Cool, my new toy arrived a little bit ago

joecrisp · 03-20-2005, 04:21 PM

Wow, that's a sweet camera! Way out of my price range, though.

I just bought a camera yesterday, and spent about $350 on it. It's a Fuji Finepix s5100. It's a pretty good camera for the price.

It's only 4 megapixels, but it's got 10X optical zoom and 3.6X digital zoom. It also does continuous shooting, which is nice for action shots, and it has pretty good responsiveness, so I'm hoping it will work relatively well for training camp shots.

Of course, Cush's camera blows mine away, but this was my first digital camera purchase, so I just couldn't bring myself to spend more than $350.

Congrats, Cush! I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Cush · 03-20-2005, 05:15 PM

I've uploaded some quick samples: http://www.pbase.com/cushva/d70_samples

The first image of Bear (our cat) is semi-blurry, I didn't want to use the flash so I used a slower shutter speed. Tied to keep it still, but it didn't quite work out. I probably should have upped the ISO, that way I could have used a faster shutter speed

Spent yesterday using the automatic & scene modes (and saving in JPEG), had to get used it (I've never used an SLR of any type). Started messing around with RAW files (the second image of Bear was done in RAW) and doing more with the manual/shutter/aperture settings today.

03-20-2005, 04:21 PM	#1
joecrisp The Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Age: 50 Posts: 1,501	Re: Cool, my new toy arrived a little bit ago Wow, that's a sweet camera! Way out of my price range, though. I just bought a camera yesterday, and spent about $350 on it. It's a Fuji Finepix s5100. It's a pretty good camera for the price. It's only 4 megapixels, but it's got 10X optical zoom and 3.6X digital zoom. It also does continuous shooting, which is nice for action shots, and it has pretty good responsiveness, so I'm hoping it will work relatively well for training camp shots. Of course, Cush's camera blows mine away, but this was my first digital camera purchase, so I just couldn't bring myself to spend more than $350. Congrats, Cush! I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

03-20-2005, 05:15 PM	#2
Cush Impact Rookie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49 Posts: 963	Re: Cool, my new toy arrived a little bit ago I've uploaded some quick samples: http://www.pbase.com/cushva/d70_samples The first image of Bear (our cat) is semi-blurry, I didn't want to use the flash so I used a slower shutter speed. Tied to keep it still, but it didn't quite work out. I probably should have upped the ISO, that way I could have used a faster shutter speed Spent yesterday using the automatic & scene modes (and saving in JPEG), had to get used it (I've never used an SLR of any type). Started messing around with RAW files (the second image of Bear was done in RAW) and doing more with the manual/shutter/aperture settings today.

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