Q&A: Any compact digital cameras that can be used with filters?

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Question by Zag: Any compact digital cameras that can be used with filters?
I’m looking for a compact digital camera that filters can be fitted to so that I can use filters in my photography.
Are there any on the market?
I’m looking at high spec cameras, not budget ones.
Any info would be appreciated.

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Answer by HVS
Yes there are certain model that can be use w/ filters..but you have to buy an adapter for the certain size of the filter you like to use. Manufacturers make one adapter specifically for that model of camera. So you have to find out what camera you like to own and look to see if there is an adapter for it.

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Whats a good SLR camera that doesn’t have a lot of noise in the pictures?

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Question by may.face: Whats a good SLR camera that doesn’t have a lot of noise in the pictures?
I’m looking for a SLR digital camera that takes really clean crisp pictures. I hate noisey pictures, it’s a pet peeve or something. But i’m looking for a good camera that takes good pictures. i’m not sure if high mega pixels or a better lens helps.. but ya. i’ve been looking at the FinePix S9600 by fujifilm and it’s fairly priced and is 9mp.. any advice on this camera and it’s noise and color and stuff?

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Answer by button51
Then you’re looking at the wrong camera. The FinePix is not an SLR. From www.dpreview.com:

“I think – with the possible exception of the Panasonic FZ30 – it’s fair to say the S9000 is the about as close any manufacturer has ever come to producing a fixed-lens camera that offers real SLR-like handling and operation. It certainly looks like a DSLR, and at lower ISO settings it produces results you have to look at very closely before you can see they’re not from one. On the other hand it is in many ways frustratingly far from offering a true alternative to an SLR; high ISO performance is good for a small-sensor camera, but simply doesn’t compare to even the cheapest entry-level SLR. Raw performance is painfully slow, and the lack of any tools to actually process the resultant files means the S9000 doesn’t offer a true ‘out of the box’ raw solution. There are also a couple of interface and control issues that make the experience of using it far from fluid.

Inevitably how you view the S9000 depends on what you compare it to, falling as it does so squarely between two stools. It’s certainly less expensive (though not considerably so) than a DSLR kit with lenses coving the same range, and marginally less bulky. It also offers the advantages of live preview and movie mode, but it simply can’t compete on speed, image quality or versatility.

Compared to most – if not all – of its direct competitors (from the 5MP Canon S2 IS to the Panasonic FZ30) it fares much better, though it is more expensive than most of them, and doesn’t have image stabilization, something the ISO 800 and 1600 options don’t completely make up for, and something that can lead to camera shake at the long end of the zoom. Perhaps the biggest disappointment is that after the promise shown by the FinePix F10, which showed you can have usable ISO 1600 in a compact, Fujifilm chose to squeeze an extra 3 million pixels onto a sensor only the tiniest bit bigger, which means the top end of the ISO scale is much more seriously compromised by noise. On the upside the 28mm equivalent wide end of the zoom is much, much more useful than the 35 or 36mm that most super zoom cameras start at.

In conclusion, then, the S9000 is a camera that promises much, and for the most part delivers on that promise. I think it’s stretching credulity a little to suggest it’s a direct competitor for an entry-level SLR system, but for many users the image quality differences will be marginal compared to the appeal of live preview and so on. Good, very good in fact; not perfect, but then what camera is?”

Sounds like a decent camera but remember you can’t change lenses like you can on a real SLR. Just depends on what you’re looking for in a camera.

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Cellphones have camera makers on the run

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Seconde Caméra: D40
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Image by Djof
Despite its age, I still love my Olympus E-500. Since I shoot mostly landscapes and buildings, I wanted a wide lens for an upcoming trip. Basicly my choices were the 700$ Olympus 11-22mm (22-44mm equiv) or the 1800$ Olympus 7-14mm (14-28mm equiv). The former isn’t that wide, and the later, despite having perfect image quality and distortion control, is way too expensive for mortals.

