I've been out of order - I still don't have the full Fanime set up yet either.
There are only two... And two more in the queue. And two more in film cameras.
Not having a real compact camera is going to be a problem. I miss my pocket-sized one. My most portable camera is my Holga, and that's pretty bulky. But I'd need to go through 30-50 rolls of film before buying a compact digital would be cheaper.
My general experience with digital cameras, is stay far away from Kodak, HP, and anything < $130. And I've been admittedly unimpressed with Nikon's more compact cameras. I think when I was shopping for my compact camera ~4years ago, the brands of choice were: Canon, Fuji, Panasonic. I was playing with the idea of replacing my broken compact Canon, and one of the Fuji EXR cameras was among the top of what I was considering.
I'd suggest checking out dpreview.com and comparing sample images at high ISO. When comparing them, it's probably best to consider different apertures too. (since it's not like you can swap out the lens) um.... compare iso divided by aperture squared - i.e. if the widest aperture on camera A is f/2, and camera B is f/3.3, then for the same shutter speed, camera A would need ISO 300, whereas B would need 800. (300/(2*2) is about 800/(3.3*3.3)) So, even if A has a slightly noisier iso800, as long as it's iso400 has less noise than B's 800, it will yield a better low-light picture at the same shutter speed, and if A has similar noise to B at iso800, then it can get away with faster shutter speeds, so less likely to blur due to camera shake. (I think I mad things too complicated...)
Surprisingly enough, I actually understood that for the most part. I got my little Nikon for less than $300 including the memory card and it's served me well this last year-and-a-half or so that I've owned it. But then, Nikon seems to try to be the "everyman's" camera so maybe it doesn't have enough features for someone who knows what they're doing? ^_^; Having a camera that fits in your pocket is really nice for 365.
The Fuji EXR and one other non-EXR one...(number escapes me) stack up pretty well, slight price difference and a little bigger but twice as much optical zoom on the EXR. And I do loves me some zoom. I will have to check out their aperture science (ha, ha) though. I bet the EXR does better, the other one has a much smaller, non-extending lens, but then, what do I know? Haha~ Thank you for the help~~~ I will go check out that website.
Also, yeah! Looking forward to Fanime pictures also^^ Get to it! >O!
There are only two... And two more in the queue. And two more in film cameras.
Not having a real compact camera is going to be a problem. I miss my pocket-sized one. My most portable camera is my Holga, and that's pretty bulky. But I'd need to go through 30-50 rolls of film before buying a compact digital would be cheaper.
My general experience with digital cameras, is stay far away from Kodak, HP, and anything < $130. And I've been admittedly unimpressed with Nikon's more compact cameras. I think when I was shopping for my compact camera ~4years ago, the brands of choice were: Canon, Fuji, Panasonic.
I was playing with the idea of replacing my broken compact Canon, and one of the Fuji EXR cameras was among the top of what I was considering.
I'd suggest checking out dpreview.com and comparing sample images at high ISO.
When comparing them, it's probably best to consider different apertures too. (since it's not like you can swap out the lens) um.... compare iso divided by aperture squared - i.e. if the widest aperture on camera A is f/2, and camera B is f/3.3, then for the same shutter speed, camera A would need ISO 300, whereas B would need 800. (300/(2*2) is about 800/(3.3*3.3))
So, even if A has a slightly noisier iso800, as long as it's iso400 has less noise than B's 800, it will yield a better low-light picture at the same shutter speed, and if A has similar noise to B at iso800, then it can get away with faster shutter speeds, so less likely to blur due to camera shake.
(I think I mad things too complicated...)
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The Fuji EXR and one other non-EXR one...(number escapes me) stack up pretty well, slight price difference and a little bigger but twice as much optical zoom on the EXR. And I do loves me some zoom. I will have to check out their aperture science (ha, ha) though. I bet the EXR does better, the other one has a much smaller, non-extending lens, but then, what do I know? Haha~ Thank you for the help~~~ I will go check out that website.
Also, yeah! Looking forward to Fanime pictures also^^ Get to it! >O!
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