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I have 2 cameras and neither takes very good night time pics or pics of fireworks. I will be going to Disney World soon and I want to get some nice night time pics. Any help would be great. What camer do you use when you go to Disney World?
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I think your ideal camera setup would be a digital SLR with high ISO capabilities (and low noise at those high ISO settings) and a lens with image stabilization OR a tripod-mounted setup.
Reasons:
- Digital: because you will be able to review your work and reshoot as necessary. As per the other commentor's recommendation, a digital Canon Rebel should be fine.
- High ISO (~800) will allow you to use faster shutter speeds which will steady your show; however, if you are going for longer shutter speeds for that 'movement' effect, higher ISO and short shutter speeds are not so much a factor.
- Low noise is important (the digital equivalent of 'grain')...and you will see more noise as you use a higher ISO with a darker subject. The nice thing is that Photoshop has a noise remover, so even if you shoot at 1600 with a lot of noise, it can be taken out later.
- Image stabilization on the lens (or on the body if you have a point-and-shoot) is helpful, esp if you are using a telephoto range; otherwise, your firework streams will streak left and right, or up and down.
- A less expensive alternative to the image stabilizer is the tripod...takes more time to setup however. ALSO, you should not use a tripod AND an image stabilized lens at the same time (if mounting an image stabilized lens on a tripod, turn off the image stabilization.)
Other tips, your autofocus may not know what it is focusing on when dealing with fireworks...if this is the case, set your camera to manual focusing and focus at just under or at infinity.
I think your ideal camera setup would be a digital SLR with high ISO capabilities (and low noise at those high ISO settings) and a lens with image stabilization OR a tripod-mounted setup.
Reasons:
- Digital: because you will be able to review your work and reshoot as necessary. As per the other commentor's recommendation, a digital Canon Rebel should be fine.
- High ISO (~800) will allow you to use faster shutter speeds which will steady your show; however, if you are going for longer shutter speeds for that 'movement' effect, higher ISO and short shutter speeds are not so much a factor.
- Low noise is important (the digital equivalent of 'grain')...and you will see more noise as you use a higher ISO with a darker subject. The nice thing is that Photoshop has a noise remover, so even if you shoot at 1600 with a lot of noise, it can be taken out later.
- Image stabilization on the lens (or on the body if you have a point-and-shoot) is helpful, esp if you are using a telephoto range; otherwise, your firework streams will streak left and right, or up and down.
- A less expensive alternative to the image stabilizer is the tripod...takes more time to setup however. ALSO, you should not use a tripod AND an image stabilized lens at the same time (if mounting an image stabilized lens on a tripod, turn off the image stabilization.)
Other tips, your autofocus may not know what it is focusing on when dealing with fireworks...if this is the case, set your camera to manual focusing and focus at just under or at infinity.
Best compact digital camera choice for me?
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I'm getting a camera for Christmas, and I'm not that knowledge-full of all the technology and what the best brands are for compact digital cameras. I plan to use it mostly as hobby, outdoors, indoors, day/night, basically anywhere/anytime/anything pretty much goes. For price though, I'm thinking <less> than $200??? I want a good camera, that I can take anywhere, but has good resolution, that I can actually produce good pictures, if I ever wanted to print them.
Right now I'm looking at fujifilm/cannon
(are these good brands overall?)
thanks!
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Canon is definitely a good brand for point and shoot cameras. It has a good SD series which are all very compact. Even the Canon A series should be manageable size for outdoors.
I would recommend you Canon SD800. You should get a deal around $200 during holidays. Good picture quality, 3.8x zoom and an amazing 7.1 megapixel for a compact camera. You can even shoot videos with sound.
http://www.reviewgist.com/digital-camera/review-Canon_PowerShot_SD800_IS_%2F_IXUS_850_IS_Digital_Camera
Fuji it might be more compact but i doubt if features can be compared to canon.
You can see a comparison here - http://www.reviewgist.com/reviewComparator.jsp?compareList=Canon+PowerShot+SD800+IS+%2F+IXUS+850+IS+Digital+Camera%2CPentax+Optio+A10+Digital+Camera%2CKodak+EasyShare+V603+Digital+Camera%2CFuji+FinePix+V10+Digital+Camera
Canon is definitely a good brand for point and shoot cameras. It has a good SD series which are all very compact. Even the Canon A series should be manageable size for outdoors.
I would recommend you Canon SD800. You should get a deal around $200 during holidays. Good picture quality, 3.8x zoom and an amazing 7.1 megapixel for a compact camera. You can even shoot videos with sound.
http://www.reviewgist.com/digital-camera/review-Canon_PowerShot_SD800_IS_%2F_IXUS_850_IS_Digital_Camera
Fuji it might be more compact but i doubt if features can be compared to canon.
You can see a comparison here - http://www.reviewgist.com/reviewComparator.jsp?compareList=Canon+PowerShot+SD800+IS+%2F+IXUS+850+IS+Digital+Camera%2CPentax+Optio+A10+Digital+Camera%2CKodak+EasyShare+V603+Digital+Camera%2CFuji+FinePix+V10+Digital+Camera
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