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sanchezf

sanchezf

Little ol' Me
TwilightImaging said:
Just trolling through the latest KEH.com catalog...there are a lot of digital cameras in this range...if you go digital SLR (DSLR) consider lens availability for future considerations.
I think they call them entry level or consumer pro cameras. I made tons of sales with the older Rebel...another thing...you can have a great camera body but if you put poor quality glass in front of it...it will degrade the image. The past 3 years companies have gotten a lot better with their "kit" lenses, the lenses they include.
A friend hit e bay and purchased an xti, 18-55 lens, 70-300 lens, bag and some other goodies and ended up saving 45%. I have never purchased from e bay...but he has had good luck. Hope it helps a little?
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I guess I have a little more researching to do :whistle:

Thank you
 
Phyxius

Phyxius

Zoooooooom
sanchezf said:
Oh, so what does the SLR in the title ( Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8K, 7.2 Megapixel, 12x Optical/4x Digital Zoom SLR Digital Camera (Black)) mean then?

Thank goodness ya'll are helping me :howdy:
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Nothing. It's a typo by a company trying to rip you off. The bait and switch sites are horrible.
 
kom526

kom526

They call me ... Sarcasmo
sanchezf said:
Wow that looks like an awesome deal

Would you and TwilightImaging buy this as a starter set?
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I'm in the same boat you are in.:lmao: Important things to me are shutter speed/lag and recovery time and one of the reviews I read said the lag is excellent. (dpreview.com)This kit does offer some flexibility with lenses that I can tell, but the big sell for me would be the 12x optical zoom.
 
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TwilightImaging

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sanchezf said:
Ahh Thank you again
I am learning :killingme
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I'm definately no expert...at much really. I can tell you that I purchased a Fuji s5000 (?) years ago, the kit...it had the screw on adapters for zoom and close shooting. I wanted to be able to throw on a 3 or 400 lens and have at it. It had all the filters, everything. Shutter lag was CRAZY slow. It didn't have the megs this one does...but as was stated earlier...the highest megs isn't always the best.
It did take good stills, but it didn't fit me for shooting the kids' sports, etc.
So...I donated it to my Mom who took 12 months for me to convince to switch to digital to save money and time. She is insane around the grand kids...now she can shoot tons and tons for almost no cost.

So, yes I had this set up but it just didnt work for me:( My mom loves it, I think the counter turned over three times now, that's a lot of shutter trips, still going strong. I'm glad you are researching everything.
There are opinions on brands etc...Many companies now are putting out fantastic equipment, from point and shoot right on up.
 
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TwilightImaging

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just to qualify...those lenses screw onto the existing lens to magnify...they aren't seperate lenses, the lens on the camera will always be there unless you drop it:)
 
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TwilightImaging

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rack'm said:
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I shot this in Atlantis of my daughters years ago with that Fuji kit camera, actually one of my favorites.
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