Oct 9, 2010 19:00:43 GMT Seth said:
It actually put me off photography in some respects as the long delay between pressing the shutter button and it actually taking the photo was infuriating. (I came from a background of film SLRs) I don't know what modern compacts and bridge cameras are like but that time delay is the one thing I would prioritise over everything else.Fuunily enough my old ancient Fuji Finepix did that, one of the reason I picked my Casio (yeah I know its not a proper camera) is that with all the highs speed options on it it pretty much takes an instant photo everytime you push the button, with a 40fps burst shot and up to 1000fps video you don't miss much, ideal for an amatuear like me as it more often than not grabs a good pic even if my aim is off.
I think you need to take an honest look at your abilities and how much effort your going to put in before choosing your camera, mine makes taking average to good shots easy and thats ok with me, it can be used to take great shots I know as my pro mate showed me, I have yet to manage it though. lol
Likewise, my dad (a retired studio/magazine photographer) has a second camera in the form of a fairly recent 10mp fuji, and the shutter reaction on any setting was so slow as to make me hand it back after 6 shots and demand his Canon. Which he had forgotten.
Anyway I'd be paranoid about the delay as well - I only use an old Kodak digicam at present but it has a very good close-up macro but rubbish night-shot. I haven't seen a DSLR yet that can do as good a close-up macro, night pics that don't look like a 70s B-movie (i.e. grainy) and also have the right reaction speeds to keep up with someone who was taking sharp shots of rally cars with a Canon EOS film SLR before he left primary school...
Recommendations welcome!