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Digital cameras
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 23 Replies
elgius wrote:Interesting to hear that people still use the view finder nowadays. The Somny Cybershot range all have view finders but you'd miss the 'good bits' of using teh LCD screen like the Subject Capture modes etc where the camera focuses in on what you've centred it on & adjusts the lens accordingly.

I dont think there are 'bad' digital cameras around anymore, just some better than others. And the golden rule with digital cameras: dont take 1 photo, take 5 or 6 for every shot you want and sort out the best later.





I need reading glasses..albeit not powerful ones and to focus on a screen at 3" is difficult ..and as ise says in high light you cant see it clearly anyway!
and don't you find that looking through a viewfinder that you are somehow more involved in the composition
I am looking for hotels in resorts that offer inclusive lift passes at certain times ...for instance Obertuern on the week before xmas...another option is to go for 2 weeks ,,,a big saving one transfer and one flight which about covers the cost of the pass
Digital cameras
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 23 Replies
just a thought Mr Admin why not a picture section...skiing and photography seem to go together..and if everyone used flikr or the like it wouldn't take much bandwidth if that would be a problem
Digital cameras
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 23 Replies
I like the snowy evening one ..that's why I didn't buy an SLR...why don't they make them smaller (like the old Canon 110 I really loved mine)
Digital cameras
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 23 Replies
well I thought I would follow the herd..and sign up to flikr to share my pics...seems easy

here's the first few

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n3dsd/

Driving to Chamonix
Started by User in France, 9 Replies
only in the summer..took 11 hours via Lille and Luxembourg(less tolls) from the coast ..(1 driver and cheaper fuel in Lux)..I would not think you would need chains unless you go higher..its 660 miles so you can work out the fuel
Digital cameras
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 23 Replies
I use an Casio Exilim Pro EX-P700 I bought a couple of years ago ....i get excellent results but would have liked something a mite more pocketable but cant find a camera with a viewfinder ....why have they stopped making them!!
Freedom in the Alps
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 8 Replies
what can I say :thumbup: except I am extremely jealous ...Austria is wonderful but the skiing in France is better and higher at this time of year ...I was in Val Thorens and the amount of runs in the 3 Valleys (600k)is unmatched

http://www.valthorens.com/winter-en/home-page.1.html
http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/France/The_Three_Valleys.html

cheap flights to Geneva then train to Moutiers
http://www.altibus.com/