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Birddogone
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Anyone who visits this site could not help notice the excellence in watch photography that most have here (me not included). I have a panasonic Lumix DMC TZ5 that I use like a drunken sailor on shore leave. What do most use here and with what lenses?

Thanks,

Rod

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Rod just give it time. I'd say mine are fair now. About 1 in 4 come out OK now. LOL Just look back about 3 years and mine are ??? not so good. Practice often.

I have the Panasonic DMC-FZ35 myself. Fun camera.

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Have a new Panasonic DMC-FS30 and still learning how to use it...

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Hi Rod,

Great question...I'm a point-and-shoot guy out of convenience (would love to get a nice camera someday though), and like Skipdawg said above, I typically take many shots to get one that looks pretty good.  I carry a Point-and-Shoot on family vacations and the like because it is so easy to slip into a pocket...better a so-so pic, than no pic at all.

My older shots were taken with a Canon Powershot SD600....My more recent shots (and all my current pics) are taken with my "upgrade" camera, the Canon Powershot SD940IS - hey this one even shoots very nice 720P video in adequate lighting and it is a camera that is so small, I can take it anywhere.

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I use a Pentax Optio A40 for most point and shoot and a Pentax istD with a Tamron 28-200 zoom for more serious portrait shots.

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I have a canon power shot A550 and also my Nokia 5800 which outside in daylight is great.
But overall nothing special.

Neo

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I have a pocket point and shoot camera I still use too. A Pentax Optio Z10.

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Thanks for all the replies!! I guess I'll just have to keep on try'n....I just bought my wife a Nikon D5000 with 18x55 VR DX zoom lense and a Tamron 70x300 AF lense with macro feature. That said, I don't know &%$# about cameras, my bride is the photographer in the family. I understand the macro feature is good for closeups?

Thanks again and keep those great pictures comin, it puts me in the watch buy'n mood.   happy guy.gif

Rod

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Mine is an Olympus Stylus 300. My pictures are just so-so because my camera is smarter than I am.

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I use a Canon IXUS 120 IS 90% of the time and a Canon S90 for the balance. The 120 IS goes with me everywhere and is more convenient but the S90 is maybe the best P&S I have ever used. It has a mind of its own and shoots amazing optics and delivers perfect colors, light balance and skin tones.

When I first joined 3T, I used a Canon 400D DSLR with a kit 18-55mm lens, which IMHO should win The Most Regrettable Lens Ever Made Awardsubtlelaugh.gif. I stopped using that lens and shifted to a P&S.

Here's IXUS 120 IS.


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I use a Canon Powershot SX1100 or a Kodak Z650 with a polarizing filter. Imho the camera is less important than:

A Tripod

Proper lighting (natural lighting preferred)

Using "the angles" to reduce crystal reflection and glare

Use of MACRO mode

Set the watch for the photo (10:10:24)

 

And as stated before, you will need to take many shots to get some good ones. Practice practice practice!

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bigrustypig wrote: I use a Canon IXUS 120 IS 90% of the time and a Canon S90 for the balance. The 120 IS goes with me everywhere and is more convenient but the S90 is maybe the best P&S I have ever used. It has a mind of its own and shoots amazing optics and delivers perfect colors, light balance and skin tones.

When I first joined 3T, I used a Canon 400D DSLR with a kit 18-55mm lens, which IMHO should win The Most Regrettable Lens Ever Made Awardsubtlelaugh.gif. I stopped using that lens and shifted to a P&S.

Here's IXUS 120 IS.




I thought this looked familiar...We are shooting with the exact same camera Jeff (even the same black finish).

The Canon SD940IS in the USA is identical to the Canon IXUS 120 IS in the international market.

A great little camera!

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samsung digimax u-ca 5 digital camera   my pics r ok these days but I remeber when


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