I have always wanted a nice camera, for a few years ive used my N95 8gb. I find its bloody great for a phone/camera and to be honest thats the only reason i still use it is because the camera is so good.

Either way im after a camera. i'll tell you what im after and you can tell me what you have or recomend.

SLR or that type..
prefer not to use AA style batteries, if it could be a like a phone, plug in to charge thats better but not essential..
6megapixel +..
Choice of lenses would be nice, frog eye, zoom lenses that kinda thing..
Budget £100-250.


so let me know what you use or would recomend cheers Ric.

 

Look on here....

http://www.thecamerasite.net/index.htm

 

My bro got a brand new Nikon D50 off ebay, with 18-55mm lens, for £225. Honestly, an awesome camera, even I take good pictures with it, and I can take pics to save my life normally

 

the D50 is only 6.1 megapixel. but thanks tho!

 

Maybe so, but the quality of the photos it can produce will absolutely blow away the likes of a nokia n95

 

Realistically, you probably wont need the extra 3.9mp you're hunting for as one of your criteria.


Cheers,
Grant

 

To give you an idea of what a lowly 6MP DSLR camera can produce, click the link below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedan8...7600216162939/

 

everyday's a school day lol

ok then will take that on board, keep them comeing!

 

the more pixels the bigger than picture, mines a 10.2 D80 and a print out from stock pic is 20 inches do u need to go this large?

 

just been looking at that, thought the more megapixel the better the quality but it seems the 10+megapixel cameras are better for upscaleing pics and keeping the quality, so really i suppose i dont need to go that high so yeah a good 6mp+ camera will be fine.

 

You realise pixels aren't everything? The most important part is the quality of the lens and components inside the camera, which nikon does well. Which is why even at 'only' 6.1megapixels it's still going to knock socks off these compact 10megapixel things.

 

did you not read my post above lol..

 

not really no, just replied to your reply to me.

 

slrs just dont require the same amount of pixels.

I have a canon d30 and a Canon g7 10 megapixel and the slr pictures are much better (not that i know what the megapixels are lol)

i also find the dslr pictures are have more feeling in them if thats possible. Sometimes you can just have to many mega pixels for some pictures.

car pictures look better on the 10+ and the kids look better on the dslr if you get me.

 

Is it possible for you to give basic photograph information's such as shutter speeds and aperture with the photos?

 

what do u mean?

 

as said please dont count pixels,
pixels really sells cameras, how many pixels do we print at?
the sensors in slr type cameras are alot bigger than they are in compacts, this means each pixel can be alot bigger! this means they can be made with greater accuracy!
have you ever noticed that you can always tell when a photo is taken with a camera phone? this is because they have small sensors and generally create alot of noise!

 

think ive settled on a camera.

Sony Cyber Shot DSC F828



and the blurb of sony site:

* 4 colour Super HAD CCD
* Real Imaging Processor
* Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar T*® Lens (12 elements in 9 groups, including 3 aspheric elements)
* Bright (F2.0-2.8) and wide angle (28-200mm) rotating lens
* 8.0 Effective Mega Pixels
* 7x Optical zoom, up to 35x Smart zoom, and 14x Precision Digital zoom
* Dual Slot (Memory Stick / MS-Pro and Compact Flash / Micro Drive)
* RAW recording mode
* Advanced Accessory Shoe (Hot Shoe)
* NightFraming / Hologram AF
* Flexible Spot / Continuous / Multi Point / Center weighted AF
* Manual Focus / Zoom Double Ring
* Selectable Colour Reproduction Mode (Real / Standard)
* Saturation / Contrast / Sharpness setting
* 2 Burst modes (Speed Priority / Framing Priority) / Auto Exposure Bracketing
* 235k dots Electrical View Finder
* Program Shift
* Slow Synchronized Flash
* Flash White Balance
* Clear Colour NR / Clear Luminance NR / NR Slow Shutter
* Macro 2 cm
* 3:2 Image Size Mode
* Histogram Indication
* USB 2.0 High Speed Transfer
* PictBridge (USB direct print) compatible
* MPEG VX Fine with Audio

 

. done this to remember thread....

 

Not really, they're not my photos, i simply looked for Nikon D50 photos on www.flickr.com and posted the link

 

Some good quality pics on there like

 

Is that sony you picked not an old camera?

 

yeah is old, but still a good spec, arrived this mornin just playing with it now.

i am a begginer so learn as you go and the camera is prob too much too soon but least its a good one, good price, and as i learn the pics will get better!