Camera chat

[Toots Hibbert]

Got your new camera yet PP?

 

[Power Pete]

Re: Training photos from Power Pete

Got your new camera yet PP?

Have a new Olympus E-510 Digital SLR Camera with 14-42 & 40-150mm Zuiko Lenses. The photos you see are taken with my new camera (pictured below).

 

[erical]

Re: Training photos from Power Pete

Have a new Olympus E-510 Digital SLR Camera with 14-42 & 40-150mm Zuiko Lenses. The photos you see are taken with my new camera (pictured below).

Fantastic Fotos Power Pete.How much is a camera like this one worth?I was interested in getting further into photograppy.
What do you know of the Nikon D40 and D80?

 

[Power Pete]

Re: Training photos from Power Pete

Fantastic Fotos Power Pete.How much is a camera like this one worth?I was interested in getting further into photograppy.
What do you know of the Nikon D40 and D80?

Paid $1,395 about 3 months ago. You can pick up an Olympus E-510 for around $1,000 now. The camera has 10 Megapixels - Live View - 49 Point Metering - Duel Image Stabilization - Dust Reduction System - Duel Slots (XD and CF Cards) - 28 Shooting Modes - 18 Scene Select Modes - Red Eye Reduction and more. Most cameras around the same price do basically the same things. I've loved Olympus cameras for years and have 2 of them and my partner has one also.

Nikon D40 Info...http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category619_1.htm

Nikon D80 Info...http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category621_1.htm

 

[MP_]

Hi Pete,

I'm interested in time lapse photography but was told the digital cameras aren't much chop for this and I should look at the old school manual film cameras if I wanted to do this. I believe th issue was battery life, what are your thoughts?

BTW great pics, wish my Fuji S5500 was a crisp as thos

 

[erical]

Thanks Power Pete
Would you recommend the cheaper of the two or go the more expensive as you will only have to upgrade sooner or later anyway?
I know the D80 has more megapixels but people tell me that isn't always a better thing.

 

[Power Pete]

Hi Pete,

I'm interested in time lapse photography but was told the digital cameras aren't much chop for this and I should look at the old school manual film cameras if I wanted to do this. I believe th issue was battery life, what are your thoughts?

BTW great pics, wish my Fuji S5500 was a crisp as thos

I haven't used time lapse photography on my camera as yet but in the instruction manual there is a section called "Slow Synchronization" which gives you affects like "by the movement of a car showing the tail-lights streaming backwards" and doing night scenes.

As batteries go, most (if not all) SLR cameras have batteries called "Lithium ion" which last a hell of a lot longer and hold their charge when you're not using them, where-as other batteries discharge when your not using them and run out of gas (so to speak) quicker when in the camera.

Hope this help you out in some way and happy shooting.

 

[Power Pete]

Thanks Power Pete
Would you recommend the cheaper of the two or go the more expensive as you will only have to upgrade sooner or later anyway?
I know the D80 has more megapixels but people tell me that isn't always a better thing.

Buy the camera with what you can afford at the time. Pixels between 6-10 are great if you wanna make large posters or if you take a picture that's far away and you need to bring it closer to view without it going blurry or pixelating then high megapixels are good. Doing normal photography and using a camera in general use and using the camera that covers most subjects then a 4-6 Megapixel is ok.