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I'm buying a camera and I have really bad problems with picking up a camera.. I'm starting photography as my hobby, and on the other hand I would love to take pictures on some gigs, and well, here where I live, you're not allowed to take cameras like EOS 400D there and take some pictures, it has to be some digital camera or they'll just take your camera off.

Well, so the question is, what would be a good camera to take pictures at gig, and also have lots of functions to grow up with as I learn more about photography? Most of the gigs are in dark places so would need to have as good pictures as possible in dark situations.

Thanks for your hel/p/ anon

(I've been looking for reviews in dpreviews.com and I'm thinking of some Canon PowerShot, maybe G9?)
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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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The standard /p/ advice for which Point & Shoot camera to get is a PowerShot A-Series. My recommendation would be the PowerShot A630 ($170, last I checked), which has a relatively large (1/1.8") sensor, more resolution than you'll actually need, a nice flip-out screen, and a decent (35-140mm equiv) zoom. There's also the A650 IS, which gives you a longer telephoto (35-210mm equiv) and image stabilization, but costs $300 (i.e., not much less than a used SLR).

There's also the A570 IS for around $140 (which gives you image stabilization, but smaller sensor, which means likely a bit more noise in low light, and doesn't have the nice swivel screen of the A630). I wouldn't really recommend it, though. You lose a lot for that extra thirty bucks.

If you don't need manual controls, the rest of the PowerShot line opens up to you. But I don't care about digital cameras without manual controls, so I haven't bothered to research 'em.

Yes, I know this post sounds like absurdly high levels of canonfaggotry, but it gets asked a lot so I decided to do the research.
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>> Anonymous
>>171167
He's askig for a general use camera; he wants an SLR but can't use one for the gig photos he wants.

OP: A few suggestions:

1. Try getting a small, discreet SLR. The Olympus E-420 with the small 25/2.8 lens might work. Try to find out if that would be allowed by the venues. Call up the people who run it and ask. They might just prohibit DSLRs because of the size of a DSLR combined with the zoom lens most people will use- it's not something to have in a thick, dancing crowd.

One disadvantage of an SLR, if these are quiet type venues and not crazy rock clubs, is the shutter noise, especially if you want to shoot right by the mic.

2. Failing that, poke around dpreview.com and find the thing with the fastest lens and largest sensor.

3. Third alternative: a film rangefinder with a fast lens. Small, discreet, looks like a point and shoot to a doofus bouncer if he doesn't see it lacks a screen.

4. Best option, if your budget was unlimited: Leica M8, with 35 Summilux or 28 Summicron, 75 Summilux or 90 Summicron, and a wider lens if you want it.

Problem is, that would run you over $10,000.
>> Anonymous
If it's your first camera, don't get an SLR or spend more than 300 dollars on it.

Get a Powershot A650 or A630.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>171174
>He's askig for a general use camera; he wants an SLR but can't use one for the gig photos he wants.
Right. General use, can't be an SLR. He's asking about digitals, so I assume he wanted digitals. Therefore, he's asking for a digital P&S like the G9.

So, the P&S copypasta.