03-07-2010, 03:23 PM
Radiopeg - nothing fancy. Most of the pictures on the slide show were taken with a Panasonic Lumix FZ28 which is a fairly high-end point and shoot. Unfortunately it got destroyed in the storms we had just before Christmas and it's now discontinued, so replaced it with its successor, the FZ35. I haven't bought a DSLR yet because of the expense but that's the plan one day.
I like the FZ28 (and FZ35) because it has most of the features of a DSLR so it's good for learning (I've only been at this for just over a year) and can zoom from wide-field to 18x. The image quality is very good with the only real problem being noise in low light, but that's pretty much unavoidable for a camera like this with a small sensor. You can use it in fully automatic mode if you want or fully manual (most of the time I use aperture priority) and can produce both JPGs and RAW files. The FZ35 cost me about $300 which I think is a very fair price. It might be a little cheaper now.
Canon and Nikon both sell similar cameras if this is the sort of camera you're thinking about - the Canon SX20 and Nikon P90.
Tom
I like the FZ28 (and FZ35) because it has most of the features of a DSLR so it's good for learning (I've only been at this for just over a year) and can zoom from wide-field to 18x. The image quality is very good with the only real problem being noise in low light, but that's pretty much unavoidable for a camera like this with a small sensor. You can use it in fully automatic mode if you want or fully manual (most of the time I use aperture priority) and can produce both JPGs and RAW files. The FZ35 cost me about $300 which I think is a very fair price. It might be a little cheaper now.
Canon and Nikon both sell similar cameras if this is the sort of camera you're thinking about - the Canon SX20 and Nikon P90.
Tom