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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a
small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:48 -0600, Sarah Houston
wrote: I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? Probably over a hundred fit that description. More detail would be nice. Many of the newer cameras would do very well.... you can literally spend from $20 and "up" (as much as you'd care to spend). New ones are more costly, and the smaller you get (generally) the more expensive. Browse thru Best Buy, Sam's club, Walmart, etc, then after you decide which one you want, check out the best price on line. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
Pre-emptive DSLR-PRO-troll reply. Just to get them all out of the way. On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:48 -0600, Sarah Houston wrote: I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. Purse? Ditch that little purse, get yourself a decent backpack style camera bag. Then you can carry a REAL camera! You say you aren't a pro now, but if you buy a DSLR then you'll automatically be a pro! That's how it works. If you buy an expensive and heavy and loud camera that scares all the children in the neighborhood every time that you click that shutter, then you automatically become part of the "Professional Photographers Association". That's how all pros get to be pros. Just buy a good DSLR! Read this newsgroup. You'll find out that's how all of them get to be pros. Your talent as a photographer depends solely on the price of your camera. That's been proven for 20 years in this newsgroup, by us PROS! I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. You're limiting yourself. As I said, get rid of that purse and you can carry something really worth having, a REAL camera! Why be just an amateur with a purse, when you can be a pro with a backpack and a DSLR? Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Oh, you're going to have to get rid of that PC too if you want a REAL camera. You'll need a REAL computer too! You'll need a Mac if you want to get into photography. Then the PROFESSIONAL images from your DSLR can be edited the right way. You'll do a lot of editing once you get to be a pro by buying a DSLR. It's the only way to get professional looking photographs, you have to edit all of them for a long time before you can get them to look right. You can never get a good image directly from any PRO camera. We DSLR pros have known this for a long time now. And don't forget, the same applies to your software as it does a camera. The most expensive, biggest, most bloated, most difficult to navigate program that you can buy is the only kind that will allow you to be a REAL PRO. It's all about the money you spend. The more money you spend the better that you can compose your images in your editor and the better PRO you'll be, because you can never compose them correctly in the camera. Remember that, that's important if you want to be a REAL PRO. Buying the DSLR is just the starting point. You're going to need a good editor to fix every photo that you take from your PRO DSLR. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? Not for something that's going to fit in a purse. The only really good lenses all weigh over 10lbs each and start at $700, up to the price of a decent home. You're going to have to get a backpack if you want to get into photography. Maybe you could buy a backpack and modify it so it looks like a purse. :-) There ... now that I got all of the usual DSLR-PRO-troll's replies out of the way, maybe someone can provide some REAL help for you. Until you get some 1:1 help, you can always play with this link http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp See what shows up in your criteria search. (I don't have a lot of knowledge about compacts and sub-compacts, but I've seen some fantastic photography done with them.) |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:48 -0600, Sarah Houston wrote:
I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? Have a look at the Canon SD1100, solid little machine with all the features you describe and lots more. takes top notch pictures. |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
Irwell wrote:
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:48 -0600, Sarah Houston wrote: I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? Have a look at the Canon SD1100, solid little machine with all the features you describe and lots more. takes top notch pictures. Find a decent camera store. You may get useful advice in this group (the SD110 recommendation is one), but unfortunately we seem to be getting a lot of irrelevant nonsense lately. Even if that were not the case, the models out there are competitive and you need to handle them. Personally, I like an optical finder, but the type of camera you are looking for doesn't always sport one. I would give a local Ritz store a try. The department stores like Walmart and Target will carry a range of models, but don't expect much help. If you want take a little more time, lookup the models that interest you on http://www.dpreview.com/ or http://www.steves-digicams.com/. Good luck, Dave Cohen |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
Dave Cohen wrote :
