DSLR or not - Page 3

Mark · 04-04-2007, 18:39

The S3 takes SD cards dude.

I got a 2GB SD card for £20, so I'll not complain. Generic, but seems to be fast enough to handle continuous shots.

PS - Yes, I know I could have got it cheaper both online and duty free, but I'd rather have two weeks to play with it and learn what it can/can't do than learn while on holiday and get the inevitable missed shots that would result (e.g. it took me 5 minutes to realise that you have to actually pull the flash up by hand

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Mark · 04-04-2007, 22:45

Results are fantastic from the test pictures I've looked at so far.

But I found a stuck pixel. :/

Mondo · 04-04-2007, 23:47

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Originally Posted by Mark

Results are fantastic from the test pictures I've looked at so far.

But I found a stuck pixel. :/

Do a sensor clean, that fixed mine. What it is when you do a sensor clean is the camera resets the pixels in the sensors and sort of reboot them again. Give that a go.

Flibster · 04-04-2007, 23:50

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Originally Posted by petemc

I've had shouts of "Pedo!", beer thrown in my face, a salad from a car (?!?!), stones thrown at me, and one girl said I was stalking her. I haven't had anything major in a few months though, which is nice. Honestly, who throws a salad?

While taking some photo's of a local church, I had a pimped black 15year old BMW 318 - blacked out windows drive slowly past, one of the windows wind down, a glass bottle thrown at me and a shout of "Racist white c**t"

All for taking a photo of a church.

Most I get at the moment though is "What the **** are you doing on the floor?"

Simon/~Flibster

Mark · 05-04-2007, 12:11

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Originally Posted by Raymond Lin

Do a sensor clean, that fixed mine. What it is when you do a sensor clean is the camera resets the pixels in the sensors and sort of reboot them again. Give that a go.

I have no idea how to do that. It's going back to the shop in an hour or so anyway.

Mark · 05-04-2007, 16:27

Shop agreed to replace the camera pretty much without question, so all is good. Just got to wait for them to get one in now (meanwhile I've kept the faulty one for more practice time).

Tysonator · 07-04-2007, 13:58

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Originally Posted by kitten_caboodle

is the camera you were after released in the States yet?? You might be able to get it there ahead of it's UK release and cheaper too. That's what happened with my Canon 400D (or rebel xti!)

I love my 400D, I have spent a few years pondering wether or not to get a DSLR, oh boy have I cained using it !

How much did you get the 400D in the USA ?

leowyatt · 07-04-2007, 15:39

Kitten got it for just over £400 (iirc) shortly before it was available in the UK

cheapest we could find in comparison for the same kit was £650.

Tysonator · 09-04-2007, 21:12

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Originally Posted by Leowyatt

Kitten got it for just over £400 (iirc) shortly before it was available in the UK

cheapest we could find in comparison for the same kit was £650.

That is an amazing price, I can not believe how much we pay in the UK for electical items !

Darrin · 10-04-2007, 09:05

Mark, what do you plan on doing with the DSC-F717?

07-04-2007, 15:39	#28
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Kitten got it for just over £400 (iirc) shortly before it was available in the UK cheapest we could find in comparison for the same kit was £650. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

10-04-2007, 09:05	#30
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Mark, what do you plan on doing with the DSC-F717? __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

04-04-2007, 18:39	#21
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	The S3 takes SD cards dude. I got a 2GB SD card for £20, so I'll not complain. Generic, but seems to be fast enough to handle continuous shots. PS - Yes, I know I could have got it cheaper both online and duty free, but I'd rather have two weeks to play with it and learn what it can/can't do than learn while on holiday and get the inevitable missed shots that would result (e.g. it took me 5 minutes to realise that you have to actually pull the flash up by hand )

04-04-2007, 22:45	#22
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Results are fantastic from the test pictures I've looked at so far. But I found a stuck pixel. :/

05-04-2007, 16:27	#26
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Shop agreed to replace the camera pretty much without question, so all is good. Just got to wait for them to get one in now (meanwhile I've kept the faulty one for more practice time).