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Old 10-07-2007, 05:04 PM
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Old 10-07-2007, 05:18 PM
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What a timely post. The wifey just reminded me that she has a birthday in a week, and that she wants a digital camera. I don't know jack about cameras, so where can I get a crash course? I'll take a peek on the OT, and see if I can find anything. Well this one didn't take long to find at all!
Both kids have point and shoots, but Mom wants to look like she knows what she's doing, so she wants a dSLR. Thanks to everyone here, it looks like I'll be shopping for the D40. Anything else I need to know?
As always, anything I need to find out, I can usually get it right here.
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Old 10-07-2007, 05:58 PM
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I sold all my Leica equipment, and bought a used Nikon F3HP for 200 bucks. Came with 35 mm lens. A $1000 pro camera when new. Beautifully made. I shoot film, put it on a CD and download into my computer. Just like a digital. Nikon film SLRs are a great buy these days. Back loading beats the bottom loading of my old M3. Ugh.

The new camera market has a lot of planned obsolescence built into it. I have a pocket digital camera as well, but wouldn't spend big bucks on a digital SLR.
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Old 10-07-2007, 06:19 PM
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I sold all my Leica equipment, and bought a used Nikon F3HP for 200 bucks. Came with 35 mm lens. A $1000 pro camera when new. Beautifully made. I shoot film, put it on a CD and download into my computer. Just like a digital. Nikon film SLRs are a great buy these days. Back loading beats the bottom loading of my old M3. Ugh.

The new camera market has a lot of planned obsolescence built into it. I have a pocket digital camera as well, but wouldn't spend big bucks on a digital SLR.
Try the new Leica's. My Digilux 2 is wonderful and the M8 is even better. Expensive? Yea but are you going to take it all with you? Enjoy it while here...
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Old 10-07-2007, 07:14 PM
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What a timely post. The wifey just reminded me that she has a birthday in a week, and that she wants a digital camera. I don't know jack about cameras, so where can I get a crash course? I'll take a peek on the OT, and see if I can find anything. Well this one didn't take long to find at all!
Both kids have point and shoots, but Mom wants to look like she knows what she's doing, so she wants a dSLR. Thanks to everyone here, it looks like I'll be shopping for the D40. Anything else I need to know?
As always, anything I need to find out, I can usually get it right here.
Thanks guys.
Will:

I like DP Review for info and reviews of cameras, FWIW.

http://www.dpreview.com/

Good luck!

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Old 10-07-2007, 07:31 PM
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Thanks Kurt, I'll check it out.
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I sold all my Leica equipment, and bought a used Nikon F3HP for 200 bucks. Came with 35 mm lens. A $1000 pro camera when new. Beautifully made. I shoot film, put it on a CD and download into my computer. Just like a digital. Nikon film SLRs are a great buy these days. Back loading beats the bottom loading of my old M3. Ugh.

The new camera market has a lot of planned obsolescence built into it. I have a pocket digital camera as well, but wouldn't spend big bucks on a digital SLR.
She already has an SLR. How do you load the film onto a cd? (Detached from the real world here. I'm probably 2 hrs. from the nearest city, mall, etc.)
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Old 10-08-2007, 03:09 PM
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She already has an SLR. How do you load the film onto a cd? (Detached from the real world here. I'm probably 2 hrs. from the nearest city, mall, etc.)
Just about anyone that develops film will also dump them to a CD for you, for a price.
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Old 10-08-2007, 04:53 PM
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Film still has something digital can't match, but it's a hassle. On top of that, you're spending money every time you develop a roll of film that would be free with a digital camera. That said, the F3HP is an awesome camera.
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What a timely post. The wifey just reminded me that she has a birthday in a week, and that she wants a digital camera. I don't know jack about cameras, so where can I get a crash course? I'll take a peek on the OT, and see if I can find anything. Well this one didn't take long to find at all!
Both kids have point and shoots, but Mom wants to look like she knows what she's doing, so she wants a dSLR. Thanks to everyone here, it looks like I'll be shopping for the D40. Anything else I need to know?
As always, anything I need to find out, I can usually get it right here.
Thanks guys.
The D40 can't be beat for the price, and even though the lens choices are limited, there are some really nice ones for dirt cheap. Thom Hogan is perhaps the best resource for Nikon info. The Nikon forum on Fred Miranda is also very good. A lot of pros there extremely impressed with the D40.
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Thanks Kurt and Steve for the links that you both posted. Due to my relative lack of both knowledge, and time, I am going to go with the D40 based on what I have read in these posts and reviews. Can anyone recommend the best place to purchase one? I can drive 2 hours to the city, where there is Best Buy, Circuit City, or various camera shops. Or can anyone recommend somewhere online? I have 5 days to produce something.
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You can search prices online at pricegrabber.com and amazon and check a seller's ratings at resellerratings.com but be sure to verify the seller is an authorized Nikon dealer (go to nikonusa.com and check the "Where to Buy" link), otherwise you'll likely not have the 1 year warranty on the camera body or the 5 year warranty on the lens(es) if you send in the registration card. bhphotovideo.com is perhaps the gold standard in this arena, but I like theimagingworld.com the best. You'll always wind up dealing with Joel Weiss, the manager there personally. Consider getting the 55-200mm VR lens as well, and for sure a 52mm circular polarizing filter. The Imaging World offers a very decent Hoya for $33.
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Try BHPhotovideo like Steve suggested, there are also Adorama & Ritz Camera.
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The d40 kit lens is very good (18-55) but, as Steve suggested, the 55-200VR is excellent and a perfect complement. If you want a one lens solution, the 18-200VR is the "one"; it almost never comes off my camera. I think they are more readily available then they have been in the past at around $760-$775.

I bought my gear at Adorama and typically buy the US stuff.

FWIW.

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I got the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 with Leica lense. $300.
Added a 2GB SD card.
It has a "burst" feature that allows 2-3 pics per second until memory card is full!
I plan on spending some afternoons at the track taking many shots. Maybe tomorrow?
This camera has a 12x zoom, 7.2 mega-pixels and a 2.5 inch LCD screen.
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