08 Digital Camera thread

[BigFish]

Zeno didn't you have a Nikon F-40 or something like that?? What model camera did you have on Cutty?

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

i have had both the pentax optio 10 and 20.no problems other than losing both them.i need something quite a bit bigger than these little cameras.they have a tendency to walk away when you go sleepless a few days in a row.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

i have had both the pentax optio 10 and 20.no problems other than losing both them.i need something quite a bit bigger than these little cameras.they have a tendency to walk away when you go sleepless a few days in a row.

I think this means that I would have already lost the camera. I was thinking of putting it on a leash so I would'nt lose it, small one to the top of my waders so I could put it in my wader pocket.

Though I might start looking like one of those "Lawn Guyland guys"

Hey, I was born in Bay Ridge, so I can say that.

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Zeno didn't you have a Nikon F-40 or something like that?? What model camera did you have on Cutty?

I think we are talking about waterproof ones.....even thou I took a bath twice with my Nikon already. Last time this weekend when I tried to get low to the water to take shots like these....they really got to make these things waterproof. Someone call VS

[BigFish]

What was the model number Z was it F-40 or D-40??

[TheSpecialist]

I have an Olympus Stylus and my wife and I love it, you get used to not having the view finder.

This year I picked up a sweet Dslr, A Sony Alpha 350. It has 14mp, and the LCD is moveable up or down so you could take shots over a crowd by just holding the camera up over your head and still compose the pic through the LCd

I took the picture of my friends from the back of the ceremony, on a moving boat, while holding the camera above my head to shoot over the crowd.

Unfortunately like John I am not that great at composing a pic yet but with this thing I will be getting alot of practice

[Crafty Angler]

Yup, it's time - hadn't really touched a camera for a coupla years until the day I went out to shoot Pt Jude Joe in the surf during that line squall in September - forgot how much I missed it. After doing it for 25 years professionally and hundreds of thousands of images I figured it was time for a break.

Had never really used a digital until the Habs Awards and Raffle - no fooling. We have used Photoshop exstensively for years but never got into the digital capture end. There's something about having a tangible piece of film a hard copy with a neg - that was an added safety factor for us shooting things that couldn't be repeated while being on a chase boat or a helicopter that was on the client's dime. And pleasing a client is pretty important if you wanna eat and be able to pay your mortgage in a timely fashion

Anyway...I'll be picking up a Nikon D-90 for starters - it's about $1,000 for body only and I can use all my Nikkor lenses, some of which are very rare and have been out of production for 25 or 30 years. I can even get an adapter to use my Hasselblad lenses, too. I'm really psyched to get shooting again after a much needed hiatus.

Plus with the D-90 I can go full manual with it, which is the most important thing for me.

I gotta say I was pretty impressed with the stuff Tynan19 got on MV with the Olympus - I'll pick one of those up in the Spring when I'm around and in the water again for wet stuff, I doubt that would be the D-90's forte. A good friend of ours who just retired as chairman of the Art Department at Yale uses Olympus too so that's all I need to know on that score.

See, you really can teach an old dog new tricks - you just have to get his attention first

[kenyee]

Originally Posted by Zeno

I think we are talking about waterproof ones.....even thou I took a bath twice with my Nikon already. Last time this weekend when I tried to get low to the water to take shots like these....they really got to make these things waterproof.

You just have to be willing to venture away from the mainstream Nikon/Canon.

Pentax K10D's can be had on fleabay for $350 after the live cashback and you just have to pair it up w/ a $700 DA*50-135 lens to make it splashproof. People have done demos where they run the setup under a kitchen sink for a while and they've been dropped in mud and they keep shooting.

Olympus's DSLR system is also weatherized.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by kenyee

You just have to be willing to venture away from the mainstream Nikon/Canon.

Pentax K10D's can be had on fleabay for $350 after the live cashback and you just have to pair it up w/ a $700 DA*50-135 lens to make it splashproof. People have done demos where they run the setup under a kitchen sink for a while and they've been dropped in mud and they keep shooting.

Olympus's DSLR system is also weatherized.

Spoken like a true geek-slickdealer

[kenyee]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Spoken like a true geek-slickdealer

LOL...camera geek I be :-)
I like my K10D quite a bit...I'll be shooting near waterfalls with it out in the open and only worry about mist getting on the lens while everyone else is putting bags on the cameras to keep them from getting wet ;-)

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by kenyee

LOL...camera geek I be :-)
I like my K10D quite a bit...I'll be shooting near waterfalls with it out in the open and only worry about mist getting on the lens while everyone else is putting bags on the cameras to keep them from getting wet ;-)

You are also a Slickdeals person too - eh?

[kenyee]

Originally Posted by JohnR

You are also a Slickdeals person too - eh?

I prefer the bensbargains site a bit more...and the fatwallet forums.

[wheresmy50]

Originally Posted by kenyee

You just have to be willing to venture away from the mainstream Nikon/Canon.

Pentax K10D's can be had on fleabay for $350 after the live cashback and you just have to pair it up w/ a $700 DA*50-135 lens to make it splashproof. People have done demos where they run the setup under a kitchen sink for a while and they've been dropped in mud and they keep shooting.

Olympus's DSLR system is also weatherized.

SLRs are great. I own a K10D with few lenses, and yes it is sealed better than many comparably priced d-SLR cameras.

I don' know why anyone would take one in or even near the surf. That's why they make waterproof housings (which will cost more than the camera), and waterproof compact digitals.

I hear the Nikon D3 is sealed pretty well, and the magnesium body is less likely to crack if you drop it on a rock. The perfect fishing camera if you ask me. I wonder when we'll see Ashton in waders?

I'll stick to my Optio W70 for fishing use. Works just fine.

[Sea Flat]

Great thread.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I have seen so many awesome pictures online and been out a few times and wished I had a camera to take some shots. I have already got the wife thinking about getting me a cheap digital to keep in my bag that never goes in the water.

Thanks

[kenyee]

Originally Posted by wheresmy50

I don' know why anyone would take one in or even near the surf.

For better photos for a book like Zeno's :-)

That said, I'd feel safer w/ a W30 or 770SW if there's any chance of dropping it in the water...

[Back Beach]

Just got the pentax optio W60, here's a few from yesterday. Jury still out on the camera, but so far, so good...

[MAKAI]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Just got the pentax optio W60, here's a few from yesterday. Jury still out on the camera, but so far, so good...

nice form on your son, you can sit in the rocking chair now.

[t.orlando]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Just got the pentax optio W60, here's a few from yesterday. Jury still out on the camera, but so far, so good...

Sweet, got my own camera man now.

[Bazza]

Last year I got the Pentax Optio w 30 and have been happy with it. The pictures do not come out as clear as my wife's Cannon Power Shot, but it seems like you have to loose some detail if you want a waterproof camera, and built in zoom. It is small and easy to carry, not too bulky.