Yet Another Cycling Forum
Random Musings => Gallery => Phototalk => Topic started by: rr on 01 September, 2008, 01:30:25 pm
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I am looking to buy a digital camera to replace my film SLR and its 24-70 and 70-210 lens, I use the wide end of the zooms alot and I don't see many digital that go wider than 35mm equivalent, any one any ideas? budget upto £200
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Panasonic LX2 or soon-to-be-launched LX3.
I've got an LX2 and it's fabulous up to ISO 200, the noise is awful at anything more than that.
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Ricoh GX100 and GX200 are 24-70 or thereabouts.
With optional electronic viewfinder for bright sun or if you are long sighted and didn't bring the reading glasses.
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How about staying with SLR but moving to digital SLR? You could get a second-hand one with a 18-55mm or similar lens to start with (eqiuiv to about 27-83mm), and add wider and longer lenses later.
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What film slr did / do you have, as the equlivent make of dslr may be able to use your older lenses.
This is definatly the case for Canon EOS glass.
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except the cheaper digital SLRs will make your existing lenses seem 1.5 or 1.6 times longer, which isnt ideal for wide angle.
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Its an EOS 100 with sigma lenses, I'm really looking for something smaller and cheaper than a dslr
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Panasonic or Lumix cameras seem to offer the widest angles amongst the compact digital cameras. They use leica lenses.
The Lumix DMC FX35 has a the equivelent of a 25mm at it's widest and 100mm at the long end of it's optical zoom.