Digital Camera's - For Chicken Picture Taking =D

[BamaChicken]

I bought the pack of Lithium batteries at Sam's and put two in six weeks ago and it is still going strong. I have made a lot of photos since then. I just take extras with me if I am going to do a photo shoot just incase I need to change.

 

[KKluckers]

Hey Terra, I know Im a little late. I got a camera for Christmas. It is a sony Cybershot 8.1 mega pixels with 10x optical zoom. It takes great pictures. The only thing I dont like is it has a cover for the lens. I think it was around 300. Not totally sure because it was a gift.

 

[TerrasCritters]

Alrighty will see how these batteries work out!!

Aww Christina, how cool! Glad your liking it so far!! I didnt like my cap either, but I am getting used to it!!

 

[GracefulBantams]

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I think you should be able to work with what you've got, at least until you are able to save up enough money for a really nice one.
I actually just purchased that same Kodak, and I think it is pretty cool. Most of the pictures on my website (www.freewebs.com/gracefulbantams) were taken with it.

 

[michaelvcrowder]

folks,
it is hard to get good action photos with most point and shoots. if you are not experienced with a slr type camera then making the leap can be difficult. for point and shoots i generally buy nikon or lumix. i have a bunch of point and shoots. personally i like them with an old fashioned lens cap. the automatic lens cover is generally the first thing that i break on a point and shoot camera.

for shooting moving targets, higher iso and shutter speed settings are mandatory. of course you get more digital noise when you move to the higher iso settings. shutter lag is the biggest complaint most folks have with point and shoots. most slr's sidestep the shutter lag problems.

for the money the best digital slr on the market is still the older nikon d70. do not let its 6.1 megapixel rating fool you. higher megapixels really don't mean anything. especially when comparing point and shoots to dslr's. the d-70 has a physically much bigger sensor than most point and shoots and thus the individual pixels are much larger. this results in an image with very low noise and more resolution than most folks will ever need. i have bought two dslr's that were supposed to be upgrades for my old d-70 but most of the time i still pull it out of the pile as my first choice for shooting.

i actually have a 14 megapixel, full 35mm frame sensor camera and in low light the noise has to be dealt with by using a multitude of digital darkroom techniques. for the most part i can shoot and print with the d-70. you can still find these new in the box with some vendors. i saw a reputable online vendor selling them for 399 bucks (body only) recently and for 499 with the 18 to 70 zoom lens.

a buddy and i have been experimenting. we used two d-70's, a nikon d2xs and a kodak dcs pro 14n. the two latter cameras are 4,000 dollar body only varmints. using the same lenses, same lighting and shooting the same subjects there was virtually no difference in print quality up to 8 x 10. in low light scenarios the d-70's actually resulted in better images if we did not run the images through photoshop before printing.

i have owned several cannons over the years but have managed to break every one of them within the first year of ownership. the only nikon i ever killed was dropped in the ocean while on an offshore kayaking trip.

to see some of the cameras i am currently using follow this link.
http://www.coolclimbing.com/camera1.htm

cknmom,
for astrophotography neither a digital point and shoot nor a dslr are good choices. you would be much better off with a cctv imager to go on your telescope. for stuff within our solar system you can pick up a decent imager for about 100 bucks. for stuff farther away like nebula and other stuff you need to spend upwards of 500 dollars.
michael