Cameras Food Styling And Photography

Cameras

10gallonhat 18 years ago

What kind of camera do you use?
I have a Nikon D70s and an Olympus SW720. I find both work great in different situations.

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brilynn 18 years ago said:

I have a Nikon Coolpix 2100... woe is me... I need a better camera and then someone to teach me how to use it...

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10gallonhat 18 years ago said:

Looks like you take good pictures already with the 2100! Nice work.

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bitsyskitchen 18 years ago said:

I just use my trusty Konica Minolta Dimage Z2. It works okay .I just need to play with the settings. I\'m lazy i just use the auto function.. Its only a 4.0 pixel so its hard to get any real closeup clears and well once you resize the picture forget it!..

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myhusbandcooks 18 years ago said:

I agreet that Brilynn\'s camera takes just fine pictures with her camera. I think if she needs a new one, I need one too. I use just a Cannon S500. It\'s totally perfect for what I use it for given I\'m in the sauce, or the stew, or the raw meat half the time.

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currysimple 18 years ago said:

I use a Olympus Evolt E-500. It came with two lenses and has worked great so far. It is not as fast as some of the other cameras I tested but the pictures of the food are not speeding away either. I also use it with some serious light boxes.

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aspramn 18 years ago said:

I use a Olympus E-500 digital SLR. Hoping to get the E-510 body soon though. and have 4 lenses.

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berry 18 years ago said:

I use Sony DSC W - 80 7.2 mp. ...

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tnacndn 17 years ago said:

I use a Canon Power Shot A550 and I have no bloomin' idea what I am doing. I just take a bunch of pics of what ever recipe I make from different angles and directions then pick the one I think looks best to post.

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eeks 17 years ago said:

If you want an SLR, Canon and Nikon (and now Pentax) are the best Digital SLR choices...Lots of good glass (lenses) available for them and both offer, Image stabilized lenses (vibration reduction-Nikon).

I use an older Canon 20D SLR, I love it...it's fast, very good for sports or fast wildlife photography, Nikon is a little sleepy in this respect (in my estimation after using them)....
Canon has less digital noise at higher ISO's, so that's very good for high speed photography!! but Nikon is offering some nice DSLR deals right now...D40X is a great camera, D80 is better/more$...and Nikon is offering a 2 lens outfit right now for an extra $50.....great deal, fair lenses!! 18-55mm and 70-200mm telephotos.
You can't go wrong with either of these cameras, Canon or Nikon...both offer features that the other doesn't, and you'll just have to decide which ones you need the most....for Portraits, both are great, but the lens choice is the important thing, and both offer good portraiture lenses...so do your homework and footwork for best prices...ask some pro's what they use, check out RITZ camera, online or a store, and hold the cameras yourself, take a few shots...get the prices and then decide...you'll be happy with both types!!
If you want to hone your photo skills and learn about photography, go with a digital SLR...point and shoot camera's are great and have a very real niche and use.

If money is the real issue, then look at the canon XTI, and newer XSI (new release) or the Nikon d40x or d60...Pentax k10 is also very nice...all hovering on sale around $600 w/lens!! But well worth it...Do your homework!! Internet is a great source of help...lookup the reviews, priceless help!!

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arlenecaballero 17 years ago said:

Now operating with a Nikon D40...low end version mostly for vacation and events. Personally I am getting a new camera Nikon D300 but would like the d700 for the most intense color and sharpness.

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pointsevenout 17 years ago said:

Holy Garbage Truck Batman!
I’m with Tnacndn, just another boob with a camera. Bought the cheapest digital camera Staples had. It’s a Fujifilm FinePix E510 that uses 5.2 Mega Pixels and a 10 shot memory card. Wanted to learn on the cheap stuff before investing half a years’ salary on something I know nothing about.

You can tell I’m a hack by the pics I have posted. Guess one of my major sins is centering the object in the shot according to what I’ve read in this group. Read the destructions once when I bought the camera, and said: yeah, right, like I’m going to remember all this stuff. There are so many flush mounted click switches on this thing that I change settings accidentally just picking the camera up. Good thing I only use it to take pics of the recipes I make and the eventual sunscape at dusk.

Haven’t put a lot of thought into taking stunning pictures of food. I’m too busy clicking and cooking to bother setting up a shot for the aesthetics. I download when the memory card gets full and continue on.

Good possibility this group will teach me a thing or two.

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jencathen 17 years ago said:

I just replaced my broken Canon Sure Shot with a Panasonic Lumix DM- FZ18. I'm loving it so far. I took my first food picture with it a few days. I'll add the recipe to this group. I can't wait to start taking more pics. I just wish I had nice plates and stuff to put it on or knew how to make things look nice. :(

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