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Camera Advice!

Please leave some input…

I would like to buy a “point and shoot” type of camera that is EASY to use but that can ZOOM like a champ. Does that exist? I am looking for something to take real close-ups of the birds and the bees (no, not porn! Lol) and don’t have the time nor patience to read a long manual about how to work a new, fancy camera.

Maybe I’m being unrealistic…please tell me it aint so!

Thanks ahead of time for any and all advice!

19 comments

  1. I have a Canon Rebel DSLR and love it. I did have to buy a zoom lens for it and mostly I leave it on manual but taking pics of birds can be tricky – turning it to the sports option helps a lot. I am far from a professional, but I’ve gotten a fair number of professional-looking shots with it. It’s fairly easy to use.

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  2. Photography is a passion and I have to have a point and shoot with amazing zoom with me at all times. The Canon SX740HS lives in my purse and I use it all the time. It’s got a 40x optical zoom that has digital zoom in addition. Tops out at 160X zoom, but it gets too pixelated and grainy at more than 80X zoom. I LOVE this camera. The only thing it can’t do is shoot RAW, but none of the superzooms can.

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      • Don’t worry about RAW. It’s a type of file that has an absolute ton of data. (Sort of like how a film negative has all the data of a photo). They’re huge. Regular pictures are jpeg files (.jpg) which are compressed files. It means you lose some of the data when you take a photo. Photographers shoot RAW so the can make enlargements like 16×20” and bigger and still have crisp details in a photo. Plus they can edit more effectively. A RAW photo actually has no set file type – each picture is processed through an editor and is then saved as either a .jpg, a .tiff, or whatever file type.

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  3. I have one of the first digital Kodak cameras, circa 1994 I think, and it is wonderful. It zooms enough that when I take photos from my window I can see things from a couple of miles away as if they are just outside. My only problem at this time is that I can’t always keep my hands from shaking, but then I’m 78 years old and shaky hands go with the numbers there. The camera won’t record until it has a steady picture, so not very many that I have to erase. I also have a newer Kodak, about a year old and a quarter the size of the first one that also zooms but not like the first one. Not sure if everyone would have the same luck with a camera, but both are easy to use. Just turn it on and aim.

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  4. The point and shoot have very limited zoom features and the ones I’ve had are very difficult to use for close ups as they auto focus on everything but what I want… You are better off getting a decent DSLR. You won’t be happy with a point and shoot. Heck, my phone does a better job than a point and shoot camera.

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    • I have a DSLR at home. A Sony that is quite old. I don’t know how to use the thing. I wonder if they are easier to use now? I mean so much technology. I just feel like I miss out on so much because I don’t have a good camera that can zoom in well.

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