thinking of buying myself a good digital camera

[hiloboy]

hi ,can anyone here give me some thoughts or what you may think about the Sony DSC-H9 . i'm thinking of getting one for use as my shop camera...

[HorsehairBraider]

Read this: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/sony_h9.html (Hint: on the last page of the review, he gives a sort of summing up of everything.) Just at a glance it looks great, I personally don't like cameras that use different types of batteries other than AA because those are readily available to me if I run out of power, but that may not matter at all to you. Everything else looks really cool - are you planning on shooting lots of action shots? Looks like it is perfect for that.

[firefly67]

Hi, I've been using two Nikons, both in the 'Coolpix' line, and found them quite handy. Neither of them are new by now, but I got them to use for close-ups of my glass bead work (my main $ source) and they do fine for that kind of work as well as ordinary photo taking. I load my pix right on to my Mac and process them using Photoshop. I will try to attach a photo of my beginning leather works (close up) so you can see the quality of photos! Good luck finding a camera. There are scads of good ones.

[Darrell]

Wow,the plusses and minuses of digital photography. Steveb i blew up your excellent photos of your really nice work and saw you may need to increase your bobbin tension based on the shot of your nice 'flamed' wallet. IMHO!(kiddin' around)

I used a great sony DSC W-1 with macro add on lens in the past and now shoot with a canon d-20 that I really love. Believe it or not Panasonics 'Lumix' lineup is a darn good camera for the buck as the utilize the 'Leica' line of lenses and tech. Some of the best glass for photography in the world.

[David Genadek]

I have a Nikon D70 and I love it.

Here is a good resource for learning more about digital photography. The photoshop tutorials are awesome.

David Genadek

[Spencer G]

Alright David, another Nikon DSLR user! I have the D80, although I got it for my photography other than leather work, such as the picture that is my avatar.

You will definitely want a tripod. If you don't plan to use it extensively, then you can probably get by with one of the cheap ones. If, however, you find yourself using it a lot, upgrading to one with a nice ball-head will save a good deal of frustration. A really handy feature to look for in a camera is the option of getting a remote shutter release so that you don't even have to touch the camera in order to take a picture. The next best option is a short self-timer. Both work fine, and will result in sharper photos.

Spencer

Edited December 10, 2007 by Spencer G