Digital Cameras

[Tyler Hewitt]

OK, I am an artist/photographer, and I teach
photography for a living, so one could reasonably
assume that I know my way around digital cameras.

Well, not really. I just bought my first digital
camera this past summer. I avoided them, not because I
have an aversion to them, but because I was waiting
for professinal level cameras to come down in price so
I could afford one.
Finally gave up on that and bought one to replace the
point and shoot camera I take on vacations.

 After a lot of research I bought the Minolta Dimage
F300. Its a 5 megapixel camera, has a full range of
pretty advanced features, and is smaller than my old
point and shoot, so it's easy to carry. At 5
megapixels I've actually been able to do some of my
own creative work with it (my work is largely collage
based so I was combining images). It uses the SD
memory cards, easily found at any electronics store.
I've been very happy with this camera. While not a
professional level camera, it does go way beyond an
average point and shoot, and 5 megapixels ensures good
quality prints.
It's not terribly expensive, either. I went to
pricegrabber.com and found it for $359.00. Also found
256mb memory cards for 65.00.

The big test was taking it to Britain and Washington
DC this summer. It performed wonderfully, much better
than our old non-digitalpoint and shoot. We've got
photos taken with the digital camera on that trip 
online, e-mail me privately and I'll send you the URL.
There's a few Harry Potter related images, including
one of my partner standing in front of Albert Hall the
day before J.K. Rowling gave her reading there.

Tyler


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