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Originally Posted by Matt. .....I also wonder if I'll ever really get into manually arranging shots thata DSLR allows. I think I'd like to but something in me knows 99% of pictures would be on auto mode. Is it worth the hassle of carrying it and extra expense??? |
I used to have an OM10 SLR and the belief that I would one day take 'arty' photos. TBH in the end I never could be bothered with all the manual stuff but still looked 'down' on auto cameras.
When we got our first digital camera, a point & shoot, I found greater freedom in being able to take LOTS of photos and 'use' them immediately. On the whole the pictures we take are either for reminders of holidays or used in Powerpoint presentations and until recently our 1.3mp x3 optical zoom Olympus C960 has been all that we needed.
The Canon A720IS xmas pressie (to be) will replace the old camera, it has a x6 optical zoom (35-210mm) and 8mp (for when I want to print pictures to wallpaper the living room with!). A macro down to 1cm and lots of 'modes' and suchlike, oh it also takes movies! I would have preferred a 28m lens, but you can fit extra lens/adaptors on the Canon (but I imagine I never will). Oh and I wanted a camera with a viewfinder, old-fashioned I may be but I prefer to compose pictures that way - that
really narrowed the £100(ish) p&s choices down
Last weekend there was a cash-back offer on Powershots and so with a 2-year warranty it will have cost £118! I looked at dslr's but decided I probably wouldn't ever use it out of auto mode! If I want to be 'arty' well then I can use Photoshop.
