Cameras
Cameras
Just a general topic about cameras really...
After a horrid three-day experience with my Nikon Coolpix L810, I took it back to the shop and after much debate between the manager and I, I got a full refund. Was really disappointed with it though.
From tomorrow, I shall be using a Panasonic TX-30 - which I know should be pretty good. Well, that's assuming it lives up to the same standard as its predecessor, the Panasonic TX-20.
Flickr famous Stuart Montgomery (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_montgomery/) uses a Panasonic TX-20 and some of his night shots are great - they're not static either! See below for an example:
I previously used a Sony DSC-W180 and it treated me well through my education and for general photography purposes up until December 24th of this year, when it faced its retirement. I must say that it's a brilliant camera though, and for its price, the quality of some of the images it has produced for me is phenomenal.
What kind of camera do you use?
Have you had any troubles with cameras in the past?
Shame you had to take your camera back, I assume it was a Christmas present too
I always thought your photos were great anyway. Every bus photo I've ever taken has been with my camera phone. It's a LG KU990 Viewty.
http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/09/10/lg...-about-it/
I think I got it Christmas 2009. It was quite a dated phone even back then. I don't use this phone as my main phone anymore, the screen is scratched to bits, but I still carry it about anyway just in case!
I've been really fond of the camera, some photos I've been really pleased with like these -
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Night-time photos don't work well on it unfortunately.
In 2010 I got an Olympus FE47 / X43.
While indoor photos are excellent on it, I haven't been too impressed at all with outdoor photos, which have tended to appear grainy. Maybe I just need more messing about it with it to find the best settings.
It was indeed! I told my mam on Christmas Day when I went out to test it... The static photos I took in Go North East's Deptford depot were brilliant, I was really impressed. The dynamic photos I took of moving cars weren't great though.
I had a bus day with it on Boxing Day and I wasn't greatly impressed.
Today I decided to go out again to try it - it was just unbearable. I'd upload them to my Flickr but my very early work (August 2012) is better than the ones I took today; as everyone should know, they aren't even to a mediocre standard - they're appalling. :L
She was glad I was straight-up with her about it though. She said she knew for its primary purpose, it may not have been ideal, so she was happy to try and get a refund and replace it with a more suitable one. (Phew)!
(28 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm)W179SCU I am getting really annoyed with my current camera. EVERY SINGLE PHOTO I TAKE IS BLURRY - Any recommendations?
(28 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm)W179SCU I am getting really annoyed with my current camera. EVERY SINGLE PHOTO I TAKE IS BLURRY - Any recommendations?
(28 Dec 2012, 10:03 pm)Daniel(28 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm)W179SCU I am getting really annoyed with my current camera. EVERY SINGLE PHOTO I TAKE IS BLURRY - Any recommendations?
Take a look at some of the Panasonic videos for the TX range.
The zoom on the TX-30 is brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=fJ99q_YIY18&feature=fvwp
They're quite pricey though
(28 Dec 2012, 10:03 pm)Daniel(28 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm)W179SCU I am getting really annoyed with my current camera. EVERY SINGLE PHOTO I TAKE IS BLURRY - Any recommendations?
Take a look at some of the Panasonic videos for the TX range.
The zoom on the TX-30 is brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=fJ99q_YIY18&feature=fvwp
They're quite pricey though
(28 Dec 2012, 10:04 pm)W179SCU(28 Dec 2012, 10:03 pm)Daniel(28 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm)W179SCU I am getting really annoyed with my current camera. EVERY SINGLE PHOTO I TAKE IS BLURRY - Any recommendations?
Take a look at some of the Panasonic videos for the TX range.
The zoom on the TX-30 is brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=fJ99q_YIY18&feature=fvwp
They're quite pricey though
Where did you get it from and how much?
(28 Dec 2012, 10:04 pm)W179SCU(28 Dec 2012, 10:03 pm)Daniel(28 Dec 2012, 8:59 pm)W179SCU I am getting really annoyed with my current camera. EVERY SINGLE PHOTO I TAKE IS BLURRY - Any recommendations?
Take a look at some of the Panasonic videos for the TX range.
The zoom on the TX-30 is brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=fJ99q_YIY18&feature=fvwp
They're quite pricey though
Where did you get it from and how much?
(29 Dec 2012, 5:10 pm)Brandon Just seen your Flickr from today Daniel, your photos look brilliant!
It's brought the colours out really well and the photos are really sharp. Was the camera good to get to grips with?
(29 Dec 2012, 5:10 pm)Brandon Just seen your Flickr from today Daniel, your photos look brilliant!
It's brought the colours out really well and the photos are really sharp. Was the camera good to get to grips with?
