First Digital Camera

mporter012 · Jan 9, 2015

The more I've thought about things the last few weeks, the more I'm leaning towards buying a higher end fixed lens point and shoot (coolpix a, ricoh gr…), so I can just have a digital to play with and take with me wherever I go, and then continue to shoot with the nikons, and work in the darkroom when I can, and in the meantime work on learning more about photoshop. Let's be honest, in 2015, I should learn photoshop if I'm into photography! I can throw any of these camera's in a bag, have fun shooting the streets in chicago, or even landscapes, and in the process learn photoshop, with making an abrupt change, or have to spend major money.

lenny · Jan 9, 2015

Richard Boutwell said:
Time for the single malt.

Now there's a subject that has as much religiosity as photography!

I'm a Lagavulin man myself.

;-)

Lenny

pschwart · Jan 9, 2015

lenny said:
Now there's a subject that has as much religiosity as photography!

I'm a Lagavulin man myself.

;-)

Lenny

Islay rules!

Richard Boutwell · Jan 9, 2015

There is a small craft distillery down the road from my house. They make a mean rye too.

pschwart · Jan 9, 2015

That was easy. Please don't ask which one you should buy

pschwart · Jan 9, 2015

Anchor Steam is in my neighborhood, and they distill Old Potrero single malt:

Anchor Distilling Company

L Gebhardt · Jan 10, 2015

mporter012 said:
The more I've thought about things the last few weeks, the more I'm leaning towards buying a higher end fixed lens point and shoot (coolpix a, ricoh gr…), so I can just have a digital to play with and take with me wherever I go, and then continue to shoot with the nikons, and work in the darkroom when I can, and in the meantime work on learning more about photoshop. Let's be honest, in 2015, I should learn photoshop if I'm into photography! I can throw any of these camera's in a bag, have fun shooting the streets in chicago, or even landscapes, and in the process learn photoshop, with making an abrupt change, or have to spend major money.

I think that's an excellent plan. I'd try to learn Lightroom / Camera Raw as well as Photoshop. The current Adobe subscription gives you both for $10 a month.

RalphLambrecht · Apr 10, 2015

L Gebhardt said:
I use a D800 and I love the image quality. The resolution is nice, but the dynamic range is what really sets it apart. I would base my camera choice on the lenses that are available. For me that rules out the Nikon and Canon DX DSLRs since the selection of primes is lacking. If I didn't have Nikon lenses I'd look at the Fuji cameras. The lens selection looks nice, and the image quality seems good. Micro 4/3 also has a decent selection of lenses. However so far none of the cameras I've tried have felt right.

+1 same good experience with D800

RalphLambrecht · Apr 10, 2015

mporter012 said:
Hey Lenny, thanks for the thoughts. I've posted enough times on APUG, where I failed to articulate exactly what it was I was attempting to do, so I'm learning!

What I want to say typically sounds better before I actually say it.

RalphLambrecht · Apr 10, 2015

lenny said:
Now there's a subject that has as much religiosity as photography!

I'm a Lagavulin man myself.

;-)

Lenny

that's my favorite too. Richard and I will agree as soon as one of us dies, which is most likely me first.

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