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Keaton:
I'm looking on eBay right now, and some of the prices aren't bad.  If I don't get a Rebel for Christmas, I know what I'll be saving up for next semester.

See, next semester I start an archaeology class, and we're going to be doing a decent amount of fieldwork.  That was part of my reasoning in talking about getting a Rebel earlier this year, that when I do fieldwork and, later, studying abroad, I might not necessarily need it, but I'd certainly want a nice camera.  It'd also be nice to kind of follow in my father's footsteps in that regard - he did photography for about twenty years, even ran his own small chain of camera stores for a while.

will: wanton sex god:
Ignore what almost everyone in here has posted so far.   No one company produces all shit/all good cameras.  it varies alot by model, fasho.

check out www.cnet.com for tech reviews, then compare prices on ebay/amazon/stores, or vice versa.

to trust something just because of its name is exactly what the business would want, blind faith.  so yeah, check em out.

also: sometimes a good idea is to buy the memory stick ahead of time and take it to a place with a bunch of cameras.  stick the card in each and snap a few photos, upload them at home and compare!

Bunnyman:
I would agree on the flash.  I much prefer the picture quality with natural light; it presents a far truer image, as flash tends to destroy depth perception.    Most photographers would agree that shooting under fluorescent light indoors is vastly preferable to flash photography.  And by most I mean the one that brought the issue up.

I would invest in a good tripod instead of a good flash; indoors, unless you're worried about action, a long exposure and a solid purchase are rather better than flash.

McTaggart:
http://dpreview.com/ for reviews. They specialise in digital cameras.

Will: It's not a good idea to buy the card first as different cameras use different media. You don't want to buy a card and then be railroaded into  buying a camera you might not want. If you're going to, go with CompactFlash as most cameras seem to use it. (it's also, imo, better).

And in this case, trusting a product because of it's brand is also sometimes just what the company deserve. To my knowledge, both Canon and Nikon do not make a bad camera. They might not make one to suit your needs (see the way canon no longer make a full manual film slr and neither make rangefinder cameras anymore) but every camera I've ever used from either company has done what it claimed to do pretty well.


--- Quote from: Bunnyman ---I would invest in a good tripod instead of a good flash; indoors, unless you're worried about action, a long exposure and a solid purchase are rather better than flash.
--- End quote ---

The tripod is the greatest tool known to man. A good tripod is like that smell you get after rain.

Regarding the 'far truer image' though, It really depends on your definition of truth. The camera is one of the easiest tools to lie with. But that's not at all what this topics about.

Bunnyman:

--- Quote from: McTaggart ---The tripod is the greatest tool known to man. A good tripod is like that smell you get after rain.
--- End quote ---


Quoted because that smell is possibly the most heavenly scent yet revealed to man.  Wet dirt after the first rains of the season is borderline euphoric.

Ah, truth of image.  Surfing through DPReview (great link, BTW) has reinforced my view that, while a good quality camera with the right features is important, it's only as good as the man shooting the pictures.

That said...Optical Zoom is your friend.  Years of operating a 1.3MP camera has given me a clinical phobia of Digital Zoom, which, after all, is nothing more than image cropping.  There are moments when you want a camera that can do macro and 8x Optical with equal aplomb.

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