New Camera, Dream

[Bullitt]

dpreview is a great site, also check out http://www.steves-digicams.com for more reviews, and also cnet.com, http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php for more help on Canon digital cameras than you'll know what to do with, and 4 of the best online digital camera stores (I dont buy anywhere else than B&H): http://www.bhphotovideo.com/, http://www.beachcamera.com, http://www.bluestripephoto.com, http://www2.butterflyphoto.com

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by busterb

More to hold on to.

Also a good reason to date fat women.

[busterb]

The PowerShot S3 IS made the cut, $342.36 from Dell. Now I need help with the cards. It uses SD/Multimedia Memory Cards. So which is best, and are the new faster cards better? Steve's has a primer on cards,
http://www.steves-digicams.com/flash_memory.html But I haven't read all yet.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'd be happy to have a digital camera that will take a picture when I want instead of when it's damn good and ready.

[SteveDallas]

That would be a digital SLR, Bruce.

[rock9995]

Buster, the reason you should buy the fastest card available is the new Canons--and the S3 should be no exception--take great .avi movies limited only by the size of the memory card. Why not just buy a large capacity card and not bother with all the (more expensive) speed? Well, the same reason you buy a high speed 7200 rpm hard disk vs. a slower one: access time. The high speed flash cards will record your movies you take with your S3 in pretty much real time with no waiting and hangups/freezes and no jumpy bullshit or dropouts later when you view them. No matter if your neighbor tells you that he's never had a problem with a slower card, I'm telling you that your Canon will perform better with a high speed card. Plus, you can take take full advantage of the Canon's ---what is it, 6 megapixels?--at full, uncompressed resolution by taking one hi-res shot after another w/o the camera hanging up--just don't try to take another shot or fiddle with the menu while the camera is taking a few seconds to save that big file or you'll end up either hanging it up or making it take 3X as long..

Last year I bought a 1G SanDisk Extreme III high speed Secure Digital (SD) card for $125 and THAT was considered a good deal. Now, you can get 2G for that price or less and a 1G for about $50. The big three you saw on Steve's link are all reliable but I can only speak for SanDisk as far as customer satisfaction.

Where to buy? Well, the Old Reliables have always been Beach Camera and Buy Dig.com. They are consistently low in price and quite often offer rebates which will save you even more. Try going to NexTag.com and putting in SanDisk SD 1G and see what pops up. Make sure that you use your product immediately upon receipt as there is a tradeoff between low price and return policy time.


HELL-oooo. Thank God!!

Now, they just came in here and told me I can go home tomorrow and I'm out of here. YES!!!!!!! So, because I'm stir-crazy and half-crazy (only half?) from being in here, I'll supply the following imaginary dialog (make sure that a moderator sees it if you don't mind):



Buster: Why thanks for trying to help me, Rock, I know that you are new and a lot of high-posters don't like newbies getting too uppity too fast but I appreciate your taking the time to give me the benefit of your experience (and several others for that matter as I have seen in your postings, maybe I'll look back over them to see how far out of line you were) and, may I ask, what the fuck is this all about?

Rock: Well, Buster, I'll attempt to tell you: If you don't want to go to hospitals, stay off of motorcycles (btw, tell that guy Zip that I think he's pretty cool) because I've been laid up here for the better part of a month and have, by necessity avoided some of the boredom by constant surfing the net because, let's be honest, TV sucks (and especially in 3rd world countries). I just discovered the Cellar a few days ago, but was impressed by the (apparent) I.Q. level and especially the sense of humor displayed by the "arm on groin" posters. So, regardless of protocol, I just jumped in and started posting although I don't think I've been too disrespectful at that considering my size and ADD personality--(I've said this before: stay away from steroids, kids, that xtra 50-75 lbs on your bench press ain't worth it).

Buster: With all due respect, man, I still haven't a clue as to what you are talking about, has someone here insulted you or something?

Rock: Oh, no no, it's not that. I'm not sure what I'm saying, actually. Like I said, I've had a lot of time on my hands and have started posting in a LOT of forums just out of boredom. I'm 60 years old, should have been dead many times over and have seen and lived through things that would fry most people's hair out by the roots--yours too, I might venture. I have done a lot of different things in my travels a few times around this old world and have some lay expertise in a lot of different things and I WILL say that the nicest and politest (they always say "welcome to ___ forum, Rock" and "thanks") are the so-called "geeks", the hardcore hobbyist forums, like R/C planes and Telescope nuts, Chess types (taught myself to play in here)...all of these people freely share knowledge and expertise and, unlike jerks like me, still are self-effacing and, well, umm...shit, I forgot what I was gonna say because that cute little night nurse came in to say goodbye. I suppose when I get out of here tomorrow, that short-term memory thing will get even worse, if you ah..get my drift.

Buster: Ok, now I'M getting bored, but just let me say for myself and perhaps for anyone else in here that if someone has done something to ...

Rock (interrupting): No, no, really, I shouldn't have mentioned anything at all. I'm sure I'm out of line anyway (I'm used to being in that situation) so, tomorrow, I'm outta here. My girlfriend's picking me up--I hope she's not still mad at me--and my bike will be ready and I'll catch y'all in another life 'coz ("because") sitting in front of a 'puter monitor for hours a day isn't my idea of what works for me--I'm NOT putting it down, it just doesn't hold my interest if I'm ambulatory-- but I gotta say, I was NOT bored being in the Cellar for these few days--wish I'd of found this when I first woke up in here, then again maybe you'd have run me off before now. Good luck to all. This has been my third and worst accident this year, so I'm sure the Law of Averages has caught up with me, so I'm gonna get drunk tomorrow night raising glass after glass to Freddy Fender--tell ole Griff thanks for the bad news--and saddle up and head on out.

Buster: OK, Rock, thanks for um..expressing yourself in here. Good luck to you, too. <sotto voice>(Jesus, what a maniac!)

Rock: Adios Muchachos (y Muchachas)

[zippyt]

Ok Rock , now you have to fill us in ,
motor cycles , third world countrys , hospitols , girl friends ,,
We NEED PICS and storys !!!
You started this , not us !!!!!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

That would be a digital SLR, Bruce.

That would be $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, Steve.
I know, and I have all these Nikon lenses already.

[zippyt]

Ok i was woundering about this ,
Bruce has lenses from a film camera ( Right Bruce ??)
If he was to get a good Digi SLR body would the lenses be compatible ??
And if not ,, why ??

[SteveDallas]

Yes, they would be. If Bruce bought any of the Nikon DSLR bodies all his lenses should work. The reasons are obvious. (It lets the manufacturers reuse parts of their existing design, it gives them a pile of lenses they can sell new customers right out of the gate, and it gives existing customers a disincentive to buy a camera from another company.)

[busterb]

Got 2 Corsair 512MB 60X Secure Digital Memory Card and 1 SanDisk Ultra II 1GB SD Plus USB Flash Media. Thanks for help and other usefull info!
I'm with Zip, Come on Rock. Fill us in.

Also, my Kodak has a $20 adapter that lets you use film camera lenses with a 55mm base.
But, it seems you have moved on to other models.
I have a couple of 2G cards. One cool thing is that it comes equipped with a flash shoe, standard.

[busterb]

Thanks Krage. My sis got all my film camera lenses years ago. Hope this is last money I spend on cameras.

AAAAaaaaahhhhhhaaaahaaaaHHHAAAAAhhhaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

[SteveDallas]

So much for the toy Nikons like the one I have.