cameras are some of the best I've seen, but since I can't afford the new D200...and since I am not a very good photographer and know next to nothing about cameras, I went with something a little more point and shoot when I got my new camera. I figured I'd work myself up to a Nikon D200...



However, my old camera was far more forgiving than my new one.



The camera I had for a couple of years prior is the Nikon Coolpix 4800, which is 4mp & 8.3 zoom. It was pretty nice and I'm sure in the hands of a better photographer, pics could have been far better. Here are a couple using that camera. It allows macro shots down to 1cm. It's a nice little camera, pics seem to be a bit on the cool side colorwise. When I played with the white balance, it seemed that the pics ended up either a bit too cool or a bit too warm, but the shots were very clear.











I've had my new camera a couple of months, a Sony Cybershot DSC-R1, which has 10.3mp and allows for manual or auto zoom/focus, but I have only scratched the surface and really know next to nothing about using it. I set it on macro (this camera requires 14", but the zoom makes up for it) and use the manuaul zoom, and hope for the best. Ca't seem to get the entire shot in focus, it looks more like portrait mode, with part in focus, the background blurry. I would prefer it all to be in focus, like my previous camera, but it is a learning experience. I hope to someday use it to its full potential. Now...if I just had a difuser to prevent flash wash-out. This camera sees too much and offers little forgiveness. For example, with my past camera, taking pics of puppies on the carpet showed dingy blue carpet, with a stain here or there (it was stained up when we moved in and our kids and dogs haven't been easy on it), but with this camera, it sees far better than the human eye, every tiny color difference stands out clearly...I will not be able to take pics of our dogs with this camera, unless they are outside.

Please know...Until I can figure out the focus, I do NO justice to this camera!








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• I know the Nikon D series - LauraV, Fri Oct 13 20:11:50 2006
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• General Camera/Photography Tips - RyanHomsey, Sat Oct 14 10:35:32 2006
• Further Explaination Reg. Aperature - RyanHomsey, Sat Oct 14 10:48:14 2006
• Much of what you said - LauraV, Sat Oct 14 11:13:16 2006
• I'll identify a few terms to help - RyanHomsey, Sat Oct 14 12:26:44 2006
• Thank you - LauraV, Sun Oct 15 11:00:44 2006
• love the glowing albino eyes, Laura! n/p - slithering_serpents, Sat Oct 14 13:17:40 2006
• Yes, thank you. I - LauraV, Sun Oct 15 11:12:49 2006