I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!I'm looking to get a new camera soon, within the next month or so, as DH's good free one that he got from work several years ago has inexplicably stopped working. The button you push to take pictures will no longer fully depress. I will take it into the camera store to see if there is anything that can be done. My own camera is so old that it can only do very short vid clips and the clarity of the photos, while state of the art at the time, are not nearly as crisp as even the cheapest digital cameras today.
So I was curious as to what the folks here on the blogs use? I just want to be able to take nice, clear photos and one minute vid clips. I don't need fancy lenses though I want the ability to zoom in or zoom out. Point and shoot is about where my abilities lie, so something simpler is better than something complicated. I don't want to spend a ton of money on it either, but I don't want to cheap out and not get a decent one either.
Right now I am pretty much confined to having DS take photos with his DSI and filching his memory card. That's okay for some things, but the aren't quite as clear as I'd like them to be.
I do like the idea of the slim cameras that you can fit in your pocket, but I've had no experience with whether those are a good camera or not. Thoughts?
Camera Questions
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It also has good DIGITAL zoom. That means on the 1.6 or 2.0 digital zoom setting, the photo will not lose clarity. The manual zoom (where the user spins a button to zoom in) results in less clarity on the photo. That said, you can combine the digital zoom AND the manual zoom for something like 5.0 zoom. I've used this on things like a ladybug holding still and got EXCELLENT results.
I mostly use the auto setting though, as it takes just a good photo as I would. I use the manual settings for special situations, ie too much light for a bright long distance nature shot (where I close the shutter down a bit) or night time where I need to add light (open the shutter a bit).
The layout of the controls is somewhat ugly, certainly not made like a sleek apple product. But I like the choices.
I looked at the CNET reviews, they were spot on. But this model may not be available anymore.
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