Recent content by merdesign

I will use it purely for the same type of 'work' (I've described it in my first post) - I don't do amateur photography because I can see I'm useless at it, don't have the talent and purely because I am not mad about it. [Therefore I'm more than happy taking pics on family events/travels using...

I'm going to post in the same thread, because here I am with the same dilemma! I am looking for a camera, price range is up to 350GBP, picture quality is very important. I don't mind the rest, as long as I can get what is most important to me: picture quality (I'm more concerned about macro...

eccles - I am well aware that megapixels are not everything today. :) Nope! Even on sunny days pictures were a bit dark, and most of all: soft, blurry and definitely not nowhere near sharp. At first I though it was my fault and gave camera to others to try it out however they were...

I think mine is even worst than the one you showed! I wasn't the person who bought it, I just dug it out of the my parent's drawer, I bet it was bought in Boots for less than 15 quid. Doesn't sound harsh at all - you guys have way more knowledge and experience with cameras that I will ever...

Yes, you are right Grum. I've used tripod for my FujiFilm S2000HD, however camera displayed 'blur warning' (:cuckoo:). Sometimes I wander if the camera was faulty. I still have tripod, so I will keep your advice in mind! I think I will go for Kodak M530 (on sale in Argos) - not to keen on...

HoppyUK - thank you for you answer! I was thinking last night that buying DSLR some time in the future will be the best option, however my budget doesn't allow it just now, so I will go for compact until I get money. I get impression that the best DSLRs there are to get are Canon and Nikon...

This is my first post here, so before I began I would like to say Hello to everyone. I would like help in choosing camera. I've used few digital ones before so I have fairly good idea what I want from camera: - Budget is 80 pounds (100 tops) - Battery - has to be AA (I have 8...