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| magic:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on April 19, 2020, 09:08:09 pm ---Does everything in this forum always have to be taken into the femto-amp pico-second hyper perfectly accurate?? --- End quote --- Chill out, we are only talking how to optimize a $20 budget ;D No one even mentioned buying color calibration charts yet :-DD --- Quote from: admiralk on April 19, 2020, 11:06:54 pm ---I found an A630 easily in my budget, without going the ebay route. --- End quote --- :-+ But watch out for dust ingress in the lens, sometimes it makes its way deep enough to cast visible shadows on the sensor. Set to Av mode, select f/8 and take a defocused picture of some uniform background. You will immediately see if there are problems. --- Quote from: admiralk on April 19, 2020, 11:06:54 pm ---The one thing I do not like is it only takes .jpg pictures. I used .tiff format on the old camera when I wanted quality pictures. From what I have been able to find, DSLRs are the way to go for uncompressed formats. I have no idea how to deal with RAW though. --- End quote --- Gaypeg is not as bad as some zealots say. RAW is much more effort to process. I think some DSLRs still support saving TIFF if you must. But really, before wasting time, take any images you want, compress them with JPG at >95% quality factor and see if there is any difference. The A6xx cams produce about 2~4MB images at their full resolution and highest quality option. By the way, CHDK is easy enough to install on an SD card and will give you raw support on Powershots if you feel masochistic enough to use it. It can also do (wired) remote triggering and automatic bad pixel removal. You may expect a few stuck pixels on any old sensor. --- Quote from: DrG on April 19, 2020, 11:24:01 pm ---I just took these with my very old Powershot A640 --- End quote --- Use longer zoom :horse: :rant: >:D |
| DrG:
--- Quote from: magic on April 20, 2020, 06:58:15 am --- --- Quote from: DrG on April 19, 2020, 11:24:01 pm ---I just took these with my very old Powershot A640 --- End quote --- Use longer zoom :horse: :rant: >:D --- End quote --- Yeah, I got a longer zoom for ya right here pal >:D >:D ^-^ ^-^ |
| DrG:
--- Quote from: Muttley Snickers on April 20, 2020, 05:22:23 am ---I'm a bit unstable so only use my phone to record regular stuff like a wiring configuration or perhaps a screen capture to relay to somebody else. I have to use a tripod for sharper captures or close up macros and still use either an old Canon SX-100IS or a Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ8 which are both good enough for my basic needs. Also, I always set a two second delay for the shot just to get clear, this feature works well on the Canon as it remains enabled between shots but on the Panasonic the two second delay needs to be set for each shot which is just stupid. --- End quote --- https://www.marttree.com/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gx7-remote-shutter-control.html |
| admiralk:
I think I am going to go with a Rebel XTi. $100 for all the fixings including a bag seems like a reasonable price. Twice what I wanted to spend, but hopefully it will be more useful in the future. Thanks for all the suggestions. |
| DrG:
--- Quote from: admiralk on April 20, 2020, 11:49:03 pm ---I think I am going to go with a Rebel XTi. $100 for all the fixings including a bag seems like a reasonable price. Twice what I wanted to spend, but hopefully it will be more useful in the future. Thanks for all the suggestions. --- End quote --- That is a very good choice. It was my first DSLR and I replaced it with an SL2 about a year or so ago. I had used the XTi with an EF-S 60mm macro lens. I use the lens now with the SL2 and I am still happy with it. What are you going to get in terms of a macro lens? |
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