Good Low Cost Wildlife Camera

[aestarte]

Hi could I just ask what cameras you guys use. Your pictures are absolutely stunning. I have a little digital camera which takes good pictures but can be a bit blurry. What would be a good low cost camera to buy. Fi. X X X X

[goosey]

Hello Fi, My daughter had just bought a Fuji FinePix S5700 and I am really impressed with it. It has a 10x optical zoom which doesn't produce grainy images and good macro images. She has used it mainly for archiatectural shots but I have tried it out for garden birds and plants and I never thought I would say it - but it beats my Canon Powershot A700 hands down. It also has an "in camera" cropping facility which is useful. It feels a bit more clumbersome than a normal compact and getting close-in on macro shots I have hit the subject a few times with it, not being able to judge the distance but that will change with a bit more practice. It also takes SD cards, not just the very small ones Fuji cameras use to use. We are really impressed with it so far.

[Conina]

Hi Fi,

I have the same Fuji pix and it is quite impressive. The only fault I can find is that its is really light and its hard to keep still when taking pictures, so I have a lot of pics that are blurred due to camera shake and headless birds.

[briar rose]

I use a Canon Powershot a630, which cost about £150, I think the main problem with mine, is the person using it , I've only recently taken up photography and it's my first step into getting used to all the different setting and terminology before taking out a second mortgage on one of the big boys

[KIDSTYPIKE]

I have a Fuji Finepix S5500 and it as taken literally 10's of thousands of pictures over the last couple of years. I use it on my walks 3 or 4 times a week taking on average 130 pictures a time. It is easy to use (it as to be for me to use). Probably pick one up for a song now.

Dave

[sleipnerofasgard]

i have a kodak easyshare Z740 with 10 times zoom and even though i recently spent a lot of money on a digital SLR i still take the old kodak on every trip as it shoots movies and closeups and i can still get a decent picture with it for example



plus a bit of luck helps

[ron1863]

I have the Sony Alpha 100, which I bought body only for £375. As I used to own Minolta film cameras all my old lenses fitted the Sony.
If you are serious about photography then I would advice you to get a DSLR camera as you can then add to the system with different lenses, flash etc.

[paulchandler6]

I bought a Fuji Finepix S5700 about 2 months and found it a great camera especially for macro shots. It was a very good price @ £123. Then I had to add a SD card which cost another tenner.
When you get used to it you can get some very decent shots. The digital zoom is a bonus but the images are not that good unless you use a tripod.
I'm now looking at a proper DSLR, probably a Canon.

Paul

[glsammy]

If your anything like me, you'll start with a decent compact, mine was the Canon S2 IS, then realize you need more zoom range, so I went for a Panasonic FZ30, almost immediately realised I still needed even more range, plus better low light capability so took a deep breath and plunged for a DSLR.

[big bill]

I use a Nikon D40 with 18-55 & 55-200mm lens hope to add to it as find the 200mm lens nit quite good enough for bird photography but because the D40 only uses Dx lens by Nikon when I upgrade to larger lens will lose Af and have to work in manual focus only.Small payment for a terrific little Dslr