DSLR Suggestion
un-Touch'd krew
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Shudup...you know better than that that even a DSLR with the convenience of an 18-200 is better than a P&S. It is purely for convenience over anything else. If you are traipsing around the outdoors and you have to switch lenses you know dirt and particles get in on the sensor. Without an auto sensor cleaning you can do some serious damage. No matter how hard you try to not get shit in the body, it will inevitably get in there.
an 18-200 is going to be a slow lens especially at full zoom, probably in the range of 4.0-8.6 is my guess (not looking it up) so the P+S would actuallyt have a distinct advantage over this setup in speed and most likely in sharpness as well.
Don't discredit the P+S I have seen some truly amazing work from them, hell I shot on one for my first year of magazine work and still got published on the regular.
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Shudup...you know better than that that even a DSLR with the convenience of an 18-200 is better than a P&S. It is purely for convenience over anything else. If you are traipsing around the outdoors and you have to switch lenses you know dirt and particles get in on the sensor. Without an auto sensor cleaning you can do some serious damage. No matter how hard you try to not get shit in the body, it will inevitably get in there.
Ever try to shoot a whale watching trip? Yeah...good luck switching to the 18-55 when all the sudden a whale/dolphin/etc pop up in front of the boat 10 feet from the bow...:slap: With the 18-200...oh look I can just zoom to 18 and I can get the whole whale and not a small portion of it.
Ever try to shoot a whale watching trip? Yeah...good luck switching to the 18-55 when all the sudden a whale/dolphin/etc pop up in front of the boat 10 feet from the bow...:slap: With the 18-200...oh look I can just zoom to 18 and I can get the whole whale and not a small portion of it.
oh and i can switch from lens to lens in 3 sec flat
un-Touch'd krew
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From: My own level of hell
I also want to mention that I shot for a few years in probably the harshest conditions of most anyone on here...rain, dust, rocks, light etc. all exposed to elements and bouncing across the rocks in a crawler for 12 hours or more a day with nothing to do cleanings with.
Sensor dust happens and is easy to PS out of the shot, clean lens rag is your friend...in fact I carry a dozen or so every time I leave with my camera, lens changes are quick and easy, like Vinnie said about 3 seconds if you plan it right and this minimizes and nearly eliminates any dust issues.
I have cleaned my sensor every time I come home from a shoot because the conditions are just that bad when I shoot, but it is far from debilitating in any way.
Sensor dust happens and is easy to PS out of the shot, clean lens rag is your friend...in fact I carry a dozen or so every time I leave with my camera, lens changes are quick and easy, like Vinnie said about 3 seconds if you plan it right and this minimizes and nearly eliminates any dust issues.
I have cleaned my sensor every time I come home from a shoot because the conditions are just that bad when I shoot, but it is far from debilitating in any way.
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Not quite Brain...
an 18-200 is going to be a slow lens especially at full zoom, probably in the range of 4.0-8.6 is my guess (not looking it up) so the P+S would actuallyt have a distinct advantage over this setup in speed and most likely in sharpness as well.
Don't discredit the P+S I have seen some truly amazing work from them, hell I shot on one for my first year of magazine work and still got published on the regular.
an 18-200 is going to be a slow lens especially at full zoom, probably in the range of 4.0-8.6 is my guess (not looking it up) so the P+S would actuallyt have a distinct advantage over this setup in speed and most likely in sharpness as well.
Don't discredit the P+S I have seen some truly amazing work from them, hell I shot on one for my first year of magazine work and still got published on the regular.
Check out the Ken Rockwell review on it:http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18200.htm Yeah yeah...there are people the like and dislike Rockwell, but I find his reviews to be quite nice.
Some of the shots we got on our honeymoon trip through our Canon d10 were amazing...also the underwater aspect of the camera helped a lot as well.
h:. ANd I'm not baller enough to be lugging two bodies around.
Last edited by Draconius; Nov 6, 2009 at 09:18 AM.
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don't ruin my name h: it's rockwell not rickwell :fawk:
and pretty much everyone else has already made the same suggestion i was going to make and corrections so nothing more for me to say hereh:
h: it's rockwell not rickwell :fawk:and pretty much everyone else has already made the same suggestion i was going to make and corrections so nothing more for me to say here
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i think the board is half and half between the 2 brands. just go with either and you should be fine. nikon guy here though
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