wrath
03-12-2009, 04:34 PM
I need some help. I can't help but notice that BCM has quite a few fine photographers.
I need help picking equipment.
Some backstory:
I'm essentially clueless when it comes to picture taking and photography as a hobby or profession. I'm perfectly happy with a $80 point and shoot, taking some pictures, then do a quickie fix later with the idiot's tool for fixing pictures: Photofiltre. In fact, my girlfriend donated her Sony DSC-V1 to me and I think it's the greatest thing ever. I don't know if it's crap or not, but I think it's great. It's definitely no SLR. The recycle time sucks but oh well.
My girlfriend went to school for journalism. She spent a lot of time on the photography end of things. Like ran the university photography club and things like that. She developed her own film. Used to be a giant hobby of hers but for some reason she quit doing it. I'm guessing it was money-related (it's an expensive hobby). I think another part is that she got tired of lugging around SLRs everywhere. She had sold pretty much all of her equipment except that Sony DSC-V1 when she was living overseas.
She's mentioned several times she'd like a new camera but for some reason hasn't been interested in a SLR. I'd been waiting since Summer for the Canon G10 to come out since it seemed to be better than the G9. As far as settings to adjust it seems like the Canons seem to dominate the point and shoots. That or the fancy Panasonic that just came out. Anyway, I couldn't find one just before Christmas for anything less than MSRP so I planned on getting her one for her birthday. Well, I found one at a smoking price at Circuit City and bought it while she was there with me.
She essentially has no hobbies. I have a ton of really expensive hobbies. Neither one of us have pursued our hobbies since moving here. I'd like to get her doing something like photography. She likes the new camera and hauls it around with her a lot. She'd probably take it more places but she's afraid she's going to hurt it. I think that fear will wear off once I drop it a couple times. haha.
So, I'd like to buy her some "accessories" for her G10. Ideally, they'll be decent ones but not too terribly expensive or she'll be mad (and know what I'm up to). It would also be nice if they'd work with a Canon SLR, like an EOS 450D/Rebel XSi. I was thinking someday she might like to get another SLR.
So far, I've bought:
A Canon Speedlite 220EX
A Targus 66" tripod
I'd like to get:
A faster Sandisk SD card. Maybe a SDSDX3-004G-A31
A Canon OC-E3 2' cord. Is this going to be useful?
A sleeve for the camera so when it's in your pocket/purse it's protected. Any ideas where I can find one or what to use? Silicone or neoprene or something?
Any other ideas for someone who likes to take pictures?
I need help picking equipment.
Some backstory:
I'm essentially clueless when it comes to picture taking and photography as a hobby or profession. I'm perfectly happy with a $80 point and shoot, taking some pictures, then do a quickie fix later with the idiot's tool for fixing pictures: Photofiltre. In fact, my girlfriend donated her Sony DSC-V1 to me and I think it's the greatest thing ever. I don't know if it's crap or not, but I think it's great. It's definitely no SLR. The recycle time sucks but oh well.
My girlfriend went to school for journalism. She spent a lot of time on the photography end of things. Like ran the university photography club and things like that. She developed her own film. Used to be a giant hobby of hers but for some reason she quit doing it. I'm guessing it was money-related (it's an expensive hobby). I think another part is that she got tired of lugging around SLRs everywhere. She had sold pretty much all of her equipment except that Sony DSC-V1 when she was living overseas.
She's mentioned several times she'd like a new camera but for some reason hasn't been interested in a SLR. I'd been waiting since Summer for the Canon G10 to come out since it seemed to be better than the G9. As far as settings to adjust it seems like the Canons seem to dominate the point and shoots. That or the fancy Panasonic that just came out. Anyway, I couldn't find one just before Christmas for anything less than MSRP so I planned on getting her one for her birthday. Well, I found one at a smoking price at Circuit City and bought it while she was there with me.
She essentially has no hobbies. I have a ton of really expensive hobbies. Neither one of us have pursued our hobbies since moving here. I'd like to get her doing something like photography. She likes the new camera and hauls it around with her a lot. She'd probably take it more places but she's afraid she's going to hurt it. I think that fear will wear off once I drop it a couple times. haha.
So, I'd like to buy her some "accessories" for her G10. Ideally, they'll be decent ones but not too terribly expensive or she'll be mad (and know what I'm up to). It would also be nice if they'd work with a Canon SLR, like an EOS 450D/Rebel XSi. I was thinking someday she might like to get another SLR.
So far, I've bought:
A Canon Speedlite 220EX
A Targus 66" tripod
I'd like to get:
A faster Sandisk SD card. Maybe a SDSDX3-004G-A31
A Canon OC-E3 2' cord. Is this going to be useful?
A sleeve for the camera so when it's in your pocket/purse it's protected. Any ideas where I can find one or what to use? Silicone or neoprene or something?
Any other ideas for someone who likes to take pictures?