Hi,
I just joined today and I love this community! I could not find an introductions thread so this is a general hi! for everyone! I am an amateur who would really like to improve at least her kitty photography, which brings me to my question.
I've been using an old 2 megapixel camera for my blogging needs. However, I took a photography course and realized that as crappy as I thought it was, it was in reality crappier. I mean I appreciate what it has done for me in the past but my needs have way outgrown it.
My primary subject is a very cute and plump kitty that I have trained to be my model.
This is the site : gigolokitty.blogspot.com
I thought there might be potential to do other stuff with my pictures like greeting cards, calendars, posters, and perhaps the holy grail : Being Published! Might be a pipe dream. Anyway I do expend a lot of effort in staging my shots so it would be a shame that at the end I only have a low quality medium of it.
I want to spend as much as I can afford which is about $500 before memory and warranties. The model that I had set my heart on is a Canon S80 8 megapixel digital camera.
Specs are here http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons80/
However it has sold out at all the major chain stores. I don't want to buy it off a small store b/c I like a generous return policy and comprehensive warranty. I don't know when it will be available and I have more photo shoots schelduled. So can anyone recommend any camera models which have similiar specs? Image qulaity is paramount as well as ease. Since my subject is a cat shot at close quarters in an enclosed area, functions such as zoom, etc is not a priority.
Much Thanks,
Olivetheoil