I want to buy.....?

Question

a new digital camera that allows me to take good photos from landscapes and with clear details. I'm doubting about 4-
1. Canon Powershot S3IS

2. Nikon D50 Dig SLR with Nikkor 28/80 mm

3. Fuji S6500 fd

4. Sony DCS H5

Some advice???
Any suggestion??
Can advice about some other better than that ones?

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

The 4 on your list will all take good clear landscapes. I prefer the Sony and the Canon over the other 2 because they have

. Optical Image Stabilization, which compensates for camera movement, especially on long telephoto shots.

. A strong 428 mm telephoto, if you want more framing control or want to get closer to a distant part of the landscape.

. More range of performance for the cost.

The Nikon has removable lenses, but that also means that you have to buy and carry around those lenses to get flexibility.

The Fugi has telephoto range only to 300 mm and no optical image stabilization. Its major feature of face recognition will be no help to landscapes.

The Panasonic FZ30/FZ50 have capability similar to the Sony and Canon, but more ergonomic controls similar to the Nikon. They produce slightly more digital noise though.

I have the Sony H1, the earlier version of the H5, and have gotten very sharp landscapes with it.

For an even broader range with the Sony and Canon, you can buy small telephoto, closeup, and wide angle add-on lenses for about $100 each. These screw onto an adapter in front of the fixed lens.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Photography has always been about the size and quality of the lens and the lens's primary objective is to capture light. In this regard, bigger lenses of SLR lenses will capture more light than tiny lenses of point and shoot cameras. More light just means better metering, faster focusing, and the end product is a crisp photo.

No lens from a point and shoot camera will be superior over an SLR's lens - especially an SLR lens made by from Nikon, Canon, or Sony. In fact, you should even avoid point and shoot digital cams with tiny lenses.

AMong the cameras you have chosen, hands down, the D50 is superior (in all aspects - portrait, landscape, etc.). But being a DLSR, the D50 is also the largest among the four.

Answer 3

I own and use the D50, it's a nice camera but for landscapes you are going to want either a 17-35mm or a digitally corrected 28-80mm lens. With the D-50 you have to remember that the sensor is not a full frame so any standard lens you put on it you have to multiply the focal length by 1.5 so a 28-80 lens is actually going to photograph like a 42-120 mm. You can buy digitally corrected lenses but they cost a little more.I don't know anything about the other camera's you listed. good luck.

Answer 4

I swear by nikon. It is so easy to use. the instruction leaflet is clear and well indexed. I prefer S.L.R. An slr camera will grow with your enthusiasm as there are so many ways to add to your hobby with loads of different lenses. These are expensive but your fam and friends will never run out of ideas for presents.

Invest well.

Nikon rocks......:)

Answer 5

I suggest that you add Kodak Easyshare or prosumer line to your list. They offer a great highend prosumer with fixed zoom (12x) and 7.1 MP for under $500.00.

if you also have Photoshop Cs series, you can make great panaramics.