The Digital Camera example thread
primesuspect
Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
I figured this might be of some help to potential digital camera buyers. I know that when I was shopping around for one, I would have loved to see a site showing real samples taken from the actual cameras that I was looking at.
So, post a picture or two that you feel is representative of the camera, the make and model of the camera, and any other relevant information (i.e. megapixels, approximate retail cost, etc.)
So, post a picture or two that you feel is representative of the camera, the make and model of the camera, and any other relevant information (i.e. megapixels, approximate retail cost, etc.)
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This was taken with a Minolta Dimage 7Hi. This is a 5 megapixel SLR-like camera (not true SLR) that retails around $1100 US.
This is a raw grab, I did no color correction. It was taken on macro setting with manual focus on a cloudy day, using ISO100 and no flash. The only image processing was to reduce to 500 pixels wide and some jpg compression.
The flower picture was color corrected a bit, I bumped up the red channel for effect mostly, but not much. I was quite surprised at the quality of the picture for a relatively low cost camera. It was taken on all automatic settings on a sunny day.
The picture of my kids was color corrected to compensate for the blue shift. I bumped up the yellow midtones and the red highlights to bring the lifelike color back. Otherwise, I'm happy with the shot.
2.0MP
3X optical, 2.5 digital zoom w/ macro feature
Takes B&W, Sepia, neutral and vivid colour
Low light autofocus feature
$399.99CDN or $226.00USD
It is a point-and-shoot camera that allows manual control of shutter speeds, aperature, and focus. It has a few pre-programmed modes. For its price range, it has many features, and a excellent camera to boot. I would have paid more for another brand with similar features. I would have gone with a Nikon 2100 but there weren't available at the time I bought the A60. So far, I have no problems with the camera. Don't use alkalines. They don't last, go with NiMH.
All the pictures are uncorrected, in jpeg.
File info
File Name
108_0876.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot A60
Shooting Date/Time
28/05/2003 3:28:00 PM
Shooting Mode
Program AE
Photo Effect Mode
Off
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/1000
Av( Aperture Value )
7.1
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
5.4 - 16.2mm
Focal Length
5.4mm
Digital Zoom
None
Image Size
1600x1200
Image Quality
Superfine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Daylight
AF Mode
Single AF
AF Range Mode
Macro
File Size
787KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
File Name
102_0216.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot A60
Shooting Date/Time
08/04/2003 9:05:08 AM
Shooting Mode
Program AE
Photo Effect Mode
Off
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/60
Av( Aperture Value )
2.8
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
5.4 - 16.2mm
Focal Length
5.4mm
Digital Zoom
None
Image Size
1600x1200
Image Quality
Superfine
Flash
On
Flash Type
Built-In Flash
Flash Exposure Compensation
0
Red-eye Reduction
Off
Shutter curtain sync
1st-curtain sync
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
Single AF
File Size
757KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
File Name
100_0046.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot A60
Shooting Date/Time
24/03/2003 9:06:55 PM
Shooting Mode
Manual
Photo Effect Mode
Off
Tv( Shutter Speed )
15
Av( Aperture Value )
2.8
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
ISO Speed
100
Lens
5.4 - 16.2mm
Focal Length
5.4mm
Digital Zoom
None
Image Size
1600x1200
Image Quality
Superfine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
Single AF
File Size
1011KB
Drive Mode
Self-Timer Operation
It is a friend's camera and it is the predecessor to the A60.
File Name
phil lee 1_001.jpg
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot A40
Shooting Date/Time
26/09/2002 2:54:19 AM
Shooting Mode
Auto
Photo Effect Mode
Off
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/60
Av( Aperture Value )
2.8
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
Auto
Lens
5.4 - 16.2mm
Focal Length
5.4mm
Digital Zoom
None
Image Size
1600x1200
Image Quality
Superfine
Flash
On
Flash Type
Built-In Flash
Flash Exposure Compensation
0
Red-eye Reduction
On
Shutter curtain sync
1st-curtain sync
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
Single AF
Active AF Points
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File Size
604KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
Primesuspect, If you have to alter your pics as you describe I think you possibly were using a faulty model. I bought mine after reading a review in PC Advisor, It came top in the intermediate camera tests, Just below the profesional models. I am very happy with it
bothered.