I decided to get a Nikon D40 together with the Sigma 10-20mm HSM (15-30mm equiv), which came to a total of 900$ . The combo doesn’t weight much more than the 7-14mm alone either. The downside of the 10-20mm is its fairly pronouced distortion at 10mm, but that can be corrected in software. Also, since Olympus is the underdog when it comes to digital SLR, I feel like I’ve sellout. Hehe.

I took both my E-500 and D40 on the trip, used my E-500 for telephoto, and the D40 for wide angle. Here’s what I think about the D40:

Update 2009-05: With the new 35mm AF-S f/1.8G Nikon introduced last month, there is finally a fast aperture lens that can focus on the D40, D60, etc… It’s a good lens, and only very slightly larger than the 50mm f/1.8D. I like it a lot and it’s my default lens I leave on the camera.

Good:
- Small and light (But the Oly E-400 series is smaller)
- Good high ISO performance (Thanks to the low megapixels and 1.5x sensor)
- Lowest (cleanest) ISO is 200, so long exposures are cut in half compared to my E-500
- Doesn’t seem to need a dark frame for long exposures like the E-500, so overall long exposure time is cut by four!
- Quiet shutter
- Small RAW files (6Mb compared to 14Mb for the E-500)
- AF-confirm with cheap and light 50mm f/1.8D AF lens (Which I don’t get when using my OM 50mm f/1.8 on my E-500 as when I took the picture above.)
- Shorter effective depth of field with 50mm f/1.8
- Seem to hold its value on the used market

Bad:
- The D40 lacks physical buttons for common operation like ISO and white balance. Other buttons are useless. It doesn’t make any sense. Nikon should offer better customization.
- The one button that’s customizable is very awkwardly located, and ergonomy in general is abysmal
- Every controls seems backward. Positive EV compensation goes toward left on the scale?!
- Poor menu UI compared to Olympus.
- No anti-dust system. The camera already had some dust when I got it new!
- Poor night condition metering compared to E-500, and it gets worst when spotlights are in the frame.
- Longest possible exposure without using bulb is 30 seconds, why not 60?
- No color histogram
- No bracketing
- Only 6 megapixels
- I like 4:3 ratio pictures better than 3:2
- Manual focus only with 50mm f/1.8D AF
- More expensive than I would have expected a low megapixel, 1.5 years old, cut-down camera to be.

Just now, Olympus has announced a lightweight consumer-level 9-18mm (18-36mm equiv) lens for next September. I might be tempted to sell the D40 and go Oly only once again. I will miss the small size of the D40 though, so maybe there’s a E-400/410/420 in my future.

Taken with my E-500 and OM 50mm f/1.8 at f5.6.

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Cellphones have camera makers on the run
We do service and we integrate cameras with iPads and laptops.'' Analysts say the digital camera market is shrinking, a trend that will continue for several more years. At the heart of this shrinkage is the proliferation of cameras in cellular phones.
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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ47 review
The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ47 is based on the tried-and-tested layout of larger digital SLR cameras like the Canon EOS 600D, Olympus E-5 and Nikon D7000, with a large handgrip, top-mounted viewfinder and large lens barrel. 'Bridge' cameras like these …
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Does it beneficary to buy a digital camera in USA than in India?

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Question by rohit_tcognition: Does it beneficary to buy a digital camera in USA than in India?
Want to know If I can buy camera in USA than purchasing it in India? Are the digital cameras cheaper their? Which camera you recommend?
I live in India and going to USA for business trip. Want to know If I can buy camera in USA than purchasing it in India? Are the digital cameras cheaper their? Which camera you recommend?

