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Help choosing a digital camera

  • 23-02-2010 12:49am
    #1
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,
    I go to gigs regularly and when I take pictures I have to use Night Mode/no flash because the band are usually too far away for the flash to be any use and the picture turns out darker (although in much better focus) when I use the flash anyway. When I use night mode however, I can't take pictures as quickly as I'd like. The camera seems to take a break of a few seconds between taking the photos.
    I am looking for a new camera now (digital compact, not professional) and want to be able to take pictures in night mode/no flash in quick succession.
    What specification should I look for that will let me do this?
    Thanks
    M


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  • #2
    Dara Robinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Dara Robinson


    you best bet is to go into a camera shop like Birminghams or Conns and ask. while not sure, I would doubt that you will find anything in the compact range to be any good at that but worth asking


  • #3
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    you can find a digital compact which will suit you - but you may be paying a good couple of hundred for it.

    one that springs to mind is the canon g11 (Maybe I've been brainwashed by canon or something - I've never used it or never even handled it but its the latest canon compact and offers full control...I think)


  • #4
    rowanh
    Registered Users Posts: 703 ✭✭✭rowanh


    Check out the Canon s90, its similar to the G11 but more compact and cheaper.


  • #5
    Sebzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭Sebzy


    rowanh wrote: »
    Check out the Canon s90, its similar to the G11 but more compact and cheaper.

    The s90 is a nice camera but is left in the dust in relation to low light shooting by the new Fuji Finepix F200EXR

    http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/f/finepix_f200exr/

    and a quick price quote from elara.ie
    Canon €423 and Fuji €244

    happy shopping


  • #6
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    you can find a digital compact which will suit you - but you may be paying a good couple of hundred for it.

    one that springs to mind is the canon g11 (Maybe I've been brainwashed by canon or something - I've never used it or never even handled it but its the latest canon compact and offers full control...I think)
    rowanh wrote: »
    Check out the Canon s90, its similar to the G11 but more compact and cheaper.
    Sebzy wrote: »
    The s90 is a nice camera but is left in the dust in relation to low light shooting by the new Fuji Finepix F200EXR

    http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/f/finepix_f200exr/

    and a quick price quote from elara.ie
    Canon €423 and Fuji €244

    happy shopping

    Thanks for the recommendations but they are way outside my budget.
    My query is, which specification it is that I need to look for.


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  • #7
    Sebzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭Sebzy


    Magenta wrote: »
    Thanks for the recommendations but they are way outside my budget.
    My query is, which specification it is that I need to look for.

    You want a fast lens such as f2.8 or below and ISO performance

    ISO is a tricky one as I have a G10 and when shooting at 1SO1600 the images are rubbish but with a camera such as the the G11 the results are much much better. That being said the Fuji out preforms them both even thought it's lens is rated at f3.3-f9

    What is your budget roughly ?


  • #8
    davmigil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭davmigil


    Would a second hand digital SLR be too bulky? Teamed up with a 50mm 1.8 you would have a good great gig combo. Even if you get a dSLR with a kit lens it should give better results than a compact.

    Specifications you are looking at: fastest (ie largest aperature to let in the most light) and good high iso performance (noise vs sensitivity of sensor). If you are far away from the bands, reach will be an issue too (so you are looking at longer zooming). Combine fast/sensitive/long, you usually get €€€
    Maybe some kind of second hand bridge camera?

    What is your budget?


  • #9
    Elara: Kin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,116 ✭✭✭Elara: Kin


    As Sebzy says, something with as low a f number as possible. You are not going to be able to take pictures without flash in your environment in "quick" succession, only full frame SLRs with a f1.2/1.4 lens will do that and they will be mega bucks. Problem is the camera will need to keep the shutter open for long enough to take in the light and that will be the delay between shots. Next problem with digital compacts is the buffer, I have never tried it myself on my compact but I can imagine you can't take that many in a row.

    I don't think a compact would ever produce acceptable pictures really and as the others said a second hand SLR would be your best bet.


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