Are Digital cameras useless?

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by scott tilley

Personally, I think the days of the prosumer are gone. Digital SLRS are now the same price as a good compact. I think canon and nikon both do Slr's that come in at just over £300 SO I assume sony and pentax are a bit cheaper.

The cheaper models often have a poor kit lens fitted. One of the famous makes has a kit lens that's considered particularly dire - often referred to as a coke bottle bottom!

Jim

[the young hunter]

That's that, the lens that's with my Canon 350d is not great at all - lack of detail and clarity even after changing the settings like ISO speed, aperture etc.

Mike

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by the young hunter

That's that, the lens that's with my Canon 350d is not great at all - lack of detail and clarity even after changing the settings like ISO speed, aperture etc.

Mike

Most lenses have a "sweet spot" there are several threads on here about "testing" your lense to find the best aperture/shutter speed
Use a good tripod and remote release start at around f8@ 1/250sec
in good light. Use a brick wall or a sheet of newspaper, something with
plenty of detail, mounted vertically on a board to keep it flat.
ASA 200 and work through apertures at a fixed shutter speed this
should give you a better opinion of your lense

[the young hunter]

Will do.

Thanks Nightshade

Mike