What digicam to buy?

9th May 2003, 16:00

I've been looking around, but I just realised I'm about as experienced to digicams as *ehr* Bosw8er is to heterosexual relations

What am I looking for?
A cam that can do 1024*768 or 1600*1200 pics, Low Medium High quality selections. Enough mem onboard

. Oh, and good colours, so no webcam experience

For what use?
I'm looking to make some reviews and I'm in need of something to photograph my Shuttle, but it should also take good pictures of P4 heatspreaders and core codes (good enough to be able to read them), AMD XP cores and labels and other ****

Budget?
I'm guessing 2 to 300€ (w/o shipping)

Could anyone help me? thanks a lot

jmke · 9th May 2003, 16:10

could you elaborate on how Bosw8er got his wife pregnant.. twice?

Digicam wise: in .Be : Canon S40 or A40

in .De.. Fuji xxxxxx .. richbastard has the info on that one

both hover around your budget

Bosw8er · 9th May 2003, 16:12

Wrong forum ... n00b

btw: i'm married, 2 kids

http://www.imaging-resource.com/
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.dcresource.com/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/

RichBa5tard · 9th May 2003, 16:16

f601z is an awesome digicam for it's money, but it's slightly over your budget (375 @.de).

Keep in mind dpreview compares it to digicames of 750~1000 eur.

9th May 2003, 16:18

Bosw8er, it was me all along

hehehe, "your" yr

I have proof of Bosw8er visiting Red and Blue multiple times

And could you guys elaborate on the 'specs' I need instead of all those models? I saw a 4.4Mpixel Trust for 150€, haven't a clue if it's good (Trust has some good cams, but I have my needs)

jmke · 9th May 2003, 16:20

Mpixel != quality

check Bosw8er's links for reviews of both cams mentioned in this thread

9th May 2003, 16:23

Ah

Seen a Canon Powershot A60 => http://dpreview.cnet.com/shopping/re..._PowerShot_A60
seems good, no?

//edit: Do you guys know any good or cheap shops?
And RB, YGPM and mail!

jmke · 9th May 2003, 16:27

seem oki for the price!

Quote:

had orginally bought a Powershot A40, used it for a month and exchanged it for the A60. I think for the money, this camera is the best thing on the market. I have had a few shots not focus, bust I think that may have been more of me and not the camera. I have printed shots taken from this camera and they have came out great. I find that the CF door on it feels weak, I am afraid of breaking it. For the money, id say this is the best camera you can get.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read...dkey=canon_a60

edit: CT YGPM

9th May 2003, 16:31

Ah,

now some links to cheapie sites

JMke, YGPMB

jmke · 9th May 2003, 16:33

try the pricewatch @ www.tweakers.net
Dutch shops seem to have killer prices for digicams.

9th May 2003, 16:00	#1
ctgilles Posts: n/a	What digicam to buy? I've been looking around, but I just realised I'm about as experienced to digicams as ehr Bosw8er is to heterosexual relations What am I looking for? A cam that can do 1024768 or 16001200 pics, Low Medium High quality selections. Enough mem onboard . Oh, and good colours, so no webcam experience For what use? I'm looking to make some reviews and I'm in need of something to photograph my Shuttle, but it should also take good pictures of P4 heatspreaders and core codes (good enough to be able to read them), AMD XP cores and labels and other **** Budget? I'm guessing 2 to 300€ (w/o shipping) Could anyone help me? thanks a lot

9th May 2003, 16:10	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	could you elaborate on how Bosw8er got his wife pregnant.. twice? Digicam wise: in .Be : Canon S40 or A40 in .De.. Fuji xxxxxx .. richbastard has the info on that one both hover around your budget __________________

9th May 2003, 16:12	#3
Bosw8er Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,711	Wrong forum ... n00b btw: i'm married, 2 kids http://www.imaging-resource.com/ http://www.dpreview.com/ http://www.dcresource.com/ http://www.steves-digicams.com/ __________________ "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

9th May 2003, 16:16	#4
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	f601z is an awesome digicam for it's money, but it's slightly over your budget (375 @.de). Keep in mind dpreview compares it to digicames of 750~1000 eur. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

9th May 2003, 16:20	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Mpixel != quality check Bosw8er's links for reviews of both cams mentioned in this thread __________________

9th May 2003, 16:18	#5
ctgilles Posts: n/a	Bosw8er, it was me all along hehehe, "your" yr I have proof of Bosw8er visiting Red and Blue multiple times And could you guys elaborate on the 'specs' I need instead of all those models? I saw a 4.4Mpixel Trust for 150€, haven't a clue if it's good (Trust has some good cams, but I have my needs)

9th May 2003, 16:23	#7
ctgilles Posts: n/a	Ah Seen a Canon Powershot A60 => http://dpreview.cnet.com/shopping/re..._PowerShot_A60 seems good, no? //edit: Do you guys know any good or cheap shops? And RB, YGPM and mail!

9th May 2003, 16:31	#9
ctgilles Posts: n/a	Ah, now some links to cheapie sites JMke, YGPMB

9th May 2003, 16:33	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	try the pricewatch @ www.tweakers.net Dutch shops seem to have killer prices for digicams. __________________

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