anyone else that knows anything about cameras
I'm going camera shopping today...what should I get
I will be using it for work (interior and exterior shots of homes) and I want something with a really good shutter speed to capture my kids at their dancing comps
I was thinking of a cannon or a nikon .....(I want something really decent ...already have a compact digital)

Typical that I pick a time to ask u lot something ..when ur not bloody here ...ok ur all officially to blame now if I get the wrong one ..I can see it now "What the hell did u get the piece of crap for...u should have got..."

Nikon D80 is what I have

Ocean said:

I think the Nikon D40x Kit might be good for you (with 10 megapixels), go to Teds and try one out, feel in your hands. They say the Nikons feel better for women's smaller hands, as opposed to the canons, and the D40x is not as heavy as the D80 (my camera and lens are over a kilo together )

I don't really know squat about cameras lol ...besides, didn't I give you camera suggestions about this time a year ago? ...

If nothing else, just make sure the camera has a "action" setting (or some equivalent)...that usually makes the camera take pics using an extremely quick shutter speed (in that setting, the camera assumes it's capturing action and will adjust accordingly). Outside of that, I'd go with what Zombie, Retina and everyone else says...

Byron said:

yeah, all the Nikons have preset programs including action, but Kylie will be needing to use flash and red-eye reduction too for dance pics, since it is always so lo-light, so not sure how that works together with action

ok I got this
http://www.teds.com.au/ww...5803_.html
but with a 18 - 135mm lense.... did I do the right thing

Ocean said:

Except for the guy with the Australian accent that keeps babbling on the top right of the screen, you did right

I think someone's going to be jealous though
[Edited 10/3/07 21:14pm]

ArielB said:

Huh ..I had to go back and try and figure out who was babbling
Ooooh who's going to be jealous...that must mean I've done the right thing

Ocean said:

I think me meant me lol ...

Trade ya...

Byron said:

me meant me
My photos will proberly still be crap since I don't know how to use it
waiting for it to charge right now so I can play

Ocean said:

whoa Kylie! yeah you better go to photography lessons now

Ocean said:

He meant me...

you'll need a tripod and a remote so you can take pictures of yourself

ZombieKitten said:

...I should have just hired a photogarpher huh.....how much can u learn from a manual?

Byron said:

ZombieKitten said:

No more of me...everyone would just keep picking on my hairy armpits

Ocean said:

isn't there some tutorials in the manual? I haven't looked at it properly maybe there are some on the internet

ZombieKitten said:

Showoff!!!

Ocean said:

I read the D50 manual cover to cover, but this one I have skimmed for differences only

ZombieKitten said:

oh well that's alright then ...I fell slightly better ...especially since u gave me the ...what one do u have now then?

Ocean said:

D80 same as you but with one lens 18-200mm (which is same as retina's)

ZombieKitten said:

..ok Im going to ask a stupid question...can I take photos on this damn thing looking through the monitor instead of the viewfinder...and if so how do I get it to come up on the monitor ...I can only get the pics I have taken to come up on there

Ocean said:

I can barely work my new phone, the box brownie is still in its box, so don't aske me, oh wait you didn't

Ocean said:

you bought an SLR this is the reason it's an SLR - you look through the viewfinder, and you see EXACTLY what you are going to take the photo of. If you used the monitor in the back, which is HUGE, you'd drain the batteries in an hour lol.

ZombieKitten said:

yeah thats what I meant

The Fisher Price My First Camera. Special features-it blows bubbles.

JDInteractive said:

did u ever have that big yellow teapot they did?

I have the castle!

ZombieKitten said:

soooo jealous!