And another one gone and another one gone Another one bites the dust Errrr... Yeah, I finally took the digital plunge. Saw in Friday's paper that Ritz has the Nikon CoolPix 2500 for $150 after mail-in rebate, so I went to check it out. Long story short, I have a digital camera now. I'll post samples later this weekend.
Brian, I believe you will be pleasantly surprised. I was. Yes, it will take some getting used to. However, with your skills and talent it will not take long. For me, it was like stepping back to when I did all my own darkroom work, but this time without the smelly chemicals. Because I wanted total control, my way, I also chose a camera that allowed me to override every automatic feature. My choice, a year ago, was the Nikon Coolpix 995. Good luck with the new camera. I am looking forward to seeing the results.
Here are some samples from the new digital. They have been reduced in size to accomodate users with slower connections. Lemme know what y'all think!
Does that particular camera come with a Macro? A macro is unbeatable for close ups on the model rr. The best $300 I ever spent was on a Sony digital with a fantastic macro. Thomas [ 30. August 2003, 03:18: Message edited by: thomas ]
Those are super photographs Brian, and a good variety of different types of image. Digital is great, as has been said, image manipulation is easy and good fun. I only have a cheap entry-level digital, and am looking to get a good one to totally replace my 35mm cameras. Thinking about a Fuji S602 Pro Zoom, which has a 6x zoom lens, the equivalent of a 34-210 on a 35mm camera.
thomas: To say a camera does or does not come with macro is a bit misleading. The camera will focus to four centimeters, which is pretty good for its class. I haven't crunched the numbers yet to see if it will give truly macro results (1:1 reproduction ratio) at its focal lenghts. Colonel: Dunno about the aperture, it's a totally craptacular camera (In other words, there's no control of individual settings.).
Hey, Brian, great shots! The sky photo is particularly fetching. Nikon cameras (and I assume others as well) give the information as to all settings - focal length, exposure time, time & date, etc., in a metadata as part of the image's file. ACDSee has the ability to access this information for the original, untouched image under the image's properties though I am not aware of which other programmes can. [ 08. September 2003, 09:58: Message edited by: Gats ]
