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 Washu
   
Location: Ottawa
Gender: Male
 |  |  |  | Re: Canon Eos 5D
<Reply # 120 on 9/15/2005 5:45 PM >
|  | | | Posted by micro
Meh. I'd be more interested to know if full frame coverage will actually result in a viewfinder that's as large and as bright as a film SLR's.
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From the specs it looks like it will be. 0.71 x (at 50 mm) with 96% coverage, so similar to the EOS 3 film body. Only the 1 series have 100% coverage.
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
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<Reply # 121 on 9/16/2005 10:09 AM >
| | | | So I borrowed my moms camera which was an Optio S and she kept it in an altoids case, when I got my hands on it I convinced her to buy a pelican case for it (which I think spooked her into thinking I was gunna destroy the thing)
So the other day I come home and apparently one of her friends sold her an HP618 which she gave to me so she could steal hers back from me along with it's new badass case.. *shakes fist*
So my question is, is the HP618 a good camera at all? at least for $30?
Live to Serve, Serve to Live.. |
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dundertits
  
Location: at the beginning
Cave Cave Deus Videt
| | Re: HP 618
<Reply # 122 on 9/16/2005 11:39 AM >
| | | | nope ...get a nikon buddy
Kabbalah is an undramatic tradition that requires great patience and stability. One of the reasons for this tempo is that everyone has to mature his potential gradually and thoroughly at his natural pace. In this way his life's work unfolds at the right moment in his own and the cosmos's time.
Z.B.S. Halevi -- Kabbalah |
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UEnerd
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Cameras
<Reply # 123 on 9/16/2005 6:37 PM >
| | | | I was just curios on what peoples opinions were regarding the type of camera to take while in an abandoned building. Right now I have the option of your basic disposable camera, or a Nikon F75 SLR. The pictures from the nikon are definatly better but I am worried that if I take it, it might get confiscated if I get caught.
Does anyone else take cameras of similar calibre on their expeditions? What are the laws in ontario regarding the confiscation of things from a trespasser?
Although the nikon would probably add more credibility when you said you were there for photography...
Its sad when not knowing is an excuse for those not willing to learn |
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atomx
 
