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I'm new to photography and need help picking a camera
I've been looking at two Fujifilm cameras and would like to know the
pros/cons of them or just general opinions. The two cameras are the E510 and the S5100. Both look good to me but I can't pick one over the other. Please help |
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LittleHobo wrote:
I've been looking at two Fujifilm cameras and would like to know the pros/cons of them or just general opinions. The two cameras are the E510 and the S5100. Both look good to me but I can't pick one over the other. Please help Why did you stuck at fuji's? What's your max price, needs etc...big zoom, manual settings? I'm quite happy with mine Canon S1 IS. If you're about big zoom, consider Image Stabilzation (IS), since without it, that big zoom is useless from hand. Also forget digital zoom, since it's useless. Pixels...if you have no intention of making biiig photos, it's useless to have anything above 3 or 4M - it just takes more space on the card, and so you need bigger (read more expensive) one. And try to find and read some reviews about both cameras and see it's up and down sides, like noise level, distortion, ease of use etc. I hear that at Fuji you can't really trun off digital zoom ,which can be pain in the ass, since you'll shoot some pics and at home figure out that digital zoom has been used and so pics are very low quality... |
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LittleHobo wrote:
I've been looking at two Fujifilm cameras and would like to know the pros/cons of them or just general opinions. The two cameras are the E510 and the S5100. Both look good to me but I can't pick one over the other. Please help Why did you stuck at fuji's? What's your max price, needs etc...big zoom, manual settings? I'm quite happy with mine Canon S1 IS. If you're about big zoom, consider Image Stabilzation (IS), since without it, that big zoom is useless from hand. Also forget digital zoom, since it's useless. Pixels...if you have no intention of making biiig photos, it's useless to have anything above 3 or 4M - it just takes more space on the card, and so you need bigger (read more expensive) one. And try to find and read some reviews about both cameras and see it's up and down sides, like noise level, distortion, ease of use etc. I hear that at Fuji you can't really trun off digital zoom ,which can be pain in the ass, since you'll shoot some pics and at home figure out that digital zoom has been used and so pics are very low quality... |
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LittleHobo wrote:
I've been looking at two Fujifilm cameras and would like to know the pros/cons of them or just general opinions. The two cameras are the E510 and the S5100. Both look good to me but I can't pick one over the other. Please help Tell us more about you. Why are you buying a camera? What kind of photography are you hoping to do? There are lots of good cameras, that would be bad choices. The more we know about you and what you want to do, the better we can make suggestions. I will make one suggestion that should hold true for any camera. Pick on up and hold it in your hands, see how it feels; move the controls; look thought the lens; take a picture or two. You want to know it feels right to you and that things like the delay between pressing the shutter and when it actually takes the image is acceptable to you. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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LittleHobo wrote:
I've been looking at two Fujifilm cameras and would like to know the pros/cons of them or just general opinions. The two cameras are the E510 and the S5100. Both look good to me but I can't pick one over the other. Please help Tell us more about you. Why are you buying a camera? What kind of photography are you hoping to do? There are lots of good cameras, that would be bad choices. The more we know about you and what you want to do, the better we can make suggestions. I will make one suggestion that should hold true for any camera. Pick on up and hold it in your hands, see how it feels; move the controls; look thought the lens; take a picture or two. You want to know it feels right to you and that things like the delay between pressing the shutter and when it actually takes the image is acceptable to you. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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I decided on these two cameras because the store I would likely buy the
camera from stocks only Fujifilm and sony cameras. I really don't like the design of most Sony cameras, I think they look silly . I don't know if they can get other brands or not. My max price is about 400us give or take a bit. I've been wanting a camera for a while to take pictures of outings, parties, etc. but also for those perfect landscapes that you see sometimes.Which is a good point for the S5100 with the 10x optical zoom. Also a really good 'close up' camera would be nice to take pictures of flowers, and other detailed shots. Which is one of the features I liked about the E510 it has a "Super Macro" mode which can take a picture as close as 1" away with very nice detail (look at the picture of the nickle on www.steves-digicams.com review of it). Lastly once in a blue moon I list an item or two on ebay and would like to be able to show what it is I'm selling, but most any digital camera would be good enough for that. Thanks for the help! |
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I decided on these two cameras because the store I would likely buy the
camera from stocks only Fujifilm and sony cameras. I really don't like the design of most Sony cameras, I think they look silly . I don't know if they can get other brands or not. My max price is about 400us give or take a bit. I've been wanting a camera for a while to take pictures of outings, parties, etc. but also for those perfect landscapes that you see sometimes.Which is a good point for the S5100 with the 10x optical zoom. Also a really good 'close up' camera would be nice to take pictures of flowers, and other detailed shots. Which is one of the features I liked about the E510 it has a "Super Macro" mode which can take a picture as close as 1" away with very nice detail (look at the picture of the nickle on www.steves-digicams.com review of it). Lastly once in a blue moon I list an item or two on ebay and would like to be able to show what it is I'm selling, but most any digital camera would be good enough for that. Thanks for the help! |
