Is there a place where I can rent a DSLR camera?

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Victoria M

I am very interested in a DSLR camera, but I need to maybe rent one until I can purchase my own. Is there a place online or a store that rents them?

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http://www.calumetphoto.com/rental?cm_mmc=Calumet%20US-_-Google%20Adwords-_-Non%20ROI%20-%20US-_-Rentals%20and%20Seminars&a=CA01&t=CA01

www.adoramarentals.com
http://www.procamerarental.com/35mmDSLR.html

There are others.

Check dpreview.com for rental suggestions.

Best DSLR camera for film making and photography?

Q. I've decided to purchase my first dslr camera. I'm a amateur film maker so I need a camera that can handle that, with excellent video. But I also do a lot of photography, especially sports.
I'm not too concerned with costs. Basically, I want the best possible video and picture quality possible. With quality, I'm not really willing to sacrifice.
On a less important note, I have pretty small hands, so an especially large body might be a problem.

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Film makers use 16 mm and 35 mm motion picture cameras and most of them rent them from a place like here

http://www.birnsandsawyer.com/_camera-rentals/35mm-cameras/

Some dSLR's have a video feature, but are NOT designed to be a primary video camera. For those you can rent them from Birns and Sawyer or buy something like those listed on this link

http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelList?storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&catGroupId=34401&surfModel=AG-HPX370

The above cameras are designed to produce video projects and do an excellent job

ALL video, motion picture and digital still cameras have large camera bodies, but since all but a few shots needed to produce a film/video involve the camera being mounted on a tripod, this should NOT be a problem for you.

Here is a link to the type video camera used by one of my sports shooting colleagues.

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-broadcastcameras/cat-dvcam/product-DSR400PL/

The lens he has attached to is is a Fujinon ENG Style zoom designed for 1080p

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/optical_devices/broadcast-hd-sd/hdtv-lenses/2-3-eng/za-select/za22x76-berd/

While simple $300 P&S cameras shoot both stills and video, neither are what you would want to use if your goal is excellent stills or excellent video.

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How many megapixels should I get in a new camera phone?

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Marisa :)

I'm looking for a new cell phone. The one i'm looking at is 1.3 megapixels. I know that's not very much, but it's just a phone. My actually camera is 8.0. Can you give me examples of lower or higher megapixel phones? Because I have a motorola pebl, and it takes terrible pictures. I want something better than that for sure.

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I recently got the lg shine, and i got a 2.0 mega pixel camera on it. It is probably one of the best quality pictures i have ever seen on a phone. After uploading to the computer you can really see how good the pictures are. So i would highly suggest getting a 2.0 mega pixel camera for a phone! hope i helped!

For amateur photography, should i go for a greater zoom or a high megapixel camera?

Prateek

i am confused between two cameras, one Sony cybershot with 12mp and 3x zoom and the other a Canon 9mp and 10x zoom. differnce in price is about(rs.3000). which is a better deal? can you please help me select..

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Having the options given, you should look in for higher zoom than a higher megapixel.

Megapixels only help you to blow up your photos to large sizes. Let me explain it a bit clearly, a 9 megapixel image will help you to blow up ur prints to 24.3" X 18.2" in normal photo print. where as a 12 megapixel image will blow up till 26.7" X 20.0". If you are an amateur, I doubt you will ever print your photos to that large size!

Now, bigger size doesn't mean better photo quality. Photo quality is dependent on the sensor size which would be much same in both these cameras (unless you are buying an SLR)

Hence, I would suggest that you opt for a camera with better (Optical) zoom. This will enable you to take finer photos from a large distance.

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