{"id":451,"date":"2006-06-05T18:53:23","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T18:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=451"},"modified":"2006-06-05T18:53:23","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T18:53:23","slug":"camera_quandry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"Camera quandry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nI realize that the camera in my phone sucks.  But it is just so convienient.  I carry my phone around with me so therefore I also have a camera around.  I have been looking at small pocket cameras though and thinking.  I like the new<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/reviews\/specs\/Sony\/sony_dsct30.asp\">Sony DSC-T30<\/a>.  It seems like it would be a good camera.  The going price for it is around $400.  But it would be another thing to carry around and keep charged.  Also, it would require a different memory card than the CF cards I have.  Why do manufacturers have to keep creating new memory card formats?  Gah!  A 4GB Ultra II Memory Stick Pro Duo would cost $190.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThats $600.  The other side of the equation is would be to buy some good glass for my Canon EOS 20D.  I would get general Canon compatible lenses and not ones specifically designed for to 20D (those would limit my options to a few cameras).  I am currently considering:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/consumer\/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&amp;fcategoryid=149&amp;modelid=8503\">Canon EF 24-70mm f\/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/consumer\/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&amp;fcategoryid=150&amp;modelid=7469\">Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThose lenses would replace the EF-S 17-85mm f\/4-5.6 IS USM lens that I have.  They would give me a couple more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscoles.com\/fstop.htm\">F\/stops<\/a> for better lower light handling.  It is a shame that there is not a 16-24mm f\/2.8L lens.  And I would loose Image Stabilization on the 24-70.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDecisions, decisions&#8230; Oh, and I will eventually replace my camera phone with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nokiausa.com\/phones\/N80\/0,7747,,00.html\">N-80<\/a> or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nokia.com\/nseries\/index.html?lang=en&amp;country=US#product,n93\">N-93<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realize that the camera in my phone sucks. But it is just so convienient. I carry my phone around with me so therefore I also have a camera around. I have been looking at small pocket cameras though and thinking. I like the new Sony DSC-T30. It seems like it would be a good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dilemma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}