I only have a point & shoot camera
For me, it all started about 2002 when my on Scott purchased a Sony Cyber Shot digital camera. I seen some of Scott’s work he did with the Sony Cyber Shot and was a bit attracted to the digital world of photography. At that time I was in no way going to get rid of my Eos A2E, but kind of wanted to do the digital thing, but no way was I going to sell me film camera.
I ventured out to look for one like it. I wanted the flexibility that I had with my A2E at the same time. I found the Sony Cyber Shot DSC – S75 with 3 mega pixels, it had a manual mode along with S & A priority, but carried the heavy price tag of $700.00, a lot of cash by today’s standards of a 3 mega pixel camera. None the less I purchased it and now I was a film / digital guy. As time pasted I was convinced that digital was the way to go and went full force into the digital world selling my Canon Eos A2E and purchasing the Canon Eos Rebel, the best I could afford at the time. Since my original SLR digital I have up graded to the Canon Eos 30-D, my present camera and see no need to further upgrade. The BIG HYPE of all these BIG mega pixel cameras have a lot of people fooled and some are purchasing them not knowing they got suckered by the sales persons all in the line of profit at the cost of the consumers pocket book. If your are going to do Big stuff and want to make billboard type photos, go for it, but on the other hand if you want to improve your photography buy what you can afford and learn how to use it to the best of your ability and you will do some very nice, well done photos.
Remember, this was back in 2002, the point and shoot camera then are nothing like they are today and neither are the prices.
I just purchased a Canon SX1 IS for my wife, it is a 10 mega pixel with a whole lot of features they never thought of back then and the price ? $499.
WOW! How far technology has come in those short years.
The most important thing is read, read, read, then put what you have learned in the books to practice, practice, practice and you will arrive. Buy the big guns for the big bucks and don’t know how to use them or have no real need for them then what you have is a big gun, that’s it in a nut shell.
So, if all you have or if all you can afford is a point & shoot go for the gusto.
Remember, Get Ready, Aim, Fire. In other words Read, learn to compose, and slowly press the shutter button.
Below please find a few of my examples of what can be done with a point & shoot camera.
I ventured out to look for one like it. I wanted the flexibility that I had with my A2E at the same time. I found the Sony Cyber Shot DSC – S75 with 3 mega pixels, it had a manual mode along with S & A priority, but carried the heavy price tag of $700.00, a lot of cash by today’s standards of a 3 mega pixel camera. None the less I purchased it and now I was a film / digital guy. As time pasted I was convinced that digital was the way to go and went full force into the digital world selling my Canon Eos A2E and purchasing the Canon Eos Rebel, the best I could afford at the time. Since my original SLR digital I have up graded to the Canon Eos 30-D, my present camera and see no need to further upgrade. The BIG HYPE of all these BIG mega pixel cameras have a lot of people fooled and some are purchasing them not knowing they got suckered by the sales persons all in the line of profit at the cost of the consumers pocket book. If your are going to do Big stuff and want to make billboard type photos, go for it, but on the other hand if you want to improve your photography buy what you can afford and learn how to use it to the best of your ability and you will do some very nice, well done photos.
Remember, this was back in 2002, the point and shoot camera then are nothing like they are today and neither are the prices.
I just purchased a Canon SX1 IS for my wife, it is a 10 mega pixel with a whole lot of features they never thought of back then and the price ? $499.
WOW! How far technology has come in those short years.
The most important thing is read, read, read, then put what you have learned in the books to practice, practice, practice and you will arrive. Buy the big guns for the big bucks and don’t know how to use them or have no real need for them then what you have is a big gun, that’s it in a nut shell.
So, if all you have or if all you can afford is a point & shoot go for the gusto.
Remember, Get Ready, Aim, Fire. In other words Read, learn to compose, and slowly press the shutter button.
Below please find a few of my examples of what can be done with a point & shoot camera.