Now that the digital side is the dominant market growth-wise, I think they'll get much better even faster. The only reason I still use my 35mm camera is for action shots. There seems to be a slight delay between when you press the shutter and when the capture occurs in a digital camera.
Nice pictures - I was especially impressed by the macro shots of the flowers.
Prof
(Do digital cameras "have shutterbugs" when they act weird?):D
Bad Karma,
A photo from a 35mm SLR is equalivent to around 6 true megapixels.
Canon just released an impressive camera that im just dying to get. A bit overkill, but WHAT A TOY!!
EOS-1DS with 11.1 effective megapixels. Writes images in both RAW and JPG at the same time. Costs a lot though. Dang!
You may not think so, but that picture has a significant blue shift. Look at the baby's shirt and the white lettering on the hat. It's slightly blue-tinged. This is exactly what I was talking about. I'll post a colour-corrected version of that picture to give you a comparison.
the Hewlett Packard Photosmart 850
below photo is at the 2MP setting, medium quality
Here's what I would consider a colour-corrected version of that picture. I've rebalanced the colour curves so that reds and yellows come back and flesh looks more natural.
Cute kid! Congrats, grandpa!
mcwc: That long exposure night shot is very inspiring. What a great picture! The cross-dressers --- ummm.. not so inspiring
Thx for the comment on the night shot. Too bad only one car came by
My wife agrees with you but only just. The picture you did makes the baby look a bit yellow to me and the red is too vivid. Still, Food for thought.
bothered.
as you started to lose a little detail around the bottom of the red hat, but good effort as the skin tones are not as washed out.
I may post some pics with my Nikon camera, and if anyone is interested maybe some Astrophotography images with some specialised CCD equipment i have.
Jono: Please do post your pictures along with the specs/model/approx retail price of your camera.
The only change done to these photos was to shrink to 40% of their original 2mp resolution.
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7pm @ nite.. neighbours cat. Light is fading but ok.
This camera has a good macro mode. Same time, macro enabled.
Taken in bright light inside a warehouse. Macro again. Excuse my slightly shaky hand (this is an Opteron heatsink/CPU & mobo.. I was nervous/excited!). Note the flash reflections on the top of the caps. This camera's flash is very basic. I had a terrible time trying to photograph a metallic object recently. </center>
Although this is a cheap digital camera. It's quality is surprisingly good. I tried several others before settling on this. For those looking for a cheap but decent. The A204 is great value @ £160.
Shorty, if you don't want metal pieces to reflect light in your macro shots with flash, go into macro mode and go to full telephoto. Then the effects of the flash should be reduced. That is what I do when I take indoor macro shots at night.
I didn't do anything to these pictures aside from resize them and save them at piss poor JPEG quality settings (5 in Photoshop).
One more... We had gotten a lot of rain last week. I'll get a macro example in here when I get a chance. I'm not sure what my wife did with the camera! It may be in her car. I have taken some macro shots and it can get very close in with good clarity.
My wife spent $350 on the whole package from an online retailer. It came with 1x64MB memory stick, 1x16MB memory stick, a carrying case, battery recharger and 2xAA NiMH batteries, propriety USB transfer cable and universal USB memory stick reader. I think the camera by itself costs $330 at Fry's right now.
My Kodak LS443 retails at $400 US, but I got it for $300 and it came with a 64mb SD card as well as a carrying case. Sure, the carrying case only cost $15, but the RAM is easily worth $40 retail.
Its part of the coolpix range of Nikon Cameras so the lenses are in my opinion are the best out of the rest. Even though its only 2.1 megapix the quality of the lens is more important than the size of the pixels/res.
Image below is taken in natural sun light, no flash or post work, taken in macro mode.
The last image is the same image as above, but zoomed up in photoshop 55% more as you can see not much loss of detail due to the quality of Nikon lenses.
The link is a review of the camera..
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp800/default.asp