digital camera help

Well, I have bought my Z5 this am, went to try it out on a spitty…shouldve read the manual on changing the autofocus to Manual (and set to infinity)….each time got a focus lock and no phot….boo hoo! Will hopefully have read it more and be able to do a better job at Leg-ends saturday!!! Now I need tips from the dimage owners!!!

I should be so lucky! 😀

Unless it is your lifelong dream to be a Kylie impersonator I would give up now…;) – Nermal

Nermal

“What working phot has time to write reviews?”

There are lots.

“Now, could these reviews have been written for a financial incentive”

I should be so lucky! 😀

Nermal Not true You should read the reviews, especially the Professional photographers who have used this camera for a year or more. I am also sure that other makes are represented as well. Rid yourself of your confusion. Yes Canon and Nikon do dominate but there are other reasons for this domination. And it’s not to say they are they are always the best bet for some professionals or the serious Amateur. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Reviews? Hmm. What working phot has time to write reviews?
Lets put it another way: bar those who have bought a camera for their holidays and then use it for the occasional job for the local paper (or claim to airshow organisors be a jobbing freelance, using a 2 meg compact bought from a catalogue for £99) I have seen no other make of digital camera in use by a PROFESSIONAL photographer. Every picture agency and newspaper phot I have ever met has used either Nikon or Canon – there may well be the odd Olympus or Pentax DSLR user out there, but no agency is going to use these other brands since (as mentioned) there is no professional back up for the times when they go wrong.
Now, could these reviews have been written for a financial incentive (remember Lord Litchfield?)? – Nermal

I might have been able to play with modes on my Olympus C-300Z if I hadn’t dropped it, at Duxford, about 3 months after I bought it. The broken screen doesn’t help with menu access. In the default mode, the lag is terrible and occasionally it decides not to take a picture at all.

Time to cut my losses I think.

I have a Panasonic dmcfz20 5mp 12x optical zoom. Although I haven’t had time to have a good play with it, it seems to have got good reviews. Its easy to use in auto mode. But you can have it in full manual mode, and has not got a lot of shutter lag, especially in full manual mode.
Dezz
🙂

Teleconverters ‘1,4x) are fine but work better with expensive lenses (f.2,8 aperture)

Many people here are talking about buying a digital SLR, I agree that you can get get the best quality shots and none to very little shutter lag. A DSLR can be expanded with more lenses and flasguns and generally is the best photographic option. But unles you are only buying a camera to go to airshows think about the following, are you really going to wield a heavy bag of equipment around when you go on holiday?
A prosumer compact like the Nikon 8800 has 8 megapixels a 10X zoom and vibration reduction, only thing it is much slower than a DSLR.
I have two classic SLR and five lenses going from 28 to 400 mm but after I bought my first digi compact (I always take RAWs) I almost only use that exept for special occasions that demand more power. More I now almost never leave home without except to go to work…
I only missed a longer zoom so I just bought the Nikon. Anyway I prefer detailed shots over in flight shots but that long zoom can get me closer now.
Thats not to say that I did not want a DSLR but my back hurts a lot less since I do not have to logg 15kg of equipment with me. And yes really fast action shots are the realm of the DSLR. I know I took a Fuji S2 on a three day assignment from work…i loved it to bits.
So there is just that bit more to consider…

Bummer it might have to be cash then 🙁

Yeovilton clashes with Reno, Culdrose with RIAT. so I’m afraid I’ll have to pass.

I am in possession of such an item (hardly used). I may be persuaded to part with it!!

Will we be seeing you at Yeovilton, Culdrose (Yeovilton is really good on arrivals day – as I’m sure you know) or the Plymouth VE/VJ day celebrations?

I believe there are “Beer Tents” at these events 🙂

with built in anti-shake mechnism

You’ve seen my pictures then. 😀 😀

Thanks, looks like a good choice.

However, I took at look at my sigma lens yesterday, and it doesn’t look very good on the inside of the front lens – not oily, more like a puddle has dried up.

Don’t know if it can be opened, cleaned and reassembled, or even if it would be worth having professionally cleaned. :confused: 😮

Dynax 7d, the DSLR with built in anti-shake mechnism, should be fine for you.

I am in possession of such an item (hardly used). I may be persuaded to part with it!!

No Hassleblads with digital backs then? :confused:

Moggy

It is medium format solution and hardly handy to carry around. You will meet them, but mostly in studios.

Apart from that Nermal is right. Most professionals will use a Canon (or not so often) a Nikon. It is because you get the best system and world wide support from both companies.

I have a Sigma 100-300mm lens which goes with my Minolta Dynax 500si – neither of which I use any more because I have a Fuji Finepix S5000 digital camera.

I know that the Dynax should be capable of better photographs, but I find the immediacy of the S5000 better for me, and a whole lot cheaper to run – although I’m probably learning more about photography now that I have the S5000, and might be able to apply what I’ve learned to the Dynax.

Anyway, what I want to know is, can I get a digital D-SLR body that would fit my Sigma? Preferably one that takes xD memory too.

Dynax 7d, the DSLR with built in anti-shake mechnism, should be fine for you.

No Hassleblads with digital backs then? :confused:

Moggy

:confused: I have travelled far and wide but have yet to meet a professional (ie one who takes pictures for a living – NOT semi professionals or those amateurs who happen to get paid for stealing group shots on a compact digicam over my shoulder) photographer using anything but Nikon or Canon digital cameras. Came across one still using a Leica, and a few with film cameras of various makes, but never anything but the big two for DSLRs. – Nermal

Nermal Not true You should read the reviews, especially the Professional photographers who have used this camera for a year or more. I am also sure that other makes are represented as well. Rid yourself of your confusion. Yes Canon and Nikon do dominate but there are other reasons for this domination. And it’s not to say they are they are always the best bet for some professionals or the serious Amateur. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Rocketeer- take a film camera as a back up ! Film is cheap -opportunities to replicate something are usually horrendously expensive or impossible!

Yep, I will probably do that, I have an Pentax MG Super which I love, only problem is that it is so heavy! (I am a bit of a girl when it comes to carrying too much on hot days!!!!) 🙂

The Pentax DSLR takes the old K mount lenses. As Ive still got my old Me Super with a couple of good lenses, that’s the chap for me-just as soon as the wifie opens the purse far enough…….
Had a shot of my mates Fuji S5500, but for fast moving objects, I found it impossible with the small digital viewfinder, and couldnt focus it on them either.

Rocketeer- take a film camera as a back up ! Film is cheap -opportunities to replicate something are usually horrendously expensive or impossible!