Please help! I need a digital and don't know what to buy.

"Gene Palmiter" <palmiter_gene.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Yikes...one of the toughest fields of photography. To do it right you need
> great zoom...they cost a lot. For a big zoom you will benefit from image
> stabilization...that costs more. To fit that on a camera you will need a
> camera that takes lenses...so a DSLR...and they cost a lot! Look at the
> lines by Canon, Nikon, Kodak, and Fuji.

So which Kodak and/or Fuji cameras have facility for interchanging lenses?

Gerrit
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:41:29 GMT, Gene Palmiter wrote:

> I also like www.dpreview.com but for starters...I think I read somewhere
> that Kodak was not making any more DSLRs. If true the discontinued models
> might had adjusted prices...more if people like them and less if people
> don't. They have Kodak mounts though one model has Canon mount...I think
> that is the only DSLR that has a Canon mount and is not a Canon

The Kodak DSLRs were available for 2 lens mounts. Canon and
Nikon. And with the last versions of the Kodak cameras (the ones
with the reasonably high ISO speeds), because Canon backed off, the
bodies were subcontracted out to Sigma. I assume that for previous
models the bodies were manufactured by Canon, but as noted, that's
only an assumption.
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<rclem3040.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I need some help. I want to buy a digital and would like to know what
> are the best options available. I want to use it for sports
> photography. Cost is not an issue, well not so much.
>

Canon 350D or 20D body and an EF 300mm f4L with IS. The 300mm is plenty on a
half size sensor body and it has image stabilisation to make hand holding
possible in duller weather.

In the UK that pair would cost between 1400 and 1600 pounds (Using eBay).

John
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Eatmorepies wrote:
> <rclem3040.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1124774060.412659.306840@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>I need some help. I want to buy a digital and would like to know what
>> are the best options available. I want to use it for sports
>> photography. Cost is not an issue, well not so much.
>>
>
> Canon 350D or 20D body and an EF 300mm f4L with IS. The 300mm is
> plenty on a half size sensor body and it has image stabilisation to
> make hand holding possible in duller weather.
>
> In the UK that pair would cost between 1400 and 1600 pounds (Using
> eBay).
> John

Maybe not the best choice for judo matches. The problem is the OP has
not told us what sport. Heck it might be skin diving!

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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:26:07 GMT, Joseph Meehan wrote:

> Maybe not the best choice for judo matches. The problem is
> the OP has not told us what sport. Heck it might be skin diving!

Or curling.
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ASAAR wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:26:07 GMT, Joseph Meehan wrote:
>
>> Maybe not the best choice for judo matches. The problem is
>> the OP has not told us what sport. Heck it might be skin diving!
>
> Or curling.

synchronized swimming
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:23:49 -0700, Frank ess wrote:

>>> Maybe not the best choice for judo matches. The problem is
>>> the OP has not told us what sport. Heck it might be skin diving!
>>
>> Or curling.
>
> synchronized swimming

My pet peeve. Though it doesn't require the body of a skilled
athlete, curling can be considered to be a sport. Almost everyone
can swim, but if that's a sport I'd rather see ballet added to the
Olympic schedule. Maybe some good jazz "cutting" sessions too.
They'd require an abundance of skills and talent. Also, about the
only reason for adding synchronized swimming is to get more eyeballs
in front of TVs. But who remembers the names of any of the synch.
swimmers? Some photographers might vote to add another "sport" to
the Olympics, where some of their better known subjects might draw
many more eyeballs to the tube.

--
"Attention ladies and gentlemen. In first place with 1478 points
and representing the United States of America, Ms. Jenna James."
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> Or curling.

for that you need time lapse photography!
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:42:48 -0400, ASAAR <caught DeleteThis @22.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:41:29 GMT, Gene Palmiter wrote:
>
>> I also like www.dpreview.com but for starters...I think I read somewhere
>> that Kodak was not making any more DSLRs. If true the discontinued models
>> might had adjusted prices...more if people like them and less if people
>> don't. They have Kodak mounts though one model has Canon mount...I think
>> that is the only DSLR that has a Canon mount and is not a Canon
>
> The Kodak DSLRs were available for 2 lens mounts. Canon and
>Nikon. And with the last versions of the Kodak cameras (the ones
>with the reasonably high ISO speeds), because Canon backed off, the
>bodies were subcontracted out to Sigma. I assume that for previous
>models the bodies were manufactured by Canon, but as noted, that's
>only an assumption.

IIRC, the SLR/c was introduced in about quarter 2 or so of 2004, and
used a Sigma-made body. Canon never made a SLR body for Kodak.

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Bill Funk
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:04:32 -0700, Bill Funk wrote:

>> The Kodak DSLRs were available for 2 lens mounts. Canon and
>> Nikon. And with the last versions of the Kodak cameras (the ones
>> with the reasonably high ISO speeds), because Canon backed off, the
>> bodies were subcontracted out to Sigma. I assume that for previous
>> models the bodies were manufactured by Canon, but as noted, that's
>> only an assumption.
>
> IIRC, the SLR/c was introduced in about quarter 2 or so of 2004, and
> used a Sigma-made body. Canon never made a SLR body for Kodak.

A review from late last year of those two cameras (the SLR/c and
SLR/n) made it seem as if Kodak had to get Sigma at the last minute
to replace Canon, implying that none of the previous versions of
Kodak's cameras with the Canon mount were made by Sigma. If that's
so, who made the previous model bodies (the ones with the very low
usable ISO sensors)?
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