Through the Lens...Point and Shoot Cameras..

So lately I have been getting a lot of questions from clients, friends, family and even other photographers - so as teachers always told me going through school..."if you have a question, odds are someone else has the same question..." I thought I would share the answers in hopes to helping others.

So in honor of that I am going to start and Ask the Pro Section called Through the Lens...


So for my first Through the Lens article...

One of the most common questions I get from Mom's out there is "What kind of camera should I buy? I just want a simple point and shoot camera but I would like it to be nice but not cost me thousands of dollars."

I want to start the answer to this question by saying that camera don't take pictures people do so truly if you know your camera inside and out and understand the different settings and functions you will be able to capture a great picture. Now I am not saying you should go out and open a photography business using your iphone camera because you understand how the iphone camera works. But I do think you can get a good picture on a iphone. Their is something to be said for nice camera equipment and the professional lines of camera in the Nikon and Canon companies are extremely high in quality and their is something to be said about the quality of equipment.

I myself have a point and shoot digital camera that I often put in my back pocket for when my friends and I go out and about for the day or for when I am scouting out new locations or riding roller coaster at Cedar Point. All times that I feel it is easier to carry the small compact point and shoot than all my heavy professional camera equipment.

With all that said I would have to say that even though my point and shoot camera is a Fujifilm FINEPIZ J110w.

It is a discounted model but it is pretty nice. It doesn't give me much trouble and it seems pretty durable.

I also have this super fun film point and shoot camera has a fisheye lens in it. A company by the name of lomography, if you have a little extra cash it is totally worth getting on of these if you are into taking pictures for fun or even just like having something different. Now it is not high quality or anything fancy in fact it is made up of plastic mainly. But it does take 35mm film and I find it fun to use black and white film in it. 

When it comes to shopping today though some cameras that can be found at most retailers that I would most likely recommend to you are....

Panasonic Lumix FH27 -  It is simply to work and understand as well as it has a nice zoom and a nice lens built in with a 3" preview screen on the back which is nice for double checking your images. This camera runs just under $200 which is also nice for a little camera. 

I also have always favored Olympus Point and Shoot cameras. My very first digital camera and my first 35mm film camera was an Olympus. And I very much want the new Olympus Pen Camera but so far need to keep saving my money to get one. 

In the Olympus camera that I would recommend currently any of the tough series cameras. I am always dropping things so they are very ideal for people that are not so graceful. They are built to withstand water, high and low temperatures and crush proof. As well as they are excellent in quality and VERY easy to learn the functions of this camera. They have large viewing screens and I feel that olympus always keeps high quality at the top of the list when making new and different cameras.

These options are only my opinion. And I hope they helped in some way. All this camera talk makes me want to go out and buy so new equipment. :-)