Digital Camera Opinions Wanted - Beyond Tiki

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 7:58 AM Hopefully this thread will be of use to others doing some camera shopping. For that reason I'm adding the advice Kim, a local photographer acquaintance of mine, sent me... First of all, here is the best website ever: http://www.dpreview.com/ My own camera which I and my best pro photog buddy both own is: Canon 20 D. It is a digital SLR. This means it can do everything an "analog" SLR can do: you can adjust EVERYTHING in other words. You can also just use the settings it has, on "auto". I take it to ALL the shows, parties, outdoor events, car shows, etc. that I go to. It's the size of a regular SLR. It's 8.1 megapixels. This means at the highest quality setting you can make prints of your shots very large, and they will look awesome. They just came out with the newest version of it, the 30 D. So it might be worth it to get that, as it's probably the same price about as the 20 D was last year. Here are the sites to buy from: http://beachcamera.com/shop/home.aspx this is where i bought my camera "kit" OR http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ this is where I've bought other camera stuff. You WANT to buy online, NOT at Circuit City or wherever. FOR REAL. You WILL get ripped off if you don't. Beach Camera is EXCELLENT. Great customer service, warrantees, etc. and great prices! I got my camera body, a 18-70 zoom lens, 1 gig memory card, battery pack, battery charger, case, and more for under $1500, which is what the body alone costs most places. Then I bought a very high end Canon 50mm lens for about $300 later on. It's super duper fast, f 1.4, so I don't use a flash at shows and get great shots without annoying the bands! My suggestion to you is to read up on stuff at the first website link I sent ya. I'm so grateful to my friend who showed me that site. The BEST digital camera maker right now is Canon, followed by Nikon, then Olympus. Some of my friends swear by Nikon, I was an Olympus girl until I researched a lot and talked to my pro friend Rob Butler, and another pro guy that came to my school. After reading stuff up, then go to Beachcamera. I found some deals that were "too good to be true" on a couple other sites, but if they seem that way then they are, usually. The one site was real shady, and I couldn't find any real contact info for them even. I know a lot of people have said that B&H and Beach are the best places to buy. They got it to me quick too.

Hopefully this thread will be of use to others doing some camera shopping. For that reason I'm adding the advice Kim, a local photographer acquaintance of mine, sent me...

First of all, here is the best website ever:

http://www.dpreview.com/

My own camera which I and my best pro photog buddy both own is:
Canon 20 D. It is a digital SLR. This means it can do everything an "analog" SLR can do: you can adjust EVERYTHING in other words. You can also just use the settings it has, on "auto". I take it to ALL the shows, parties, outdoor events, car shows, etc. that I go to. It's the size of a regular SLR. It's 8.1 megapixels. This means at the highest quality setting you can make prints of your shots very large, and they will look awesome. They just came out with the newest version of it, the 30 D. So it might be worth it to get that, as it's probably the same price about as the 20 D was last year.

Here are the sites to buy from:

http://beachcamera.com/shop/home.aspx
this is where i bought my camera "kit"
OR
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
this is where I've bought other camera stuff.

You WANT to buy online, NOT at Circuit City or wherever. FOR REAL. You WILL get ripped off if you don't. Beach Camera is EXCELLENT. Great customer service, warrantees, etc. and great prices! I got my camera body, a 18-70 zoom lens, 1 gig memory card, battery pack, battery charger, case, and more for under $1500, which is what the body alone costs most places. Then I bought a very high end Canon 50mm lens for about $300 later on. It's super duper fast, f 1.4, so I don't use a flash at shows and get great shots without annoying the bands!

My suggestion to you is to read up on stuff at the first website link I sent ya. I'm so grateful to my friend who showed me that site. The BEST digital camera maker right now is Canon, followed by Nikon, then Olympus. Some of my friends swear by Nikon, I was an Olympus girl until I researched a lot and talked to my pro friend Rob Butler, and another pro guy that came to my school.
After reading stuff up, then go to Beachcamera. I found some deals that were "too good to be true" on a couple other sites, but if they seem that way then they are, usually. The one site was real shady, and I couldn't find any real contact info for them even. I know a lot of people have said that B&H and Beach are the best places to buy. They got it to me quick too.

Post #248324 by woofmutt on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 7:58 AM