"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I believe that Ansel Adams used a cheap instamatic camera in his career.
It's not the camera, even pin hole cameras which cost practically nothing
can take fantastic pictures. It's the photographer.


Right you are. Poor RB!

No amount of plastic surgery would make Tori Spelling beautiful and no
amount of camera equipment will make RB an artist!

which makes it far easier to take pics.



Which little Pentax do you have?



Here's what I have at this moment....


Pentax S5i....best AF system around
Casio Z120....same AF system, higher MP

Only a handful of cameras on the market can focus as well as these
units above...a little secret many people don't know!
I've been using those on board, but I'll soon be trying the D70 and D80
on board as well.

Hope this helps.

Capt. Rob wrote:
What can I say...beautiful weather...we sailed for most of the day and
Thomas napped and played and generally had a great time. He's taken to
standing on the bottom of the wheel and riding it while we sail. No
pics today...I left the memory card in the computer!!!

For a moment I thought you had rigged s Stuns'l on your boat, but
nothing so interesting.

I had a fun sail yesterday - I took my daughter to the river with
intentions of taking out a Rhodes 19, but they were all in use. We
settled on a small 12 foot dinghy. Since it was puffy (5-20+ knots)
and shifty (W-NE), I was a tad apprehensive, but all the old reflexes
came back once we left the dock.

Sorry, no pics; the OptioWP was in my pocket but I was too busy to
take it out!

Sorry, no pics; the OptioWP was in my pocket but I was too busy to
take it out!


Good little camera...I must pick one up soon and leave the others home.



RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Sorry, no pics; the OptioWP was in my pocket but I was too
busy to
take it out!


Good little camera...I must pick one up soon and leave the
others home.


What do you think of the Sony DSC S500? Nikon 5600? Nikon
L3?

SBV

What do you think of the Sony DSC S500? Nikon 5600? Nikon
L3?



I have not tried the low-end 6mp Sony. Some sonys have focus issues in
dim light while others do better. I wouldn't but one without trying it
first or seeing a lot of reviews.
Please don't buy the Nikon Coolpix line. They have the worst auto focus
module going. They are all quite poor in dim light and only mediocre in
most other conditions. They are also fragile. I just used a Nikon S5
and it died after a minor bump. Before it died it had a typical AF
failure rate for Nikon...awful unit. Nikon makes great DSLRs and
terrible P&S cameras.
Casio/Pentax is probably the best pick along with Fuji.

The Casio Z120 is excellent and cheap to buy. It's Pentax version is
more pricey...but no different.


RB

Capt. Rob wrote:
What do you think of the Sony DSC S500? Nikon 5600? Nikon
L3?



I have not tried the low-end 6mp Sony. Some sonys have focus issues in
dim light while others do better. I wouldn't but one without trying it
first or seeing a lot of reviews.
Please don't buy the Nikon Coolpix line. They have the worst auto focus
module going. They are all quite poor in dim light and only mediocre in
most other conditions.

They are also fragile. I just used a Nikon S5
and it died after a minor bump. Before it died it had a typical AF
failure rate for Nikon...awful unit. Nikon makes great DSLRs and
terrible P&S cameras.
Casio/Pentax is probably the best pick along with Fuji.

The Casio Z120 is excellent and cheap to buy. It's Pentax version is
more pricey...but no different.


RB

What do you think of the Canon FTb?

Joe

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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What do you think of the Sony DSC S500? Nikon 5600?
Nikon
L3?



I have not tried the low-end 6mp Sony. Some sonys have
focus issues in
dim light while others do better. I wouldn't but one
without trying it
first or seeing a lot of reviews.
Please don't buy the Nikon Coolpix line. They have the
worst auto focus
module going. They are all quite poor in dim light and
only mediocre in
most other conditions. They are also fragile. I just used
a Nikon S5
and it died after a minor bump. Before it died it had a
typical AF
failure rate for Nikon...awful unit. Nikon makes great
DSLRs and
terrible P&S cameras.
Casio/Pentax is probably the best pick along with Fuji.

The Casio Z120 is excellent and cheap to buy. It's Pentax
version is
more pricey...but no different.


the Sony W5 has great reviews. The S500 seems too new for
reviews?
Casio is too expensive. I have to stay under $200. That's
what my monthly boat payments were before it got repo'ed.

SBV

Capt. Rob wrote:
Sorry, no pics; the OptioWP was in my pocket but I was too busy to
take it out!


Good little camera...I must pick one up soon and leave the others home.

I love the bulletproof nature of the OptioWP. I can slip it in my
pocket and not worry if I hop in the kayak of get splashed in a dink.
Its waterproof to 5 feet and has no external moving parts, so it's
also sand proof, etc. It definitely wins in "the camera that takes
the best picture is the one you brought with you" department.

However, I've been disappointed in the quality of the pics in
demanding situations. There is no viewfinder and the screen is washed
out by bright light. There have been times that I've just held it up
and hit the shutter, hoping for the best. Last week we sailed (yes
we were actually sailing!) through three pods of whales. These aren't
bad as snapshots:
http://www.sv-loki.com/whale1.jpg
http://www.sv-loki.com/whale2.jpg
http://www.sv-loki.com/whale3.jpg

but they don't compare to what I got with the Canon G5 3 years ago:
http://www.sv-loki.com/Whales/whales.html

One thing I keep forgetting to do with the Optio is to manually preset
the focus - that would have helped for the whale shots. And, although
the WP is still sold, there are three models newer.

And of course, the G5 (or any other camera I have) would not have been
there for:
http://www.sv-loki.com/IMGP0684_edited.jpg

Jeff, love the whale shots no matter the focus. Awesome that you were
close to them. There are some 300 dollar super-zoom cameras that may be
worth checking out. Kodak's Z650 is among them with a 10 times optical
zoom of pretty good quality. I've been using the tiny cameras on board
because I'm still sorting out the boat and Thomas. This coming weekend
the DSLR comes along for the first time. I'll either get some good
shots or tell a sad (but funny) story of a lost 1700 dollar camera.
It's in a Pelican case at least.


RB
35s5
NY