Quote from AndyC :

Basically I've been looking at a particular camera (which was recommended to me by someone in a camera shop), it is the Fuji FinePix S9600. I went in asking about DSLR's and he said that I would be best starting off with a slightly simpler camera which is when he recommended the Fuji.

Dunno about that specific model...

I went through a photography phase a few years back, and I would suggest a few things:

If you want to do 'creative' photography, you REALLY need to be able to change lenses - and make sure they are good lenses !

You will also want a good compact all in one camera - you will not want to carry a huge bag of lenses etc. everywhere

So by a good compact, make sure it has a good lens with decent rance of optical zoom, and use that until its holding you back, then get a 'real' camera... the compact one will still be really useful...

FWIW, by dad bought a Fuji a few years back that has gaskets for all the controls and screen - it is fully waterproof (can't remember how many metres), and it looks like a normal cmera... I would go for something similar - then it's even more useful as a second camera if you get more serious...

cheers

Col

One I took of my wife last night. Thought it turned out pretty nice. i usually Photoshop the crap out of my images, but this one is straight off the camera.

Quote from col :

So by a good compact, make sure it has a good lens with decent rance of optical zoom, and use that until its holding you back, then get a 'real' camera... the compact one will still be really useful...

Well the fuji has a 10.7 optical zoom which is 28-300mm. I think it will be good enough to get me started and once i'm up to speed with everything i'll take the next leap. Thanks for the help.

That is a very nice picture atledreier.

Andy.

Quote from AndyC :

Well the fuji has a 10.7 optical zoom which is 28-300mm. I think it will be good enough to get me started and once i'm up to speed with everything i'll take the next leap. Thanks for the help.

That is a very nice picture atledreier.

Andy.

One other thing - don't worry about mega-pixels, the thing to grill the shop guy about and research on the net is processing time !

How quickly can the camera get from switch on to taking the first shot?
What is the pause between pressing the button and the picture being taken (this can be really really important)?
How many shots per second or minute can the camera take ?

Here's a few of mine from Cuba and Venezuela.

CUBA








Venezuela








Oh, and here's a nice one of my pet spider



Hope you like.

A couple of my favs

nothing fancy, just a couple of phone camera snaps

http://i100.photobucket.com/al ... 15/col_012/racingonly.jpg
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/col_012/F1car01.jpg
Edit: here's another
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/col_012/tyre.jpg

Took all of this using Leica Dlux-2 enjoy. just follow the link to my album and the yellow trees are taken with my sisters Canon Eos 400d

http://anik360.badongo.com/album

Quote from col :

One other thing - don't worry about mega-pixels, the thing to grill the shop guy about and research on the net is processing time !

How quickly can the camera get from switch on to taking the first shot?
What is the pause between pressing the button and the picture being taken (this can be really really important)?
How many shots per second or minute can the camera take ?

I think i'm going to pop into Jessops today in my lunchtime and see what I can get out of them.

The Fuji has a 0.01 second shutter-lag time and 0.8 second start-up time. To me that is super quick but I don't have much knowledge about other camreas. I've only heard good things about this camrea so I am most probably going to buy it I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to want to buy a DSLR in 2 months time, I guess not by the sound of things.

Thanks for you help.

Andy.

! my camera is easily 5 times those speeds!

my mom's photos ..... but that count isnt it?

That sunset is beautiful!

Quote from MataGyula :

That sunset is beautiful!

thx

Here are a few of my favourites.

i like the 1rst one

Great landscape shots - Mt Baker is really beautiful - that's a really great photo Mr Denham. Do you have a bigger res version, I'd love a copy of it.

Thanks guys. I was really lucky with that one, I was on the way to school and I looked off to the side and saw that, pulled over and took the shot! That was actually taken with an old Toshiba 2mp camera, rather than the Nikon D-SLR I shoot with now. I don't have the file right now, but I'll post it up when I do.

Just a few of my recent photos.

here are a few of my old works, some pre, some post starting my bachelor of photography.

im not shooting digi anymore, but heading back to film and the old school ways

some more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysteroius/ so knock yourself out :P

edit - spose i should put in some motorsport. Mount Cotton Hillclimb in QLD, AUS

Not a pro like some people here , but I enjoy a lot taking photos, I hope you like some of them. I use a compact Pentax Optio S5n.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8442804@N05/

Here is my contribution. I have too many to post so heres a link and a few samples.
http://www.pbase.com/toddshooter1

http://toddsphotography.smugmug.com/

Not the best photograph in the world, but still quite pleased with it.

Very nice kingfag. I just got my camera for christmas. I've read some stuff on capturing lightning and can't wait until summer. I have a huge field behind my house and lightning storms are always moving across south of me in the summer missing me entirely. Will make for some nice opportunities to capture lighting.

very lucky shot.. just took hand out of window :P

Quote from Toddshooter :

Here is my contribution. I have too many to post so heres a link and a few samples.
http://www.pbase.com/toddshooter1

http://toddsphotography.smugmug.com/

I like your style! Great photographs!