I'm looking at buying a ditigal camera for about £120-170 and the fuji a201 looks ok for the money. Anyone got any views on this camera or alternatives and I wont buy from ebay or second hand. Thanks in advance.
In that price range, you're far better off going for a second-hand model from a recognised manufacturer of camera equipment. Fuji make great film, but they don't know cameras. Fuji's "superCCD" also uses a rather suspect form of interpolation which does image quality no favours, but "megapixels" sell. Look at models from Canon and Nikon primarily. Models that spring to mind (second-hand) are the Nikon Coolpix 700, Coolpix 950, Canon Ixus Digital, Canon Sureshot A series. Whilst "only" about 2 megapixels, these models offer better optics and sensor quality than most rivals, as well as good build, wide availability of accessories and various useful features. For reference, I use a Coolpix 700 digital, and around £3500 worth of Canon EOS 35mm gear. If you MUST have new, look at the cheaper Canon A series, or stretch your budget a little to the Nikon Coolpix 775, or wait for the new Nikons to hit the shops. The new Coolpix 2000 might fit the bill nicely, or push prices of the 775 to an affordable level. The definitive site for digital camera review and information is www.dpreview.com
Image quality is still important. The best digital cameras (EG Canon's EOS D60 and EOS 1D models) can produce output which is indistinguishable from traditional film formats. At a price. Careful buying is required lower down. The models I mentioned will give you better results for the same money. Look on dpreview for information.
I think I will leave the nikon 775 due to their high failure rate if I go by this http://digitalcameras.reviewcentre.com/reviews850.html. I will visit pcworld where I can see the output myself and then make a decision then. Thanks for the help.
i find that www.amazon.co.uk or .com depending on where your from have a good range and are easily navigable so you can choose £/$200 or £/$300 and below or by their megapixels. really well planned out and theyre prices me thinks are not too bad either
It's now down to either a canon a40 or a fuji 2600. The canon is suppose to give a better picture but the fuji comes with rechargeable battaries and a few extras. So im favouring the fuji, my question is does anyone have either ? and give me they view of it.
I would go with the Canon. The problem with fuji and kodak models is while the sensors can be good (both kodak and fuji make professional models, which are based on top-end Canon and Nikon SLR bodies), they don't really know how to build the rest of the camera. The Kodaks are very plastic fantastic. Looking at the specs on those cameras, the Canon has a better lens, better AF system, better storage media (CF is generally more useful than smartmedia imo), wide range of ISO sensitivities, wider range of exposure compensation, manual exposure, etc, etc, etc Basically, Canon have taken a camera, and put a digital sensor into it, still giving the user plenty of control. Fuji have taken a sensor, put it in a box with some cursory controls (but very limited), and sold it. Go for the Canon.
Yeah I did go for the canon in the end, as it has a tv output and it seemed to have a better feature set. The persons who the present was for were pleased now just have to buy them a bit more memory and a card reader. Thanks for all the replies all.
128MB CF cards are pretty cheap these days. I got mine from www.7dayshop.com Card readers are also very cheap. Thouroughly recommend getting a couple of sets of NiMH batteries for the camera, and a charger. Digital cameras eat alkaline batteries extremely fast due to the amount of current they consume. NiMH batteries last much longer in use, and are rechargable also. 7dayshop had a great deal on batteries and charger when I got mine (feb), but don't know how it will be now.
I'm considering delving into the digital camera world. I'm curious... the 700 doesn't look like it receives regular 35mm lenses.... how do you manage this? I looked at some other Nikon's that have a more traditional look (and accept lenses), but they are quite expensive. I was originally considering an Elph until I saw the price.
The Canon EOS gear is used on an EOS 3 35mm body. The CP700 is for snaps and stuff where I want to get it on the web quickly. If quality is the issue though, the EOS comes out.
isaac i'm about to but a kodak dx3215 as it is all i can afford. Wats your opinion on these? Are there any other brand of camera i can should look at? I want to spend between £140 and £160 max. The camera will only really be used for my articles that i write for phlux. Also any camera must use compact flash as i already have a 32mb card and reader and use batteries that can be bought in the rechargeable form. also anybody else who has a kodak camera is it worth paying £20 more to get the base station? cheers.
