I am not sure if this is the right place to put this question, but it was at answerpoin.ask.com. So, I was wondering if anyone here knew about buying a new camera. I wanted to get one that allowed you to see the picture after you take it. Also I wanted one that would enable you to take it to a professional photography center for printing (so I wanted to stay away from a digital camera, because my printer doesn't really print up to quality pictures. So, please help me!

There are only two ways that I know that you can see the picture you just took. One is a Polaroid camera that will give you a picture in about 60 sec. These pictures an OK but the quality leaves a lot to be desired.

The other is digital camera that has a video screen on it so you will see how it turns out right away.

This would be good even if you don’t have a good printer. Download your pictures to your computer, edit or clean up, add text if you like and even frame borders. Save these to a disk and take the dist to your favorite camera shop and some printing shops such as Kinko’s. They will then print them for you in any size you wish. I needed a post one time and had a picture blown up to 24 X 36 inches. Great poster, but not great picture.

Hope this helps.

I saw a 35mm camera a couple of years ago that had the display screen as the Digital Cameras have, but I doubt it is still in production...
Whats wrong with a Digital camera ? Any decent Photo shop will make prints for you just as they do in 35mm or so...
For about $125 you can get a Kodak 215 that take super pictures and easy to use...With a digital you never have to buy film, as the flash cards can be deleted amd re-used...think about it...

Nothing is wrong with a digital, it just isn't enough for some forms of photography. Digital is great for documenting the plumbing disaster for the insurance company and capturing great memories to send over the Net or print. There aren't enough settings to get snow to look anything but grey, to allow for constant change of depth of field at a concert, or to highlight a child's face under a broad brimmed hat. I haven't seen a digital that works in black & white.

nerdqueen: You're not looking at the right cameras. There are 2 Sony digitals that I know of that have the ability to take absolutely SPECTACULAR pictures! These will rival or surpass the best film cameras even large format. I have seen photos taken in Bryce Canyon, Utah and printed on 16x20 format and these looked just plain beautiful. If you are looking at digitals in the $200.-$300 range then, yes, you're right they are good for the use you mentioned. However, if you want a camera that allows you to view the results immediately, AND have top quality photos, these criteria can be realized. You will need an archival printer to be up to the task presented by the camera as well. If this is what you are after all you need to do is go buy it and know that you will probably be nudging $2000.00. And truthfully if you go and look at film cameras that would provide this kind of quality you will probably spend half of that but of course you won't have the immediacy of the digital. This is something that you have to decide for yourself. In regard to black and white, you simply print your photo in greyscale.

[This message was edited by sae501 on 06-05-02 at 09:13 AM.]

[This message was edited by sae501 on 06-05-02 at 09:14 AM.]

Nerdqueen, sae501 is absolutly correct...There are many Digitals thaat will equal any good 35....I use to be a newspaper photographer back in another life, and believe me, there is no way I would go back to the ole chemical days and ways...I can print out black and whites that you would not know what kind of camera they came from....BTY- I use to live off of Fireweed and "C" on 26th....but that was many years ago....In fact, it was in the middle of the last century....

Ya, but do they make that coool sound when the shutter snaps?

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Originally posted by LVLF:
Ya, but do they make that coool sound when the shutter snaps?

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Yes, some do. Even my Sony digital video in still mode snaps the shutter when you take a picture.

A good advantage of a digital camera is you can go to Webshots.com for a lot of things. Try it.

Click here for a whole new world of Photos.

You will Love it.

I thank you for the update on the digitals. It seems I have been window shopping in the low class stores. My old, heavier than lead, Minolta may be replaced.

donrent...Fireweed and C...hiking distance to Koots.

I've had some practice making my own pictures and publishing them, so I can tell you what's involved here. It's actually easy enough for any amateur, if you don't mind spending the money. Here's what you need:

1--photo quality printer (don't fool around here, get samples)
2--photo paper (you can expirament with regular paper, but for a finished pic, get the real thing)
3--any good computer with a cd burner (for storing pics, because if you have a digital camera, you should be taking thousands of them instead of dozens, well, after all they're free)
4--Photoshop Professional (6.0 or better--for printing, you can't use any of the cheaper versions). Sorry, no other photo software even compares. Unfortunately, most software dealers don't carry it because everyone goes for the cheaper programs like PhotoSuite (yuk!!), but you can order it.
5--Practice a lot. When you're satisfied with the quality of a pic, save it as a .jpg in RGB mode. When you want to print it, save it as a .jpg in CMYK mode. (A final resolution of 600 is probably the best you'll ever need.)

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