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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Camera People, I need your help!
What is the best inexpensive point and shoot? I have a Kodak easy share and gave it to my daughter when I got my underwater one, which is a Bell Howell. The underwater one is great if your close up or under/in water, but, not so great for far away shots! Last night my daughter cheered at her first Jr. High football game and my phone pictures came out better than the point and shoot! Anyone know how to photoshop a blurry pic? Or know of a tutorial?
Now on to the DSLR's. What is the best that is not $5000? I want one now! I know H thinks a camera is a camera so he will not let me spend thousands on one! So, does anyone know of a cheaper and good DSLR? I don't need pro pics, just clear ones!
Re: Camera People, I need your help!
*Disclaimer: I know enough about cameras to be wrong frequently, and I'm wrong even more frequently about post processing.*
I know very little about point and shoots. I had a Canon Powershot and was very happy with it for a long time.
To some extent, I agree with your husband. A camera is just a camera, and if you want better pictures, then you need to learn how to use your camera. A more expensive oven isn't going to improve my cooking skills, kwim? That said, one of the major upgrades you'll get right away with a dslr is faster focus and shutter release, so you could catch a lot of the pictures that you're missing right now, provided there's adequate light. If you don't know how to set your camera and you're trying to freeze action, try using the little running dude setting. If you have enough light, that is.
Canon and Nikon both have good entry level cameras. I want to say they're around $600? After owning one, I think the best advice is to skip the kit lens and get a prime. Though it sounds like a longer range zoom would be a more useful lens for you than the kit lens, too. Prime lenses are really fun, though, because they open so wide, and you can do so much more with them than with a point and shoot or a dslr/kit lens combo. The drawback is of course, they just have the one focal length, so you have to zoom with your feet.
If you start looking at Nikons, and I only know about Nikons because that's what I use, you do have to be a little bit careful about which lenses you buy because some of the older ones won't autofocus on the entry-level bodies. I'm pretty sure that problem is going away as they make newer versions of some of these lenses. Especially now that they have a "thrifty fifty" that will autofocus.
There are a lot of reasons for blurry pictures, and if PS can fix it, I have no idea how. Sometimes a little sharpening can help, but if it's totally blurry and completely out of focus, I just don't think there's much you can do.My silly Lily is almost 4.
Thank you! Now, at least I know I can get a ok camera for under $1000. Now I'm off to try and figure out how to use this p&s camera I already have.