Digital photography

Some of them.

Almost.

haha

the oakleys kind of ruin the WW1 trench look though.

I thought it was a scar.

I'm looking to buy a reasonably good little point-and-shoot, does anyone have any recommendations?

I'm doing my master's in industrial design so I have to take a lot of photos of card/clay models, some from reasonably close-up and also from extreme angles. I want something with around an f2.8, around 28mm minimum focal length, and small enough to fit easily in a pocket. Not bothered about full manual control. I want to spend about £250.

I've got a couple of SLRs but I have to take a lot of photos at short notice, and they're too big to carry around with me. My phone camera is pretty pants at anything but landscape photography.

Also I don't like this obsession with optical zoom that point-and-shoot cameras have, like that advert on TV that shows one with 18x optical zoom. Who's ever going to use that on a pocket camera? Does anyone manufacture a pocket digital with a prime lens?

Used Ricoh GR digital? Old cameras but still great, you can pick one up for less than £150.

Does anyone manufacture a pocket digital with a prime lens?

Yes, but they tend to be a bit pricey as they're not that mass-market. Leica X1, Fuji X100, Sigma DP2 leap to mind.

I just searched for Ricoh GR on ebay, and they actually look perfect. I'll look into the other ones tonight. Thanks!

I've just pm'd you lae think you'll be more happy with the GX8 to be honest.

I'm looking to buy a reasonably good little point-and-shoot, does anyone have any recommendations?

I'm doing my master's in industrial design so I have to take a lot of photos of card/clay models, some from reasonably close-up and also from extreme angles. I want something with around an f2.8, around 28mm minimum focal length, and small enough to fit easily in a pocket. Not bothered about full manual control. I want to spend about £250.

I've got a couple of SLRs but I have to take a lot of photos at short notice, and they're too big to carry around with me. My phone camera is pretty pants at anything but landscape photography.

Also I don't like this obsession with optical zoom that point-and-shoot cameras have, like that advert on TV that shows one with 18x optical zoom. Who's ever going to use that on a pocket camera? Does anyone manufacture a pocket digital with a prime lens?

Ahem. I was too lazy to put it on the 'bay so it's still around.

shameless cough

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300589533108&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1156

Would anyone recommend an MD (Minolta) to Canon fit.

I've got my dad's old manual Minolta lenses and I'd love to breath some more life in to them to use with my 5D plus I love the old 28mm and 50mm 1.7.

iirc the flange distance for MD mount is shorter than Canon so adapters (if you can get them) won't let the lens focus to infinity...

Ah I thought there was an adaptor which you could get to focus to inf.

Can anyone recommend a decent point and shoot that's small enough for jeans pockets (so I'm never tempted to leave it behind), fast to turn on, and capable of reasonable pictures?

Oh, and while my camera knowledge is lacking, my googlefu (probably about an orange belt) threw up this -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Minolta-MD-MC-Lens-CANON-EOS-Adapter-infinity-focus-/280708785193?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415b8c2429

I guess that's not ideal because it relies on poor optics... but optics are non necessario.

Thought I was in film thread, nvm...

Taken this morning from Teufelsberg listening station. Welcome to the American sector. Voitgländer 15mm f/11.

^great, i love that cloud burst. I'd also love to go to that place

^ Can anyone just go up there or is it a sneaky-sneaky type affair?

^ Can anyone just go up there or is it a sneaky-sneaky type affair?

Both.

You're not meant to be up there, so there is a wire fence around the whole place. But there are so many parties and what-have-you that there are loads of holes to climb through. I went early for the light, but also to avoid any attention.

Not all of the structures are entirely safe - holes in the floors, open lift shaft, missing walls, asbestos. I don't think the greenies really care that much about people being up there, as long as there's no need to send ambulances to bring them out.

Any issues with using film lenses with digital camera?
I'm thinking of getting an FD 50mm 1.4 and a FD to EF converter so I can use it on my AE1 and 350D.

Make sure the FD lens is newer bayonet mount rather than screw on ("breech something"). Other than not focussing on infinity which is normal then even cheap £10 mounts from ebay should be ok.