Location: Brighton, ON
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 124 on 9/16/2005 6:47 PM >
| | | | You're in Ontario?
No need to worry really about the camera getting 'confiscated'.
I'm sure that you'd be carefull with your camera, I'd take the SLR.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Richard Cook |
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Tupsumato
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
How close can you go?
| | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 125 on 9/16/2005 7:00 PM >
| | | | I carry Nikon D70 everywhere. It's insured (body only, 1500 euros, ~50 euros per year), so it doesn't matter if it happens to fall or something.
[last edit 9/17/2005 6:16 AM by Tupsumato - edited 1 times]
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Chuck
Location: Chicago
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 126 on 9/16/2005 7:21 PM >
| | | | You may want to post this in the UE Photography forum here:
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthreads.asp?fid=1&catid=103
I carry my Pentax PZ-1 35mm and my crappy little Canon digital.
Chuck
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. - Clint Eastwood |
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Axle
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 127 on 9/16/2005 7:27 PM >
| | | | Minolta X-7A SLR or Pentax ME
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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lost
Gender: Male
| |  | | | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 128 on 9/16/2005 7:31 PM >
| | | | I'd be more worried about damaging a decent or expensive camera.
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UEnerd
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 129 on 9/16/2005 7:50 PM >
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I thought about the photography forum, but I thought that was more about the actual photos themselves, not the gear taken to get them. It can go either way I guess...
In any-case I don't think I'll be taking my nikon any time soon. Perhaps if theres an exceptional beautiful shot, I will go back with my nikon. Its a lot of wear and tear on the camera too.
Its sad when not knowing is an excuse for those not willing to learn |
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lost
Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Cameras
<Reply # 130 on 9/16/2005 9:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by UEnerd
I thought about the photography forum, but I thought that was more about the actual photos themselves, not the gear taken to get them. It can go either way I guess...
In any-case I don't think I'll be taking my nikon any time soon. Perhaps if theres an exceptional beautiful shot, I will go back with my nikon. Its a lot of wear and tear on the camera too.
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But isn't that what a camera's for - using?
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Joecat
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Gender: Male
DRAINS
| | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 131 on 9/16/2005 9:36 PM >
| | | | thanks for that totally helpful reply. </sarcasm>
Well the camera is seriously lacking, but hell for $30 it likes a mobile webcam. The optio S is a nice fun camera and it's a shame you don't have it anymore. But even that HP will take snapshots if thats all your looking for.
"Dane, what the hell is a 'sanitarium?'" "Don't know, why?" "We're in one." |
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nivelo
Location: International
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 132 on 9/16/2005 11:04 PM >
| | | | Posted by neuropeptide_y
nope ...get a nikon buddy
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I agree 100% 
Get a F100 with 17-35m + 16m fisheye and a manfrotto tripod o top it off.
Then your set for a loong time.
-niv
international explorer...
Badger badger badger badger badger MUSHROOM mushroom! |
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desmann
Location: NJ
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 133 on 9/18/2005 1:08 AM >
| | | | Any ideas on the new Maxxum 5D?
I know the voices aren't real... But sometimes they have really good ideas. |
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Professor Chaos
Noble Donor
Location: Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 134 on 9/18/2005 4:49 AM >
|  | | | Kudos to Minolta for onboard stabilization. From what I have seen in the magazines, looks like a really nice camera.
"Toyota vehicles are marketed to people who would be more excited about getting a new fridge than a new car I think." -Bandi |
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| |  | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 135 on 9/30/2005 9:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by desmann
Any ideas on the new Maxxum 5D?
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I was going to buy one - until I discovered Minolta had crippled it by disabling the ability to use my old flashgun (5600HS - which if you have ever seen one, is a BEAST!). Also it would be handy to use my old lenses (which will work perfectly) but it's less than ideal as you need to multiply the length by 1.6 meaning I no longer have a decent wide angle and would need to buy one.
So, if I have to buy everything from scratch, the body, lens and the flashgun: screw 'em - I'll go with Canon instead thanks!
January time (when things tend to get cheaper / january sales money off I'm gonna invest in a 350D!
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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Professor Chaos
Noble Donor
Location: Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 136 on 9/30/2005 2:25 PM >
| | | | Yeah, the crop factor does suck for wide angle. I have a 12-24mm F4G which seems to keep things pretty wide on my DSLR bodies.  + I have a scale of 1.5 on all my Nikons.
However, the Canon will also have a 1.6X crop, like the Minolta, so meh to that statement.
Only DLSRs that are full frame are the 5D and the Kodak DCS (which are garbage, really). Maybe the new Nikon D200, but nothing is official yet... *crosses fingers*
"Toyota vehicles are marketed to people who would be more excited about getting a new fridge than a new car I think." -Bandi |
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Washu
Location: Ottawa
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 137 on 9/30/2005 4:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by Professor Chaos
Only DLSRs that are full frame are the 5D and the Kodak DCS (which are garbage, really). Maybe the new Nikon D200, but nothing is official yet... *crosses fingers*
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The Canon 1Ds and 1Ds MKII are also full frame. So with the two Kodak DCS models and the 5D that's five full frame digitals.
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 138 on 9/30/2005 6:13 PM >
| | | | Posted by Professor Chaos
However, the Canon will also have a 1.6X crop, like the Minolta, so meh to that statement.
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Sure, but I can plan for this in my completely fresh purchase of a Canon lens, whereas I'll have to buy a new minolta lens anyways as the widest I have is 35mm - becoming a pretty useless 56mm with that *1.6.
The ability to use my old (very very very GOOD) flash would have been the Minolta's saving grace here - and I would have bought it!!!
But, they ruined it, so Canon it is then!! 
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread
<Reply # 139 on 9/30/2005 7:11 PM >
| | | | I use a Panasonic FZ30.
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