Ive finaly bitten the bullet and decided to get a "proffesional" digital camera. Ive always had a compact digi-cam and im sure ill still continue to use it for quick pics etc but my only "professional" camera to date has always been film in the forms or a Practica MTL 5b, Pentax K1000 and my Nikon F55d which im sure a few of you have noticed at meets (dave is just jealous )
Anyway, ive not exactly been "againced" digital but I have always seen far better results from film than I have digital but Ive decided that I take far too many photos of random rubbish to justify using film to take them as it costs me alot of money (even though i get a 45% discount at work to process and print etc.).
I was torn between few digital SLRs and very very high end "amature" digital cameras.
the Fuji 9500, Samsung pro815, Fuji S2 and the Nikon D50 were the main players in my quest for the camera that suited me.
I read through reviews and scrutinised sample photos from each of the cameras and I was quite suprised to see the Samsung come out on top! Being the non-photographic name out of the 4, it was an unlikely choice.
The Nikon was too expencive for what it offered, the Fuji S2 was getting outdated and took too many batteries , the Fuji 9500 had horrendous grain reduction which ruined your pictures and well, th samsung did exactly what I wanted it too and more!
Here is the review that convinced me to purchase one - http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/samsungpro815/
They also have reviews for pretty much every camera thats worth reviewing! Definatly a good site when researching which to buy
But of course, with a new camera comes new pictures I havent really taken any yet as its pouring with rain and theres nowt much inside to take photos of heh, so I got my sexy model "big kitten" to do some posing for me I cant upload the full res piccy as its huuuggee (5mbish) but heres a lower res one
awww, aint she cute
Anyway, ive not exactly been "againced" digital but I have always seen far better results from film than I have digital but Ive decided that I take far too many photos of random rubbish to justify using film to take them as it costs me alot of money (even though i get a 45% discount at work to process and print etc.).
I was torn between few digital SLRs and very very high end "amature" digital cameras.
the Fuji 9500, Samsung pro815, Fuji S2 and the Nikon D50 were the main players in my quest for the camera that suited me.
I read through reviews and scrutinised sample photos from each of the cameras and I was quite suprised to see the Samsung come out on top! Being the non-photographic name out of the 4, it was an unlikely choice.
The Nikon was too expencive for what it offered, the Fuji S2 was getting outdated and took too many batteries , the Fuji 9500 had horrendous grain reduction which ruined your pictures and well, th samsung did exactly what I wanted it too and more!
Here is the review that convinced me to purchase one - http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/samsungpro815/
They also have reviews for pretty much every camera thats worth reviewing! Definatly a good site when researching which to buy
But of course, with a new camera comes new pictures I havent really taken any yet as its pouring with rain and theres nowt much inside to take photos of heh, so I got my sexy model "big kitten" to do some posing for me I cant upload the full res piccy as its huuuggee (5mbish) but heres a lower res one
awww, aint she cute