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Answer by passionatetrauma
if you buy from usa you,ll have to have someone most likely ship it to you and pay shipping cost,finding person to do it is main problemi have done favors for friends and charged $ 50,00 us dollars to make sure they get great usa items

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Nikon Launches All-New 36.3-Million Pixel D800/ D800E Digital SLR Camera

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Nikon Launches All-New 36.3-Million Pixel D800/ D800E Digital SLR Camera
Nikon launched a powerhouse FX-format digital SLR camera today, the Nikon D800, set to offer users of all levels powerful digital imaging solutions through advanced technology and design. The camera possesses the world's highest effective pixel count …
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I Melt With You
Skip It. Rather than lug around large, unwieldy digital camera rigs, I Melt With You was shot almost entirely with tiny little DSLR cameras. The quality is described in the extras as falling somewhere in the middle between 16mm and 35mm, though I think …
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Focus on digital camera savings
I have three point-and-shoot digital cameras — two Nikon Coolpix and a Canon Sure Shot — a digital Nikon D100 SLR and a vintage, I suppose, Olympus Pentax. My world view is a girl can never have enough cameras — especially when she has five utterly …
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Do you know if after the PMA, digital SLR camera prices drop a little?

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Question by stephanie: Do you know if after the PMA, digital SLR camera prices drop a little?
I’m thinking of buying either a canon rebel xsi or canon ti1

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Answer by rtakeshia24
go to www.ecohprice.com they have great prices for a lot of stuff all you have to do is register for free and but. really simple

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Q&A: Buying a digital SLR camera, which should I go for?

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Question by Something random this way comes: Buying a digital SLR camera, which should I go for?
Hey i’m keen on photography and i’ve been messing around with a small digital camera for awhile now. And now i want to upgrade to an SLR camera, sadly i’m lost as to which I should choice.

I’m looking for and SLR camera that is easy to get to grips with, but is also cheap as i’m on a budge here. I understand that SLR cameras don’t come check but that doesn’t mean I have loads of money to go splashing out on one.

So I was hoping you guys could suggest a good camera for a cheap price, and maybe even explain a bit as to why the camera would be good.

Thanks in advance

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Answer by Ron Burgundy
Go for a Nikon D40. It’s an entry level D-SLR that I believe will meet the budget/feature requirements that you set.

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Is there a good Digital SLR camera for under $1000 dollars?

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Question by sade: Is there a good Digital SLR camera for under 00 dollars?
I have been camera shopping and want to upgrade to a Digital SLR. I am looking into doing photography as a side profession… like doing senior pics, maybe weddings. Would you recommend getting an SLR or could I get away with just a higher-end point and shoot? ( since I know photoshop )

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Answer by ilovearethaf
There are lots of possibilities depending on where you shop. I picked up a Canon Rebel Black 12.2MP Rebel XSi with lens from http://www.digitaldealz.net.

Got free shipping, no tax, and quick delivery. Very happy.

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Cheapism: Best digital SLR cameras for under $500

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Cheapism: Best digital SLR cameras for under 0
The company produced the first professional digital camera more than two decades ago, pairing a single-lens-reflex camera body with a digital sensor. The result cost as much as a new car. Modern digital SLRs, once beyond the reach of amateurs, …
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Quirky new Pentax camera combines design, function
We spent some hands-on time with the quirky new camera at the CP+ photography show in Yokohama, Japan. In person, the camera certainly defies conventional classification, as it is technically neither a DSLR nor a compact system camera.
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Focus on digital camera savings
I have three point-and-shoot digital cameras — two Nikon Coolpix and a Canon Sure Shot — a digital Nikon D100 SLR and a vintage, I suppose, Olympus Pentax. My world view is a girl can never have enough cameras — especially when she has five utterly …
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Latest Digital Slr Cheapest News

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Book review: Using Your Digital SLR Camera In Simple Steps
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Frontline: Film V.S Digital Cameras
Pros of a digital camera's are as follows; easier to use (auto focus, one touch systems), cost efficient prints, in most cases better resolution (size). The cons of a digital cameras are; DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras can be very costly, …
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Dark side of the dollar
His prices have dropped in line with cheaper imported goods and technical innovation: high-end digital SLR cameras that sold for about $ 2000 five years ago are now closer to $ 500. Revenue is holding steady, he says, adding: ''We're not complaining per …
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Four Tips for Taking Long Exposures
2. Stay Open All Night. Even cheap point-and-shoots can be used for time exposures, but the shutter speed is often capped at 30 seconds. Longer exposures require a digital SLR, which “can stay open until you run out of battery,” said Mr. Biderman.
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