digital camera newsgroups ?

Hi Group,
I'm having a little trouble finding a good digital camera NG. Anyone know of
one? I'm considering a Panasonic camera because I've had good luck with
their consumer products. But their cameras are not real highly rated. Any
ideas?
Bob

 

Real newsgroups? Sorry, there are any good ones. Too much noise to
signal ratio. Lots of flaming and narrow minds. I quit reading digital
camera newsgroups.

Go to http://www.dpreview.com They seem to have good information and
forums that are more polite. Of course, their forums are broken down by
brand, so you tend to get real owners who usually like what they have.

Clyde

 

Oops. There are NOT any good newsgroups.

Clyde

 

Thanks Clyde. You're right, it's a shame what's happened to this group with
some of the people who hang out here anymore.

 

Suck it up, crybaby.

 

You can also look at http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html I looked
over lots of models before I decided on my first digital.
RG

 

The Panasonics are very good with excellent lenses if you want a
compact.

--

Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

 

Yes, I am considering their DMC SZ5. They seem to be an excellent value as
well.
Bob

 

As has been said already, the S/N ratio is very high on most digital photo
NGs - like this one is exempt!

I would suggest that you check out rec.photo.digital.zlr (I believe that all/
most Panasonics fall into that range). Be prepared to receive several OT posts
to your inquiry, just read between the article [lines].

Hunt

 

Have a look at http://www.steves-digicams.com/
it's a super resource.

 

Thanks for that useful comment....

 

Your point well illustrated, Bob.

i.e. In normal, polite, personal, human interaction people don't talk
that way to each other. Well, not for long. If they do they soon find
they don't have any friends and no one wants to be around them.

I'm not sure why it has become OK to be inhuman to people, just because
we interact with typed words rather than face-to-face.

OTOH, I'm not sure we let them get away with it either. In real life,
they would get punched in the face for half the stuff said in
newsgroups. More commonly, most of us would walk away and stay away from
many of the people we keep arguing with in newsgroups. I guess I'm doing
more and more of that now.

Clyde

 

Which is the best advice. Ignoring them hurts more

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Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

 

Too bad you are real good at giving other people advice, but you can't use
it yourself.

 

Ignore the rest of their products, and concentrate on reviews of their
cameras.

Lots of different cameras to meet lots of different needs, so you'd need to
be more specific with what you want to do with it, what size pics you will
be looking to get out of it, what sort of size camera you are thinking of
etc.

Some nice picks at the moment:-

Nikon coolpix 5600, circa £160, compact but not pocket size
Olympus C-7070, circa £350, cross between D-SLR and compact really - great
reviews
Canon Powershot S2 IS, circa £390, cross between D-SLR and compact really -
great reviews

D-SLR - Canon EOS350D, or Nikon D70s or Nikon D50 due shortly - All circa
£600 upwards depending on kit.

Some excellent places to look at for reviews

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/

http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html