Any suggestions for a great digital camera that wont break my bank?

[dorian gray]

I have a Canon and it sucks shit. I also have a Canon printer and it sucks even more shit. In fact, the only peice of electronic equipment that I own that performs its intended function without problems is my $30 Brother fax machine.

 

[dorian gray]

I still haven't dropped the hammer on this.

You're not missing out on anything.

 

[lurch70]

but we are ... on all those alleged chicks he's nailing

 

[dorian gray]

good point.
In that case, Ken, might I interest you in a dSLR?

 

[lurch70]

Brother

surprisingly good all in one laser workhorses ... have one at home and in the office.

 

[Krilons Resa]

LURCH -- how do you feel about your new Canon 870 ?

I am about to drop the hammer on a Canon 850, the model before it. It's $40 cheaper and seems to have better specs.

Unless that deal on the Olympus is still on...that a better one?

Help a brutha out here, cuz I am FINALLY about to do eet.

Need a camera before DoD in July.

 

[lurch70]

i love the fucking 870 ... I don't think the 850 has better specs, they are one and the same besides the wide angle ... but trust me dude ... you WANT the 870 ... the wide angle is priceless.

 

[lurch70]

also ... the video quality is ridiculous, near HD quality no exagerration even in low light ... you'll never need a video camera.

get one of these cards from newegg and you're all set for shooting blondes

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134474

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

these blondes?

 

[lurch70]

probably ... poonsniffer doesn't like golden locks ... i forgets

 

[Krilons Resa]

Fuck da blondes.

Hmm...Lurch, you may be selling me on that extra $40. Wide angle = sorta panoramic-like?

Thats a cheap fucking card for 4gb. Shit is cheap nowadays eh?

I'm...almost...TEH SOLD!!!11

 

[lurch70]

not really "panoramic" ... just wide ... for example in this shot, if I had the equivalent of a traditional 35mm camera, the bike outside the window would not be in the shot.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Amazing.

i thin kits a done deal.

 

[lurch70]

yeah, especialy for taking pics at live gigs ... even if you will be close to the stage you might have a good chance of getting the entire band into the frame.

here is a shot from this weekend ... a closeup of sorts of my freshly waxed Clubman ... you can get some nice angles and effects with this lens as well without distorting

 

[Krilons Resa]

what are the settings you are using?

 

[lurch70]

... Auto / no flash ... then minor processing in Photoshop

I stay away from Flash like the plague in all situations.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Im gonna use the flash every chance I get on Swizzlenuts to get them red eyes in his cracked out poses.

Sounds killer bro. U rec it over that Olympus?

 

[Krilons Resa]

You can take underwater pics?!

 

[lurch70]

indeed ...

http://www.pictureline.com/products/15847/Canon_Waterproof_Case_WP-DC17_(SD870_IS)/

 

[Krilons Resa]

Mark me down for one of them cases.