looking for a camera

9er · Post by **9er** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:56 pm

Im looking at buying a camera to take pics of some wildlife. i have been looking around for a bit, is there a good camera in the 500-600$ range or should i save up some more and get something else?

thanks
9er

hound_hunter · Post by **hound_hunter** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:02 pm

I used to know everything about this camera, but hadn't kept up with all the info and cameras and what not the past year or two.. but anyways, In 2004 I bought the fujifilm S5000 and it's been great for my simple photography needs. You can buy lenses for it for those long shots, but ive never felt the real need.

anyways, just thought id let ya know ive been pretty pleased with this camera. very easy to use as well, and you can shoot B&W photos of you'd like which is kinda fun to play around with.

I bouth the camera back then for $300 (i dont remember low 300's or high 300's but somewhere in there) i'd expect it to be ssomewhat cheaper today though. ill look around and see if i cant post a link to all the info on it.

hound_hunter · Post by **hound_hunter** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:07 pm

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital ... views.html

well there's that - didnt look around at all for the price on it yet, but noticed on that site it says something about amazon and nearly $600 - i dont know what thats all about, i bought the camera on sale but still they wouldnt have nocked off that much, so im not sure what the price is for these right now.

good luck

9er · Post by **9er** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:22 pm

hound hunter

you have any pics you could post that you took with that camera?

9er

Post by **BOHNTR** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:29 pm

Panasonic FZ30.....12x optical zoom, light, 8+ megapixel, image stabilization, and a bunch more. $500.00 out the door!

Post by **MuleyMadness** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:45 pm

I use a Digital Rebel 350 XT, with 2 different lenses.

A little over $100.00 dollars more than what you want to spend though.

LOVE the camera.

Here is the link to the camera...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/

Brett

hound_hunter · Post by **hound_hunter** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:30 pm

Well here's just a few - I tried to get a little a everything, obviously a close portrait (say taking pictures of a bagged animal) are all gonna be close-up and in focus pretty much regardless of the camera, so i tried to get a few 'outdoors' shots that're more about what i imagine you'll be shooting.

If you think ya might be interested in the camera and you'd like - ive got hundres a more photos ive taken with it id be glad to send over to ya to check out, haha. w_gleave@hotmail.com

Gramps funeral just had a lot of color with all them flowers so thats why i threw that one in there.

That black n white's pretty fun to play around with sometimes. now keep in mind with these photo's - im no pro, probably not even up the to title of ameteur yet, so if you knew what you were doing im sure you could get a little better photo out of things. Also there's a video camera option on it that comes in handy sometimes. Any questions feel free and hollar. Also, the pics in the photography section title "falcon eats rabbit" or somethin like that were takin with this camera, as well as the pics of my elk hunt.

hound_hunter · Post by **hound_hunter** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:33 pm

(won't let me delete? - just ignore this post)

9er · Post by **9er** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:20 am

thanks hound 4 te pics but i cant see em

9er

Post by **MuleyMadness** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:03 am

Photobucket seems to be having some issues at the moment? Can't see them either.

brett