On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:07:16 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:59:22 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:52:41 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:46:20 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:25:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:47:37 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:45:36 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Am finally determined to get a digital camera. Would like at least a 6 Mp
with 2+" LCD viewer and 4+ optical zoom.

Fifty years ago I used to make a few bucks free lance shooting for press
outlets. Did all my own darkroom work except for color. Used Speed Graphic
and an assorment of 35mm along with the odd 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 or 2 1/4 X 3 1/4.

Now, I have no interest in anything fancy. Easy is the goal but I'd still
like decent results. I'm talking about memory shots here not art.

So, looking for recommendations from you shooters on the group. What
camera, what source, and what software if any is needed for snapshots. Any
pointers on printing would also be appreciated.

Probably should have posted this on alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean but
maybe I can cross post. Anyway, I'll try to post there via the Cc: feature.

How much are you planning to spend? I've got a Nikon D200 that I love, but
it's not cheap. I just bought my wife a Nikon D50 for Christmas. It's not
cheap either, but it's in a price range I found acceptable. It's not
overloaded with features, but it'll be plenty for her. It *is* a digital
single lens reflex (SLR) which I like much better than the point and shoot.

I disagree with that.

Point and shoot cameras always have had the ability to produce images
at the same quality level as a DSLR. The advantage of the DSLR is
that you have a greater adjustment, the ability to shoot in several
different color standards and different lenses rather than fixed
length or restricted variability lenses. In fact the main advantage a
DSLR has over a p-n-s is lens aperture - there is a big difference
between 28 mm and 58 mm lens size.

How can you disagree with a statement about what I like? I know what I
like, and it's not point and shoots - mainly for the shutter lag problem.
They may have cleared that up now, as my last pns was the Nikon 5700. But,
I've taken photos with other pns recently and the lag still exists. It
drove me up a wall. But, if still objects are the subject of the photos,
then the lag makes no difference.

I apologize for misreading your post - which, but the way said nothing
about shutter lag. :)

I was being cryptic.

Shutter lag caused me to lose a bunch of shots at a grandson's baptism. I
was using a Nikon 5700, which I'd just bought. I quit using it very soon
thereafter. The picture quality was great, and the zoom telephoto was nice,
but the shutter lag drove me up a wall.

I can agree with that - p-n-s shutter lag can be a PIA.

But then again, I never use a p-n-s for those situations. Or I use a
close facsimilie of a DSLR with the C-7070 which doesn't suffer that
particular problem.

Well, now I know better. When I bought the 5700, no one mentioned shutter
lag.
--
John H

*Have a great Christmas and a spectacular New Year!*