New Preferences - DPChallenge Forums

04/23/2002 09:14:28 AM · #1

A new [url=preferences.asp]]preferences page[/url] has been posted allowing users to select more than one camera.

We will be working on getting these cameras displayed on your profiles and other places throughout the site later today.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

04/23/2002 09:37:46 AM · #2

Originally posted by langdon:
A new [url=preferences.asp]]preferences page[/url] has been posted allowing users to select more than one camera.

We will be working on getting these cameras displayed on your profiles and other places throughout the site later today.

cool - this may force me to consider using my HP C20 for the next challenge, rather than the nice canon G2...

Interesting to see what results I can get from an old 1Mp camera...

04/23/2002 09:48:51 AM · #3

Another thing-- each submission is tied to a camera model. If any of your submissions state the wrong camera model, then please let us know so that we can fix any errors.

Patella

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

04/23/2002 11:01:10 AM · #4

Where do you want us to let you know? I'm almost undoubtedly in that category of having the wrong camera tied to the picture I've submitted (although I did note this in my comments section).

04/23/2002 11:19:43 AM · #5

Originally posted by Patella:
Where do you want us to let you know?

The [url=help_contact.asp]Contact Us[/url] link on the Help menu is fine, or you can just post it right here. :)

* This message has been edited by the author on 4/23/2002 11:20:20 AM.

04/23/2002 12:24:17 PM · #6

You couldn't have timed this better. I just bought a new digital camera... it's arriving today.

-Terry

04/23/2002 01:13:11 PM · #7

Originally posted by clubjuggle:
I just bought a new digital camera... it's arriving today.

What didja buy?

04/23/2002 01:40:31 PM · #8

Originally posted by langdon:
Originally posted by clubjuggle:
[i]I just bought a new digital camera... it's arriving today.

What didja buy?
[/i]

A Minolta DiMage 7. Five megapixel, 7x optical zoom, and I can do as much or as little manually as I want it to. The vendor messed up and shipped it to my home instead of my office, so I'm picking it up from Fedex tonight (they refunded the shipping though). I also got a 1 GB Microdrive for film.

Sure beats the 1 megapixel DC215!

-Terry

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shortredneck

Olympus C-3000Z

04/23/2002 02:22:13 PM · #9

Very Impressive clubjuggle! I can't wait to see the photos you produce.

04/23/2002 02:57:44 PM · #10

Thanks! I'm really excited about this. I bought the new camera because was really starting to feel limited by the old one. I'm seeing shots that I can't get with the old camera (can't get close enough or can't get the right angle), and with a 1 megapixel camera, you can't crop much and still get a useful image.

04/23/2002 03:00:01 PM · #11

The DiMage 7 is definitely a nice camera... I am sure you will enjoy that! I looked at one of those when I got my Sony... Good luck with it!

04/23/2002 03:06:25 PM · #12

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
The DiMage 7 is definitely a nice camera... I am sure you will enjoy that! I looked at one of those when I got my Sony... Good luck with it!

What prompted you to choose the Sony?

-Terry

04/23/2002 03:32:43 PM · #13

Well, I have had two sony cameras in the past and I have had extremely good luck with them. I had an FD73, FD95, and now the DSC-F707. There were not many technical differences between the Dimage 7 and the DSC-F707 and they were the same price. I like the tilt viewfinder on the Sony as well. The sony had a little tighter macro focus range and the sony would accept the filters I have for my Nikon 35mm. I like the compact flash cards that the minolta uses but I went with the sony just from good experiences with them in the past...

magnetic9999

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

04/23/2002 03:41:30 PM · #14

hey that's cool. i bought my camera about 3 mos ago .. originally was going to get the fuji 6900, but i waited too long, they got really well reviewed and popular and they all sold out. fuji decided to discontinue them for some odd reason, well before announcing their new generation product. so i started researching cameras.

i also considered the sony f707, and the dimage 7, as well as the powershot g2, the coolpix cameras and the olympus 4040z. strangely, i ended up getting an olympus e-10, which i'm happy with.

the price on the dimage 7 definitely was appealing. how are you liking it so far?

04/23/2002 05:07:14 PM · #15

I looked at the E10 also but I was too tight to fork out the extra $300 for that one... poverty sucks...

magnetic9999

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

04/23/2002 06:30:23 PM · #16

in some ways i wish id gone with the f707 - i really like the way it's pictures look. if it had the ability to sync to external flash, other than the one sony model the HV1000?, i would probably have gotten it. but i knew up front i wanted to be able to grow in that direction. ergo, the e-10. i was able to get my hands on a new e-10 for a really low price - otherwise i would probably have been too cheap too : )

04/23/2002 06:59:53 PM · #17

When I get ready for an SLR, I will revisit the Olympus line if I can pull myself away from my Nikon addiction...

04/24/2002 05:44:33 AM · #18

Originally posted by magnetic9999:
the price on the dimage 7 definitely was appealing. how are you liking it so far?

So far I love it. I took it out last night to take some test shots, and I'm very impressed. In one shot, I can read the text on a highway exit sign that I shot from close to 1/2 mile away.

I took about 20 shots to play with the various modes and features. I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with this camera.

-Terry

magnetic9999

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

04/24/2002 07:12:57 AM · #19

how's the battery life so far? that was, i heard the biggest downside of the camera.

04/24/2002 08:46:11 AM · #20

Originally posted by magnetic9999:
how's the battery life so far? that was, i heard the biggest downside of the camera.

It seems reasonable so far, as long as I don't use the LCD screen, but then again that's true of any digital camera. The DiMage 7 also has an eye sensor. The default action of the sensor is to switch between LCD and the electronic viewfinder, but you can configure it so that it just turns the viewfinder on and off as needed to further preserve battery life (it comes on when you look into it).

I use 1600 MAh NiMH rechargeables, and I own 16 of them. It's also worth noting that Minolta now ships the camera with four NiMH batteries and a charger.

Dogman

Fujifilm FinePix 2200

05/25/2002 09:43:31 AM · #21

Originally posted by langdon:
Another thing-- each submission is tied to a camera model. If any of your submissions state the wrong camera model, then please let us know so that we can fix any errors.
Forgive me, but I am a newbie to this. I needed a camera model in order to submit my first photo, however, the closest you had listed was the fujifilm finepix 2300 so I put that down. My camera is a fujifilm finepix 2200. can you add this to the list please?

drewmedia

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

05/25/2002 12:57:16 PM · #22

Dogman,

I've added your camera to the database. Enjoy the site.

Drew

Dogman

Fujifilm FinePix 2200

05/25/2002 12:58:48 PM · #23

Originally posted by drewmedia:
Dogman,

I''''ve added your camera to the database. Enjoy the site.

Drew

Thank you,unfortunately the page will not load, might be me, may be you, who knows:-)

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drewmedia

Canon EOS-300D Rebel