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# I am awed by a camera which can take a photo of the back of itself
(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:33, archived)
# I'm in awe of the fact that the focal range of whatever is taking the photo seems to be about a millimeter
given everything else is out of focus.
(Jeru War and Piss, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:35, archived)
# mr b3th has a Nikon 4500
with a macro of 1cm. Really good for photos of jewellery and stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 13 May 2009, 22:37, archived)
# I've got the same, macro focal range that is.
I've got a Fujifilm FinePix S100FS.

Best/cheapest camera I could find with actual manual controls and without a range of ridiculously expensive lenses I would have to buy.
(Jeru War and Piss, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:41, archived)
# I still use this old beast
and I'm confident that in a blind taste test it will still produce better pictures than any compact or modern digital below the dslr range.



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(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:50, archived)
# What bore does that thing have?
(Jeru War and Piss, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:55, archived)
# Me, I'm the only bore.
It's fixed lens.

www.steves-digicams.com/2001_reviews/fd97.html
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:57, archived)
# Not enough twiddly knobs for my liking.
I hate cameras where you have to go through menus and press buttons to change apeture and shutter speeds.

Trying to find a cheap camera which has manual controls is fucking nigh impossible though, the original one I was looking at getting went out of production in about 6 months.
(Jeru War and Piss, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:04, archived)
# actually it's as simple as it gets
buttons all at the easy reach of two fingers and once your settings are set up it's really a case of point, zoom, shoot.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:07, archived)
# I was actually trying to focus on the intended subject :)
But the 85MM f/1.2 is a rather lovely lens
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:41, archived)
# Fiddling around around with glass in the company of two snow leopards with razor sharp claws
reminded me why it's a good idea to own two bodies; the Canon 5D2 is such a mental camera I bought another one :)
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:37, archived)
# bah. Don't
turn all pretentious and start talking about 'glass' you twat ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:42, archived)
# Oops, wrong forum!
But seriously, I only got that for the video mode on the camera which munches up memory like you wouldn't imagine; I still would feel rather cautious about having 32gb of .raw pictures on the same card, in case it pulled a mental
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:52, archived)
# I have 8gb on mine
and never use it. Quite a shame. However I am jealousing. I could do with one of those on my phone ( also currently 8gb ) to carry movies around on.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:04, archived)
# I still use a Canon AE-1
I only have one though.



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(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:48, archived)
# That's a photo
worth more than a thousand words.
(tapeworm depressed beyond tablets, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:06, archived)