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[Youngphoto]

Im just getting into digital photography and am unsure what camera to get. I dont have that much money at hand at the moment so i am trying to keep the costs to a minimum, but i am willing to pay more for better quality. I see myself shooting mostly fast action and landscape with a fiew portraits and low light on occation. So far i have been looking at the Sony Cyber Shot DSC F717 and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel. I am compleatly open to suggestions and recemendations.

Many thanks
Duncan

[Michael Fanelli]

Im just getting into digital photography and am unsure what camera to get. I dont have that much money at hand at the moment so i am trying to keep the costs to a minimum, but i am willing to pay more for better quality. I see myself shooting mostly fast action and landscape with a fiew portraits and low light on occation. So far i have been looking at the Sony Cyber Shot DSC F717 and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel. I am compleatly open to suggestions and recemendations.

Many thanks
Duncan

The Rebel will blow away the Sony when it comes to image quality. No contest. The Rebel seems to be dropping in price, maybe due to the rumored coming of a replacement. I've seen them as low as $800 with lens at reputable dealers.

[Youngphoto]

an unfortunate point i just found is that the burst rate is 2.5 per sec but only for 4 frames. i think im going to need a little longer duration burst. does anyone have any recemendations?

Duncan

[Photo-John]

You might want to ask for some opinions on the Sports forum, too. I shoot mostly mountain biking and I'd choose the Digital Rebel over the Sony in a second. I've used the Sony F828, and while it's good, it doesn't compare to a digital SLR when it comes to image quality or shutter-lag. So I really don't think the 717 will cut it. If it were me, I'd let the burst mode go and focus on getting really good individual images. You can always buy a new camera later. And I expect you'll find yourself frustrated trying to get well-timed photos with the F717, or any other compact digital camera. If you can afford the Digital Rebel, or another digital SLR, that's the right thing to do.

[Redohare]

Im just getting into digital photography and am unsure what camera to get. I dont have that much money at hand at the moment so i am trying to keep the costs to a minimum, but i am willing to pay more for better quality. I see myself shooting mostly fast action and landscape with a fiew portraits and low light on occation. So far i have been looking at the Sony Cyber Shot DSC F717 and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel. I am compleatly open to suggestions and recemendations.

Many thanks
Duncan

I am also a newbie, this is my first post on this forum. I purchased a Panasonic FZ20, a very good camera for the price. Not a DSLR, but pretty good. The lense is rather special, being a Leica. Five megapixels, twelve times zoom, macro down to one cm from the lense, certainly worth a look.
It's one of the fastest shutter releases out there (in it's class), and the burst mode has a setting which will keep going til the memory card is full. I think it does three or four frames per sec for the first burst in some modes.
Red.

[Photo-John]

Welcome to the site, Red. Thanks for posting. I've heard nothing but good things about your camera. I have been menaing to try to get ahold of one to do a proper test. I still think a DSLR would be better, for the kind of photography Duncan wants to do. But there's a place for compact cameras in sports photography. Even though I use digital SLRs for my serious photography, I like compacts because they're small and light. That means you can take them on the bike, keep one in the car, in a small backpack, etc. They make it easy to have a camera with you all the time. And that means getting photos when you might not otherwise have a camera. Sometimes, just having a camera in order to take a picture is most of the battle. Some of my favorite photos were taken with a point-and-shoot camera.

Have you posted a review for your camera yet? The more reviews we have the better

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