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Blizzards Strike England!
Okay, so maybe that’s a slight exaggeration designed to catch your attention, but here in deepest Hertfordshire (just north of London) we’ve had several inches of snow this afternoon.
What has this got to do with photography, you may be asking? Well, I’ve ventured out to take a few snaps with my Olympus Mju II compact, and I’m now wondering if the camera will have exposed for the snow correctly. If I had my digital or film cameras with me then maybe my chances of getting some good pcitures would have been increased.
So what sort of camera do you carry round on a daily basis? Do you even carry a camera all the time? How many times have you missed that amazing photographic opportunity? Leave a comment and let us all know.
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#1 Heather
I take my Olympus Camedia C-3000 digital camera with me wherever I go. It can fit over 300 pictures on the 32MB SmartMedia card, so I never have to worry that I'll run out of film. I often miss amazing photographic opportunities while driving because my husband refuses to pull over to let me capture them. Hehe.
11:44 pm - Thursday, January 30, 2003
#2 Steve Crane
I used to have a Sony Mavica that was too big and heavy to cart around so I used to miss opportunities. In any case it only did .3 megapixel resolution so none of the shots I took with it are really great.
In December I got myself a FujiFilm FinePix 3800 (S304). I wanted the S602 but couldn't quite put enough money together for it. I take the new camera to work with me each day and whenever I go out and may have photo ops it goes along. Unfortunately it is quite large so I have to take it in a bag. I would love to have something small enough to just put in a pocket.
2:42 pm - Friday, January 31, 2003
#3 Sue
My Sony S85 fits in my purse with no problems, so I carry it everywhere. Ya never know when a photographic opportunity will present itself.
3:33 am - Saturday, February 1, 2003
#4 Mark Goldstein
It's interesting that everyone is carrying around a digital camera of some kind, rather than a film compact camera.
Is this your main camera? Do you have a film camera too?
Mark
10:56 pm - Saturday, February 1, 2003
#5 Steve Crane
We do have a film compact in the family but don't use it much as developing of film is so expensive. I would like an SLR camera again (I had a Pentax Spotmatic years ago but sold it during some hard times) but I balk at the thought of the developing costs. So I'll just keep on buying those lottery tickets and dreaming of a FujiFilm S2 or similar.
3:50 am - Sunday, February 2, 2003
#6 Sue
Mark, I haven't used a film camera in about 5 years. I have a Canon (I can't even remember the model number) that I bought years ago. The Sony s85 is my primary, and the s70 is my backup. Both have 128meg memory sticks in them, and can hold about 130 pictures per stick. I don't use the full 4.1 megapixel size, I shoot at 1600x1200 which is plenty big for what I use it for - the web.
5:01 pm - Sunday, February 2, 2003
#7 Mark Goldstein
The FujiFilm S2 looks like a good camera - every review that I've read has been positive. Just a pity that it uses Nikon lenses - I'd have to sell my Canon kit and start again. Hopefully Canon will come up with the goods now that they've discontinued the D60.
I've resorted to getting print films developed at my local Tesco's (don't laugh) as they're cheap and pretty cheerful. I use mainly slide film and get this developed at http://www.dlab7.com
Mark
5:59 pm - Sunday, February 2, 2003
#8 Steve Crane
Have you seen One Hour Photo? It might just make you decide to start developing your own.
1:41 am - Monday, February 3, 2003
#9 Mark Goldstein
I'm not familiar with One Hour Photo? Is that in the USA?
1:50 am - Monday, February 3, 2003
#10 Steve Crane
It's the latest Robin Williams movie. He plays a clerk at a one hour photo counter in a Safeway supermarket. He is a "little grey man" with no friends or family and is "stalking" a family whose photos he develops, taking an extra copy of all their photos. In his apartment he has an entire wall covered with them. He sees them as the perfect family until a young woman brings in some photos to be developed. She works for the husbands company and is having an affair with him. The spool includes photos of them together, which sedns Williams' character over the edge. I shan't say anymore, lest you decide to see the movie.
2:07 am - Monday, February 3, 2003
#11 Mark Goldstein
Ah right, talk about getting the wrong end of the stick! I thought you were talking about some photo lab or other...
I vaguely remember that film being released towards the end of 2002 here in the UK, but I don't think it did too well.
2:28 am - Monday, February 3, 2003
#12 hillary
you said there would be pictures
11:54 pm - Wednesday, November 3, 2004
#13 hillary
and what about the blizzards
11:55 pm - Wednesday, November 3, 2004