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LittleHobo wrote:
I decided on these two cameras because the store I would likely buy the camera from stocks only Fujifilm and sony cameras. I really don't like the design of most Sony cameras, I think they look silly . I don't know if they can get other brands or not. My max price is about 400us give or take a bit. I've been wanting a camera for a while to take pictures of outings, parties, etc. but also for those perfect landscapes that you see sometimes.Which is a good point for the S5100 with the 10x optical zoom. Most zoom lenses, especially the long zooms like 10x tend to be very telephoto but not very wide. It is the wide angle end that is most useful for landscapes. The 37mm equivalent at the wide angle setting of the S5100 is not exactly wide and would not be a good choice for landscapes. I suggest something closer to 24-28 mm as a good choice. That extra 9-13mm makes a world of difference. The wide angle end would be enough by itself to cause me to go for the E510. I have held off on buying a good digital until last month due to the lack of two factors, wide angle and fast shutter reaction at a price I wanted to spend (a little more than your target price). I got the Canon 20D. It is also larger and heavier than you would likely want but it has a very short shutter delay and has wide-angle capability equivalent to a 16mm lens on a 35mm camera. Also a really good 'close up' camera would be nice to take pictures of flowers, and other detailed shots. Which is one of the features I liked about the E510 it has a "Super Macro" mode which can take a picture as close as 1" away with very nice detail (look at the picture of the nickle on www.steves-digicams.com The S5100 will focus to 4" which is close enough for almost any close-up you are going to want to do. review of it). Lastly once in a blue moon I list an item or two on ebay and would like to be able to show what it is I'm selling, but most any digital camera would be good enough for that. True, considering most do OK on close-ups. Thanks for the help! -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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"LittleHobo" wrote in message . ..
I decided on these two cameras because the store I would likely buy the camera from stocks only Fujifilm and sony cameras. I really don't like the design of most Sony cameras, I think they look silly . I don't know if they can get other brands or not. My max price is about 400us give or take a bit. I've been wanting a camera for a while to take pictures of outings, parties, etc. but also for those perfect landscapes that you see sometimes.Which is a good point for the S5100 with the 10x optical zoom. Also a really good 'close up' camera would be nice to take pictures of flowers, and other detailed shots. Which is one of the features I liked about the E510 it has a "Super Macro" mode which can take a picture as close as 1" away with very nice detail (look at the picture of the nickle on www.steves-digicams.com review of it). Lastly once in a blue moon I list an item or two on ebay and would like to be able to show what it is I'm selling, but most any digital camera would be good enough for that. Thanks for the help! You've definitely gotten to broaden your horizons if you want to take a look at everything available and what may suit you best. The fuji's and sony's are great camera's, but you are missing out on stuff like Canon's, Olympus's, and Nikon's. I did some shopping around a little while back and visited stores from Staples to Best Buy to camera specific stores. I did what some of the guys here are saying, I picked up the cameras and checked them out. I ended up getting a good deal from the Staples site on a Canon PowerShot Pro 1. It has worked perfectly for me so far. I should be happy with this for a while. My next camera will hopefully be a little smaller, but have similar features. |
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"LittleHobo" wrote in message . ..
I decided on these two cameras because the store I would likely buy the camera from stocks only Fujifilm and sony cameras. I really don't like the design of most Sony cameras, I think they look silly . I don't know if they can get other brands or not. My max price is about 400us give or take a bit. I've been wanting a camera for a while to take pictures of outings, parties, etc. but also for those perfect landscapes that you see sometimes.Which is a good point for the S5100 with the 10x optical zoom. Also a really good 'close up' camera would be nice to take pictures of flowers, and other detailed shots. Which is one of the features I liked about the E510 it has a "Super Macro" mode which can take a picture as close as 1" away with very nice detail (look at the picture of the nickle on www.steves-digicams.com review of it). Lastly once in a blue moon I list an item or two on ebay and would like to be able to show what it is I'm selling, but most any digital camera would be good enough for that. Thanks for the help! You've definitely gotten to broaden your horizons if you want to take a look at everything available and what may suit you best. The fuji's and sony's are great camera's, but you are missing out on stuff like Canon's, Olympus's, and Nikon's. I did some shopping around a little while back and visited stores from Staples to Best Buy to camera specific stores. I did what some of the guys here are saying, I picked up the cameras and checked them out. I ended up getting a good deal from the Staples site on a Canon PowerShot Pro 1. It has worked perfectly for me so far. I should be happy with this for a while. My next camera will hopefully be a little smaller, but have similar features. |
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