(29 Dec 2012, 5:45 pm)W179SCU My photos have been horrid today. Came out all blurred, and crap. I might get one of those cameras you have...
(29 Dec 2012, 5:45 pm)W179SCU My photos have been horrid today. Came out all blurred, and crap. I might get one of those cameras you have...
(29 Dec 2012, 5:53 pm)Daniel(29 Dec 2012, 5:45 pm)W179SCU My photos have been horrid today. Came out all blurred, and crap. I might get one of those cameras you have...
Oh dear - that's really not good! Well, I can highly recommend the TX30, but if you wanted to spend a little less for its specifications to be ever so slightly less too, the TX20 is great too. As I said in my OP, Stuart Monty uses the TX20 and that has produced some immensely brilliant quality photos.
The TZ25 is currently on offer at Jessops too, with an additional £30 cashback from Panasonic. If you could convince someone in your family to buy it before 31/12/12, you'd end up paying £134.99 overall, as opposed to £234.95 when those offers end.
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/cate.../show.html
(29 Dec 2012, 5:53 pm)Daniel(29 Dec 2012, 5:45 pm)W179SCU My photos have been horrid today. Came out all blurred, and crap. I might get one of those cameras you have...
Oh dear - that's really not good! Well, I can highly recommend the TX30, but if you wanted to spend a little less for its specifications to be ever so slightly less too, the TX20 is great too. As I said in my OP, Stuart Monty uses the TX20 and that has produced some immensely brilliant quality photos.
The TZ25 is currently on offer at Jessops too, with an additional £30 cashback from Panasonic. If you could convince someone in your family to buy it before 31/12/12, you'd end up paying £134.99 overall, as opposed to £234.95 when those offers end.
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/cate.../show.html
(29 Dec 2012, 5:58 pm)W179SCU(29 Dec 2012, 5:53 pm)Daniel(29 Dec 2012, 5:45 pm)W179SCU My photos have been horrid today. Came out all blurred, and crap. I might get one of those cameras you have...
Oh dear - that's really not good! Well, I can highly recommend the TX30, but if you wanted to spend a little less for its specifications to be ever so slightly less too, the TX20 is great too. As I said in my OP, Stuart Monty uses the TX20 and that has produced some immensely brilliant quality photos.
The TZ25 is currently on offer at Jessops too, with an additional £30 cashback from Panasonic. If you could convince someone in your family to buy it before 31/12/12, you'd end up paying £134.99 overall, as opposed to £234.95 when those offers end.
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/cate.../show.html
Do you think that model would be good? Will it be as good as the TX30?
(29 Dec 2012, 5:58 pm)W179SCU(29 Dec 2012, 5:53 pm)Daniel(29 Dec 2012, 5:45 pm)W179SCU My photos have been horrid today. Came out all blurred, and crap. I might get one of those cameras you have...
Oh dear - that's really not good! Well, I can highly recommend the TX30, but if you wanted to spend a little less for its specifications to be ever so slightly less too, the TX20 is great too. As I said in my OP, Stuart Monty uses the TX20 and that has produced some immensely brilliant quality photos.
The TZ25 is currently on offer at Jessops too, with an additional £30 cashback from Panasonic. If you could convince someone in your family to buy it before 31/12/12, you'd end up paying £134.99 overall, as opposed to £234.95 when those offers end.
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/cate.../show.html
Do you think that model would be good? Will it be as good as the TX30?
(20 Mar 2013, 6:34 pm)aureolin I've recently bought myself a Nikon Coolpix P510. Ended up getting a good deal at Amazon for it, and it's a really nice point and shoot camera. It doesn't do raw format, but I've also got a Nikon D5100 DSLR for that.
(20 Mar 2013, 6:34 pm)aureolin I've recently bought myself a Nikon Coolpix P510. Ended up getting a good deal at Amazon for it, and it's a really nice point and shoot camera. It doesn't do raw format, but I've also got a Nikon D5100 DSLR for that.
Thought I'd post this for the benefit of anyone looking for a new camera. Panasonic Lumix LZ20 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008MVLI2I/ref=nosim.
It's a cracking camera for that price (currently £79.95), and certainly gets some good reviews if have a look around. Cheapest I could find it at present too.
I have a Vivitar Vivicam T027 12MP which I got on the 29/12/12, a day before my Birthday for £30 out of Asda.
It is a good little Camera in my opinion depending on Lighting Conditions and the Direction of which you are facing and position of the Sun etc.
It's dreadful Indoors and at Night, Also the Zoom isn't great either as the further you zoom in the fuzzier the photo gets, Also Night Shots are particularly great either. But otherwise it serves the purpose.
Perhaps once I have a Job etc I might invest in a better Camera at a later date.