Find a decent camera store. You may get useful advice in this group (the SD110 recommendation is one), but unfortunately we seem to be getting a lot of irrelevant nonsense lately. Even if that were not the case, the models out there are competitive and you need to handle them. Personally, I like an optical finder, but the type of camera you are looking for doesn't always sport one. I would give a local Ritz store a try. The department stores like Walmart and Target will carry a range of models, but don't expect much help. If you want take a little more time, lookup the models that interest you on http://www.dpreview.com/ or http://www.steves-digicams.com/. Good luck, Dave Cohen Thanks Dave. I was also looking around amazon and the Cybershot DSCS750 looks nice too. |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
Charlie Hoffpauir wrote :
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:48 -0600, Sarah Houston wrote: I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? Probably over a hundred fit that description. More detail would be nice. Many of the newer cameras would do very well.... you can literally spend from $20 and "up" (as much as you'd care to spend). New ones are more costly, and the smaller you get (generally) the more expensive. Browse thru Best Buy, Sam's club, Walmart, etc, then after you decide which one you want, check out the best price on line. Do the ones with Carl Zeiss lenses take much better pictures? Are they generally a lot more expensive? |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:40:08 -0600, Sarah Houston
wrote: Charlie Hoffpauir wrote : On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:48 -0600, Sarah Houston wrote: I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. I want something better than my Blackberry's camera, yet not super expensive, heavy or bulky, because it does have to fit the purse. Something with USB of course, for transferring files to the PC. Is there anything with a pretty decent lens too? Probably over a hundred fit that description. More detail would be nice. Many of the newer cameras would do very well.... you can literally spend from $20 and "up" (as much as you'd care to spend). New ones are more costly, and the smaller you get (generally) the more expensive. Browse thru Best Buy, Sam's club, Walmart, etc, then after you decide which one you want, check out the best price on line. Do the ones with Carl Zeiss lenses take much better pictures? Are they generally a lot more expensive? Carl Zeiss lenses have a great reputation, based on lens designs "before" computer-aided design became generally available. The new lenses on name-brand cameras are all very good. For a small purse-sized ease of use camera, I wouldn't worry about who designed the lens. Besides, the lens quality is only one of several factors that influence the quality of the image. The most important factor is still what goes on "behind" the camera. But as someone else mentioned, if image quality is very important to you, and you are considering large prints, you probably want something a bit larger than what you're describing. For small prints or viewing only on-screen, the small compact cameras are ideal. You really need to decide what factors are important to YOU. For example, I can't stand the pictures produced with the small in-camera electronic flash. I must have a camera that supports an external flash gun that is at least several inches away from the lens. That means a digital camera with a hot-shoe. virtually none of the ultra-small camers have this feature... so they are a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
In rec.photo.marketplace.digital Sarah Houston wrote:
I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. You might take a look at Canon's A460. It's cheap, reasonably compact (purse size, not pocket size), has a 4x zoom, optical viewfinder and uses standard batteries. The 16 meg SD card furnished is likely to be a throwaway if you take any number of pictures in a single session, but that's apt to be the only serious downside. The image quality is quite good, Canon's photo management software may not be the best, but it's good enough for casual work. For extremes (close up, low light, fast action) there are probably better cameras, but for ~$100 it's not half bad. bob prohaska |
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Looking for a nice purse camera for not a lot of money
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:29:15 GMT, bob prohaska's usenet account
wrote: In rec.photo.marketplace.digital Sarah Houston wrote: I'd like to take pretty decent photos ( I'm not a pro or anything ) with a small light weight camera that I can keep in my purse. You might take a look at Canon's A460. It's cheap, reasonably compact (purse size, not pocket size), has a 4x zoom, optical viewfinder and uses standard batteries. The 16 meg SD card furnished is likely to be a throwaway if you take any number of pictures in a single session, but that's apt to be the only serious downside. Ha! I purchased a pocket camera for my son that came with a 32 meg SD card. Twelve pictures and it was full. I popped for a 1 gig card for him. The image quality is quite good, Canon's photo management software may not be the best, but it's good enough for casual work. For extremes (close up, low light, fast action) there are probably better cameras, but for ~$100 it's not half bad. bob prohaska -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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