[HPFGU-OTChatter] Digital Cameras

[illyana delorean]

My boyfriend just bought a Canon Powershot S50 and he loves it, which 
is saying a lot because he always told me that he would never buy a 
digital camera that wasn't an SLR. However, he finally decided that 
spending $1000 and above on a digital camera is not something that he 
was ready to do. He is very pleased with the Canon, because it takes 
photos almost immediately - its "reaction time" is practically as fast 
as an actual SLR. Plus, this camera has so many different functions and 
a great manual mode, so it is a good camera for photography. The only 
complaint he has with the camera is that its macro mode is not as good 
as the one on my old Sony 1.3 megapixel digital (which I think is kind 
of funny!). The Canon is a 5 megapixel.

Here is Canon's webpage for the S50 (and its brother, the S45 - the S50 
is the sexy black one):
http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/s50-45/index.html

The camera is seriously loaded - you can even shoot MPEG movies with 
audio! I know a lot of digital cameras can shoot MPEG movies (my old 
Sony can), but the quality is usually not so great, and most of them 
will not do audio. The movies shot with this Canon look pretty decent, 
considering the source.

Now, the price. The camera is $500. That may seem like a lot of money 
for a digital camera to most people, but this camera is as close to an 
SLR digital camera that you can get without spending over $1000 - and 
since your husband is a photographer, you are definitely going to want 
to get him a digital camera that functions a lot like a 35mm camera. Of 
course, you could always go with a Nikon D1, which has been a favorite 
with digital photographers for a few years, but I don't know if you 
have $3000 to spend! This Canon is really very reasonably priced for 
how good it is.

Hope this helps. The camera really does take great pictures, and I am 
not being biased. I actually didn't like the idea of my boyfriend 
buying a non-SLR digital camera at first (because I thought he would be 
disappointed), but after I used it a few times I became really jealous!

Let us know what you finally decide on buying!

illyana

On Oct 9, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Cindy C. wrote:

> Hey, all,
>
> I want to get my husband a digital camera for his birthday.  He is a
> photographer by nature, so I can't get him anything that doesn't take
> good pictures.
>
> Any recommendations?  Also, does anyone know what "specs" a decent
> digital camera should have?  I have heard that if they have poor
> resolution, they're almost not worth having.  How many of those Pixel
> things should I be looking for?
>
> Cindy -- way too lazy to actually do her own legwork
>

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