My new digital camera

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #1 06-06-2009, 06:20 PM

Hi everybody.

As I said in this thread, I decided to buy a new digital camera looking for some improvement but keeping a sort-of modest profile since I'm not an avid photographer. After reading lots of reviews, I settled on this one, which arrived home a couple hours ago:

Still have lots of things to learn about it, but I feel very enthusiastic. Basically, this one seems to be the perfect "middle point" between a point-shoot and a SLR camera, so that was the basis for my decision. Still very compact! Plus, it accepts both lithium-ion and AAA batteries (the ONLY camera with that convenience as far as I could find). I'll give more educated opinions as I get to know it better. In the meantime, you can read a review here. BTW, mine is the model with the removable LCD viewfinder. I think it's a very nice addition.

Steve · #2 06-06-2009, 06:28 PM

You post pics of the camera but not pics from the camera????

Crank that thing up and show us what she can do!

DigMe · #3 06-06-2009, 06:32 PM

suave.

bc

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #4 06-06-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve

You post pics of the camera but not pics from the camera????

Crank that thing up and show us what she can do!

Oh, of course! I'm just reading the manual. I'll post some pictures later.

J. Crawford · #5 06-06-2009, 06:45 PM

Pictures of a camera.

xgator4u · #6 06-06-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve

You post pics of the camera but not pics from the camera????

Crank that thing up and show us what she can do!

WE expect some pics to be posted in the " Chicks at gigs " thread, A.S.A.P.

Valerus · #7 06-06-2009, 07:55 PM

did you take those pictures with your face or something!?

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #8 06-07-2009, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Valerus

did you take those pictures with your face or something!?

He, he... with my old camera, of course. Still thinking what I'm going to do with it. Nobody seems interested in buying it.

Rody · #9 06-07-2009, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

Oh, of course! I'm just reading the manual. I'll post some pictures later.

Reading the manual? Isn't there a man-law against that?

CHeers Rody

Asa Samuel · #10 06-07-2009, 04:44 AM

No pictures, no camera.

Pictures from the camera of course.

mike phillips · #11 06-07-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xgator4u

WE expect some pics to be posted in the " Chicks at gigs " thread, A.S.A.P.

thats right. lets see some photos of the town where you live. enjoy your new toy.

DigMe · #12 06-07-2009, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

He, he... with my old camera, of course. Still thinking what I'm going to do with it. Nobody seems interested in buying it.

Donate to an orphanage, school or other place that would be happy to have it.

bc

L-A · #13 06-07-2009, 08:11 AM

Your old camera sure takes nice wide ratios.

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #14 06-08-2009, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mike phillips

thats right. lets see some photos of the town where you live. enjoy your new toy.

Hey Mike and friends! Haven't had time to take pictures outside, but I've just recorded and uploaded my first video with the Ricoh GX200. I think you'll notice the difference with the previous ones. Hope you enjoy it.

Deacon_Blues · #15 06-08-2009, 06:26 AM

Nice.

If you intend to have one camera that is good for all occasions, that one is probably an excellent choice. It's small enough to take with you on various occasions, but have enough features, I suppose, for also slightly higher-level photography. It looks pretty rugged too.

Not intending to hijack this thread, but I'm in the process of buying a new camera myself, as my pocket camera is rather limited. I wanted a lower-budget system camera and found a nice used set with a Nikon D60, two lenses (18-45mm VR and 70-300mm macro), and some other side equipment. Got it for €450, which is over €150 less than the set costs as new, and a good deal in my eyes. Especially for a beginner. This set was bought new last october, and is said to be in great condition, which I don't doubt. The seller had recently upgraded to a pro set and hence decided to sell this.

I will also post some pics taken with the new camera, but in the meantime, here's one I took a week ago with my pocket camera (Nikon Coolpix S210): http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/k...c/DSCN2057.jpg
I like this photo and that blurring effect, but I hate being able to get it only when photographing small objects like flowers, standing 10cm away from it. That's one of the reasons I want the system camera, but not the only one.

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #16 06-08-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues

I like this photo and that blurring effect, but I hate being able to get it only when photographing small objects like flowers, standing 10cm away from it. That's one of the reasons I want the system camera, but not the only one.

You can read about that "blurring effect" and how to control it here.

mike phillips · #17 06-08-2009, 09:05 AM

alvaro looks like you made a good choice in selectin a camera. nice video my friend.

Deacon_Blues · #18 06-08-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

You can read about that "blurring effect" and how to control it here.

Thanks for the link.

I tried to find a translation to the swedish word "skärpdjup" before posting but I couldn't find one, hence the funny term.

I basically know what it is, the point was that I just can't get a short enough field depth with a small pocket camera like mine. I expect it to work fine with the D60 and the longer lens though.