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I have decided to get back into photography and ordered a camera yesterday (hope to get it delivered tomorrow)
The camera takes both microdrive and xd memory, but im not sure which one to go for. Anyone have any sugestions? |
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35mm mate, prefebly black and white.
Now thats real photography ![]()
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By microdrive, I assume you mean Compact Flash ?
Obviously they are different size memory sticks, but for all intents & purposes you can assume their performance will be the same, so go for the one that gives you more bang for your buck, ie bigger capacity for a given amount of cash. You can stump up for a large capacity one (say 1GB), but 2*512MB cards may be cheaper, and you'll have a bit of redundancy if one breaks (or you drop it in your coffee ![]() Don't worry about the speed of the card - unless you're firing off a constant stream of pictures (like with a motorwind in the good old days ![]() HTH ps - what camera have you bought |
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likewise, just getting back into photography. have bought a canon eos 350d. I've not had a moment to use it yet so it's rather an expensive ornament right now.
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Hi.
Thanks for the replies. The camera i bought is this one I thought about getting an SLR but then i can't afford getting all the lenses and what not, so i stick to this one. All i have to do now is get my self a hoya R72 IR filter. Allways wanted one of thouse. Seems like CF is cheaper. Tomorrow my camera should arrive. Quite excited! Gonna go down to jessops for a cheap small tripod i can fit in my bag as well so i can bring that with me. \o/ |
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When i was a kid i used to dream about doing that some day. So i did my GCSE and A level in photography and loved very second of it. brings back fond memories just thinking about it. ![]() Digital just dont give you that thrill so its not my bag ![]()
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I used a microdrive quite a lot ![]() ![]() stick with the solid state mem cards as opposed to the microdrives ![]() BTW loocs like a nice camera ![]() |
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The idea of film is quite nice, but i don't have the skill or the money to develop film and get all the kit needed.
This is a subject debated for way to long. I do belive it's a personal preference in the end. Besides, it's not all point and click, we still need to have fresh batteries ![]() Now all i have to do is hope that jessops have the filters and tripod i have, and my weekend is all sorted! |
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![]() digital is the way to go for definite. and you can still have the same hours of fun in a digital darkroom (adobe ps) and have fun with priter matching colours and scale. so it all ends up the same in my eyes ![]() ![]() |
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