means a smaller aperture. A smaller F-stop number means a bigger aperture. So, F-11 is actually a bigger aperture than F-16. A bigger aperture has a more shallow depth of field. A smaller aperture has a long depth of field. So if you want to take pictures where everything is shaprly in focus, you would use F-16 or F-22. To get a shallow depth of field and blur out the background, you would want to use a wider aperture, like F-5.6

Now the catch is that since the aperture also determines how much light comes in to the camera, to get the right exposure you will also have to compensate with the shutter speed. The shutter speed just means how long the shutter stays open when you press the button. It’s measured in fractions of a second, like 1/100, 1/200, etc. This is why you need a camera that lets you set the aperture and shutter speed manually. With a bigger aperture setting, you need a faster shutter speed or you will overexpose the picture. You’ll have to do some research and learn about basic photographic techniques. The same rules apply to both film cameras and digital cameras (if the digital camera has real shutter speed and f-stops…some of them don’t).

The other problem is that in order to get a digital camera that has true manual settings, you’ll need to get a digital SLR camera, and a new one is going to cost a lot more than $300. Probably more like $400 or $500. But you can get a good manual film camera that has completely manual aperture and shutter speed settings on eBay for less than $30. I’ve actually taken pictures with my manual 35mm and 120 film cameras that were MUCH better than pictures from my 8 megapixel digital camera.

In order to get "better colors," you have to get better lighting. Better colors have a lot more to do with the light and what time of day it is than the camera. If you take pictures outside, it’s better to take pictures either early in the morning, like around 8:00 – 10:30 AM, or wait until late in the afternoon near sunset, around 4:30-7:00 PM. When the sun is lower in the sky, the light has a much better tone and the colors in your pictures will be a lot better. Try NOT to take pictures right in the middle of the day. The worst time is from about 12:00 noon – 2:00 PM. If the sun is directly overhead, the light is too harsh and colors will get washed out. Your pictures will look dull and overexposed. So choosing the right time of day and getting the right lighting is extremely important.

I hope that helps some. You need a camera with manual shutter speed and aperture settings. If you do buy a new camera, read the instructions and find out how to change the F-stop and shutter speed. Look up "Selective Focus" and "Depth of Field" on Google and Wikipedia. Also, do some research and learn about what’s called the "Sunny 16" rule, which is a guideline for how to get good exposures.

Good luck and have fun!

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