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Donkey_Kong:

--- Quote from: shmokes on October 31, 2011, 10:15:50 pm ---If you want to go beyond that in terms of picture quality check out the Sony Nex cameras. The new Nex 5 looks amazing. Well, the Nex 7 does too, but the Nex 5 strikes me as the sweet spot for price/quality.

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I had no idea these even existed, they look pretty nice. All kinds of lense options, powerful yet compact. Wish i would have known about them a couple months ago when I bought a Canon Rebel T2i , thinking I was all cutting edge. heh!

ChadTower:

All I have to add is to avoid Kodak.  I used to work on the software they packaged with their cameras as well as a little bit on the firmware.  Did tons and tons of testing on their cameras vs similar competitors' models.  Kodaks came up short every single time. The hardware is just cheaper.  They used to make up for it with retail endcap placement and higher shelf placement and bigger color posters in the stores.  Somehow all that marketing garbage actually sold crappier cameras for higher prices.   :dizzy:

Vigo:
Yeah, Kodak does suck, IMO as well. I once asked a lady I worked with why she bought a Kodak. Her response was that "The camera came in purple"

Dartful Dodger:
If she's into photography or wants to get into it, buy a DLRS. To a photographer there will be a huge difference and she'll regret having a point a shoot, no matter how good it is.

Whichever you get, make sure it takes HD video. For personal use, digital camera's take video as well as any personal video camera. If you have kids you'll be taking video and you don't want to be fumbling around with two devices, when one can do both jobs equally well.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on November 01, 2011, 02:24:42 pm ---I took about a dozen before the two moms got their two shots taken.   :dizzy:  Trying to wait for the perfect picture with a bunch of kids is not always the right choice.  I just take as many as I can in a short amount of time and pray that one looks ok. 

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What he said.  I've swung to a Canon T1i, and may never go back.  I take pics for our cub pack.  It's not uncommon for me to come back from a 3 hour outing with 500 pictures taken -- including 20 taken while 8 other moms with point and shoot cameras were trying to get the kids to smile.  At least one of mine will come out, and I delete the rest.  Plus, shooting north of 15MP lets you crop the hell out of it.  My year old Sony PHD won't take pics at that res at more than one every 4 or 5 seconds... The Canon will churn out 3 a second at that res.

That said, the Canon falls apart above 800 ASA.  1600 is so grainy it's useless.  Plan on a big flash if shooting indoors.

(PHD - Push here, dummy.)  :lol

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