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Hi folks, I'm in need of some help. I need a rather small camera that I can get my hands on for taking photos at Jazz Fest in new orleans in but 10 days. I'd like one of the thin digital cameras and am not even going to pretend I know what I'm looking for. Last camera I bought was some waterproof thing on my honeymoon 5 years ago. However, I'd rather not let this jazz fest slip by without some good photos of the musicians, friends, music, and life.The thinner, the better so it can fit in the pocket of my shorts. I'd probably like to get a nice one so that the photos of the bands-in fairly dark clubs with anywhere from 40 to 2500 people have a chance of turning out. Budget is not a terrible concern, can these be had around $500? Or do I need to spend $1500? Really will just defer to all any of you as I have zero knowledge, but would appreciate coming out of this with some great photos, thanks.
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There is a very good review of it at: Digital Review (http://www.dpreview.com/)
The street price is $799.00, which means that you can probably get it for around $500.00 at some of the internet shops or large NY camera discounters that advertise in the digital photo magazines.
A couple things:No camera with a flash powered by a 3 volt battery is going to light up anything larger than a phone booth.
The camera you describe is the digital elph from canon. Or for $90 you could buy yourself an Olympus Stylus Epic. It's tiny and has a great lens.
Thanks JAD, another friend reccomended cnet which has a great review board of all of these cameras. Looks like the digital elph is the smallest of them all but get an overall score of a 6. I could sacrifice some size for better quality. Looks like I can get either an Olympus c-3030 ($550) zoom or cannon powershot g-1 ($650) which both look pretty compact at reasonable prices and get better overall reviews. Is there anything else I'm going to need? I've tried reading some of the helpful hints to new buyers and must confess most of that stuff is above my head.Again, I'm not even a weekend warrior photographer- will either of these have better chances of getting good shots in dark music clubs like Tippititinas? Thanks in advance..
The Canon G1 is a very nice camera and is supposed to do particularly well in low light conditions. There's a good review of it at Imaging Resource. I almost bought one myself, but I decided I wanted something smaller and just ordered a Canon S300 (the newer model of the digital Elph, which is reported to be a big improvement over the original Canon S100--I will know in a few days). I have a feeling I'll want a G1 as well for more serious photography, and use the S300 for a "take everywhere" camera.-Mike
Thanks Mike, I appreciate your help. I've been reading waaay too much about these things and realize that probably over 90% of the photographs are just for webviewing, so the g1 could well be a waste of money and size. That p300 looks perfect for size, how do you think it would do in the dark clubs though? Any idea on how long the battery lasts? Also, I see mention of flash cards- are these jsut for storing digital photos, or are they actually used as flashes for dark photos? I'm getting there, lsowly but surely, thanks.
The G1 apparently does much better than the S300 in low light. Compare the reviews at Imaging Resource...Canon S300:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S300/S30P.HTMCanon G1:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G1/G1P.HTMScroll down to the bottom of each review for comments about low light performance.
I don't know how much of the G1's low light performance comes from a more sensitive sensor and how much is from longer shutter speeds. In a club environment you probably wouldn't want a long shutter speed.
Those reviews also have comments about battery life.
A flash card is just for storing photos; it has nothing to do with taking flash pictures. (The name comes from the type of memory in the card, which is called "flash memory".)
I'll have my S300 in a couple of days, so I should know a lot more about it then...
-Mike
To get good pics in a dark club, you either need a camera with a very powerful external flash and one that can take extended exposures without a flash. Of course, no flash is usually hit or miss so digital is nice because you see the result right away. I believe my Nikon 990 can do a flash override, but might no have a long enough exposure to do it well. Long exposures have tons of other issue though. My Olympus OM2 was porbably the best for those kind of shots.The short answer is no, they won't be real thin and they won't be $500. At $1,000, maybe. With any built in flash, you'll need to be within 10-15' to get decent pics.
Thanks Rod, any models specifically? I would say price ceiling of $2500. Not looking to make this another expensive hobby, but willing to spend some cash to get this done right. 10' is perfect as I'm ususally well within that distance to the musicians. Thanks
The Canon G1 can take an external flash. This will substantially increase your chances of getting great shots in dark clubs. Of course, the flash unit may be as big or bigger than the camera.A small table top tripod might be useful, but probably limited as the camera might get joustled.
I have a small tripod for my Canon A50 (about the same size--actually a tad bit smaller) than the G1 that can, with magic of velcro, be placed in fixed locations (i.e., thin pole) for timer shots. Most likely, your photo subjects will still come out blurred as they may be moving.
Good luck.
Allan
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