A Good Quality, Simple, Well Built Camera
Posted by: dave brubeck on 24 March 2007
...so I put my charged up battery into my old Pentax Optio 4MP camera last night, pressed the on button... the lens moved to full extension, and then started making this terrible grinding noise, and the camera turned itself off. Repeat the above 5 times.
In short, it's time for a new camera.
So I get myself down to the olde electrical shoppe. Now, is it just me, or does every compact digital these days (maybe Canons exempt) appear to be made from plastic, and designed to last for 2 years? i.e after they are dropped or the technology is superseded?
And if I were to go for a digital SLR, are these not all massive and you need a PhD to operate?
Is there not something in between? i.e a reasonably sized (compactish) simple camera which will not be out of date in a short time? ...which is a quality built machine and will still take excellent pictures 10 years from now? Allowing for operator error of course...
Now I know there are a lot of budding Lichfields out there...
Budget is around 500 quid max.
In short, it's time for a new camera.
So I get myself down to the olde electrical shoppe. Now, is it just me, or does every compact digital these days (maybe Canons exempt) appear to be made from plastic, and designed to last for 2 years? i.e after they are dropped or the technology is superseded?
And if I were to go for a digital SLR, are these not all massive and you need a PhD to operate?
Is there not something in between? i.e a reasonably sized (compactish) simple camera which will not be out of date in a short time? ...which is a quality built machine and will still take excellent pictures 10 years from now? Allowing for operator error of course...
Now I know there are a lot of budding Lichfields out there...
Budget is around 500 quid max.