Okay guys, thanks for stopping in and giving me a little bit of your time. I'm by no means a photographer, and am not looking for a $2000 camera with 5 lenses.
But I'm about to become a father, and I'm looking for a good camera to record him growing up (as well as shoot some lovely shots of the garden.)
So I'd like some opinions. I have no real preference as to what type of camera, as long as a novice can use it.
Personally, I was looking at the Canon S100. I know enough to play with some of the manual settings and everything I read says that this is a very capable, yet portable camera. Portability isn't a priority, but I think if I can get an excellent, very capable camera that fits in my pocket, that would probably be my choice. Now the one negative thing about this Canon S100 I keep reading, is that there's no hot shoe, but I have no idea what that is?
However, I'm also interested in maybe a more basic model DSLR if that would be the better way to go. I figure a high-end compact and a low-end DSLR are pretty similar in the price range, but how to they match up to each other, performance wise?
Picture quality is my priority followed by ease of use. I only know the very basics of photography (basic understanding of ISO and aperture - all I ever do on my camera is adjust the white balance lol) Price matters, $300-500, preferably the lower-middle end of that spectrum.
Edit: Just found out what a hot shoe is. Why the hell would you need a hot shoe on a point and shoot? Seems silly to me, but what do I know?
But I'm about to become a father, and I'm looking for a good camera to record him growing up (as well as shoot some lovely shots of the garden.)
So I'd like some opinions. I have no real preference as to what type of camera, as long as a novice can use it.
Personally, I was looking at the Canon S100. I know enough to play with some of the manual settings and everything I read says that this is a very capable, yet portable camera. Portability isn't a priority, but I think if I can get an excellent, very capable camera that fits in my pocket, that would probably be my choice. Now the one negative thing about this Canon S100 I keep reading, is that there's no hot shoe, but I have no idea what that is?
However, I'm also interested in maybe a more basic model DSLR if that would be the better way to go. I figure a high-end compact and a low-end DSLR are pretty similar in the price range, but how to they match up to each other, performance wise?
Picture quality is my priority followed by ease of use. I only know the very basics of photography (basic understanding of ISO and aperture - all I ever do on my camera is adjust the white balance lol) Price matters, $300-500, preferably the lower-middle end of that spectrum.
Edit: Just found out what a hot shoe is. Why the hell would you need a hot shoe on a point and shoot? Seems silly to me, but what do I know?