[Editors] digital camera

[Judy Daniels]

Wow Tom, that's a great price for that camera. Does that include a  
lens also?

I have a Canon Rebel here at work and a Canon 20D at home. Both are  
great cameras except for one thing- when changing lens I got dust on  
the sensor which is a major pain (it cause spots on your picture).  
This is a problem with many digital SLR's but I've read that the new  
ones have something that shakes the dust off. If I knew then what I  
know now I would have used a changing bag when switching lens to avoid  
dust.

At any rate I just recently purchased a Canon G9. It has a fixed zoom  
lens (very good range), raw files and can take images up to 12  
megapixels. It also can use an external flash. While the image quality  
isn't quite as good as my SLR's, it's still pretty great and it only  
cost $450. It is also extremely compact and portable and you don't  
have to worry about the dust on the sensor problem at all. As you can  
tell I think this is a great camera for the money- very user friendly.  
It also takes mini-movies (not very high quality, however). I do wish  
it had more depth of field (it only goes up to F8)

It all depends on how serious a camera you need for your uses.

Good luck!

Judy





On Feb 22, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Tom Pixton wrote:

> I recently purchased the Nikon D40 SLR for around $600. 9  
> megapixels, excellent features, amazing quality. Doesn't do video ..  
> if you wanted serious video you should get a separate digital vid  
> camera.
>
> Tom Pixton, PSB
>
> On Feb 22, 2008, at 2:30 PM, Becky Schneck Allen wrote:
>
>
> Hi all -
>
> Our Center wants to purchase a digital camera that can take pictures  
> we can post online and use in print collateral, as well.  Does  
> anyone have recommendations as to what camera would serve our  
> purposes and is reasonably priced?
>
> Thanks,
> Becky
>
> Becky Schneck Allen
> Director of Communications
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