Buying Camera
Jun 30, 2013 15:54:28 #
PinOakEO
Loc: NA
Why go out and buy anything but a "point and shoot" camera?
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
Jun 30, 2013 16:10:00 #
It all depends what you want to do. If you are a birder you are not going to get a decent photo of a brown wren in the bushes fifty feet away with a p/s or even a good bridge camera. You need more m.p. and a bigger sensor than any p/s has. If you take pictures in low light you will look hard and long for a p/s that will do a good job. If you want to take pictures of the kids birthday party than Kodak Brownie will be just right. It all depends on what you want to do.
Jun 30, 2013 16:18:04 #
PinOakEO wrote:
Why go out and buy anything but a "point and shoot" camera?
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
Why waste time on an online forum with a bunch of strangers? Go spend the time with your kids or grandkids. :-)
Jun 30, 2013 16:35:49 #
mdorn wrote:
Why waste time on an online forum with a bunch of strangers? Go spend the time with your kids or grandkids. :-)
Now mdorm, by nice. He was just asking a question. Maybe he is trying to decide between a Coolpix and a D800.
Jun 30, 2013 16:39:36 #
tramsey wrote:
Now mdorm, by nice. He was just asking a question. Maybe he is trying to decide between a Coolpix and a D800.
Yeah, but how does he know how long my nose is? :-) Especially coming from pinokio.
Jun 30, 2013 16:42:42 #
tramsey wrote:
He was just asking a question. Maybe he is trying to decide between a Coolpix and a D800.
If that is the case then why not just ask *that* question and skip the slightly snarky commentary?
Jun 30, 2013 16:50:13 #
Swamp Gator wrote:
If that is the case then why not just ask *that* question and skip the slightly snarky commentary?
:thumbup:
Jun 30, 2013 17:01:22 #
mdorn wrote:
Yeah, but how does he know how long my nose is? :-) Especially coming from pinokio.
Mdorn, that's pretty funny. But assuming your avatar is a 100% accurate rendition, then it's pretty clear your nose is about 3" long, but still way to short for good birding. But if it's actually 4", then my sincere apologies, my bad!
Jun 30, 2013 17:26:01 #
PinOakEO
Loc: NA
mdorn wrote:
Why waste time on an online forum with a bunch of strangers? Go spend the time with your kids or grandkids. :-)
Very, very good. :thumbup:
Mine are almost adults, and we talk by walkie talkie. :-o
Jun 30, 2013 17:50:05 #
Horses for courses...I have two PAS cameras (Panasonic) and both are next to useless indoors with flash...not too bad outside in good light though. Useless for birds in flight and longer distance stuff and very easy to miss those action shots as trying to compose a shot using the LCD screen is a pretty slow process compared to using a view finder.
Most have pretty low optical zoom and their digital zooms are next to useless.
Most have pretty low optical zoom and their digital zooms are next to useless.
Jun 30, 2013 20:01:57 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
PinOakEO wrote:
Why go out and buy anything but a "point and shoot" camera?
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
It's done wonders for me Doc
Jun 30, 2013 22:21:23 #
mdorn wrote:
Yeah, but how does he know how long my nose is? :-) Especially coming from pinokio.
Good observation.
Jun 30, 2013 22:34:20 #
olcoach
Loc: Oregon
I have a point and shoot, and I also have a couple of dslr's and I use them all. My grandkids are also in late high school or college. The last thing they would want is old gramps hanging around all the time, and that is as it should be.
Jun 30, 2013 23:49:54 #
Dang it...made me compare my nose to a Kodak CD33. It's the only one in my collection with a lens shorter than it.
Jul 1, 2013 00:29:13 #
PinOakEO wrote:
Why go out and buy anything but a "point and shoot" camera?
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
They can shoot great pix. Spend the money on the kids or grand kids. Why have a lens longer than your NOSE?
:cry:
Beat it man!
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