I bought a new camera since my old one stopped working.
It's an iShare 30 Pixels Digital Camera.
I have to say for around $50 I'm pretty happy with this. There are some things that it doesn't work well for like up close pictures of small things but I'm saving for a better digital camera that will be better for that. So here are some of the pictures I've taken this week that came out pretty well.
In full sunlight, it takes good sky pictures. We had some big puffy clouds and I was able to get some good pics of that.
We had a day where the sky was very dark. I wanted to zoom in and get a better picture but if you zoom in too much it starts getting really blurry. But if you don't it comes out fine.
Not zoomed in I can still get a picture of the entire street.
I can take pretty good sky pictures which is what I was hoping for.
I was standing across the street and zoomed in just a little to get a picture of this tree and it came out good.
A sunset picture from this week.
It doesn't take good pictures at night though. I can use the flash and get a picture but it comes out blurry and same for dark lighting inside the apartment. But other than that, not too bad.
On the 11th it was so smokey from the Davis fire at 7AM I couldn't even see the sun. The sun is normally very bright right here where I took the picture.
The smoke from the fires made for some nice sunsets though.
There were a lot of orange and red in the sky at sunset.
And then we got some rain clouds but no rain.
So I'm pretty happy with the camera I have right now. It takes alright pictures for what I needed it for. I'm still saving for a better one with a better zoom but this is fine for now. So if you're ever in need of a cheaper digital camera, now you know the iShare brand isn't too bad.
It is such a cute little camera, and lovely colour too.
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DeleteI am glad you are happy with it - and hope the smoke is gone.
ReplyDeleteThe smoke is still around. The fire is still burning and there's another fire in California.
DeleteThat’s fun to experiment with a new camera. The sunset with the palm trees is beautiful.
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DeleteI'm so glad that you got a new camera and that it works well for most things for you. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am still using my tablet to take pictures of small things. lol
DeleteIt does seem like a good one, especially for that price. And I didn't know about the fire!
ReplyDeleteIt works well for what I need. Yeah there's a fire here in Nevada and one in California next door.
DeleteBravo! You do have some very interesting clouds out your way.
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DeleteSome great photos there. As you say, good sky pictures. We're getting some stunning sunsets here in Belfast at the moment.
ReplyDeleteYou should post some.
DeleteIt looks like it does the job. Have you noticed that there's a longer shutter on the night photos? That's probably why they're blurry. You have to hold the camera still for longer. (It took me way too long to figure out this was an issue with one camera I had. That's the only reason I'm mentioning it.)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I think it just doesn't take good photos at night. But I have my window cameras that take really good night time pictures.
DeleteDoes this camera have an eye viewer? My old digital camera had the option to view through the eye or through the camera viewer, and so far I've not been able to find one like it.
ReplyDeleteIt has a screen on the back where you can see the picture.
DeleteWhen I saw just how expensive good cameras cn be, I've (up to now) stuck with my cell phone for photography. This sounds like a good starter camera but I think you are already outgrowing it. Still, it's a good opportunity to practice honing your photography skills for when you can get something higher in quality (and more expensive!) Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteYes, I want to get a better camera but it will have to wait a bit.
DeleteSome pretty photos! Glad this camera's working out for you for now!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteHopefully we will be seeing more photos.
ReplyDeleteOh absolutely.
DeleteGreat pics, Mary! For the price, the camera seems to be doing a solid job, especially with those sky and sunset shots. Zoom can be tricky, but it sounds like you're still getting good results. Can’t wait to see more as you play around with it!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm still taking a bunch of pictures to see what I can and can't do with it.
DeleteNice photos, clear and sharp. Hope this camera works out well for you.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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