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Does anyone know of a good Digital Camera for bars. indoors, outside etc.. all around good Digital Camera?

I have 2 of them and can't stand them.. to much red eye, or the pic does not come out looking good.

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Red eye is pretty common with some of the cheaper digitals. Most digital photo problems can generally be fixed in a photo editing program though.
Some cameras have settings that you can adjust as well that will help eliminate the red-eye. Try different exposure & apature settings - camera settings.

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The Nikon I have takes great pics, but the red eye is a killer.

Bearded Wolf is a friend of mine and said he would take all the red eye out of my pics. I hope the offer still stands till I get a better one.

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I use a Samsung Digimax 301 purchased at the local Wally World for right around $125. It's a great little camera with a slew of nice features (it even takes short video clips!) and the ability to store over 100 pictures on the internal memory alone.

and you can visit my website using the link on this post to see what the pictures look like rom this camera. There is a red eye reducing flash option and I wish I could make it the default, because I often forget to turn it on!

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Believe it or not I now use a Motarolla V600 phone with a built in camera its great and also good in the half light as well
Regarding Redeye I just put my images (via my bluetooth data suite) into Adobe Photoshop and that seems to fix the problem

Hope this helps

JASON, Yah, I'll be glad to get the red out for you. Of course, some of us have red eyes all night anyway
I've been looking for a good digital that will work in low light, as in most karaoke clubs. Looks like they start at about $500.

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I am a die hard fan of the SONY MAVICAS... I bought my first one for 500.00 as a gift to myself at Christmas a few years back...it's an FD73...John took it on a truck run to California so I went to Walmart and bought me another which now costs much less...299.00 as I needed one to take hurricane pictures....I think its a FD200 or something like that...

The delight of a SONY MAVICA is that they take pictures directly to a floppydisk...You pop it in any A drive and boom there are your pics...They come with software for altering etc. or you can work on them in the paint programs and wipe out anything u don't like, doctor eyes, etc...

It's hard to beat a lil floppy for ease...no uploading, cheap,....you can put about 32 pics on each disk and they take a great pic, even macro zoom....

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I have a samsung digimax too... great camera

My Sony 717 works well, but still, the red eye will jump up and bite you.

I bought a $20.00 strobe from the camera shop, and it fires when the camera strobe fires. I place (scotch tape) a thin white piece of paper, over the camera strobe, and the extra flash off to the side a bit.
No more red eye.

Yes, it works.

No reason you can't have two extra strobes.

Yup, there's lots of solutions for red-eye reduction. WHat Jason and I are also interested to know is, if anyone here has put up the $ for a good digital that works in low lighting situations. Brand recommendations and such.

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Actually, not many work in low light. (Around $10,000 it gets better)

You can also buy a high power strobe and buy a digital that has a flash connection. That works really good.

Like anything worthwhile, closer is better. Don't try to shoot pix across the room. Light falls off with the square of the distance, "Closer is better".

(If you move from 10 feet to 20 feet to shoot a picture, it requires 4 times the light intensity)

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Thanks for the info.

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Red eye is caused from your eyes not reacting fast enough to a flash(the pupils don't close down fast enough) and the flash is reflecting off the back of the inside of your eye. A camera with red eye reduction uses a "pre flash" which causes your pupils to close down before the actual flash and picture taking. I have a Pentax EI200 which you can use in an auto mode or override the controls and make the settings yourself. If you're into photography, something like that may work for you. I looked at a new Kodak camera at Wally World the other day. DX7590 if you want to look it up at the Kodak web site. msrp$499, I think it was about $400 at Wally World. Lots of bells and whistles, but simple to use.

I should have said that I did use my Sony Mavica to take many pics inside a pub where my brother was doing his KJ show in Ohio...The pics were very good and he had them on his web site for a long time till he stopped playing that place every weekend...So, I would rate it high for use in that situation...I also took many others in other places where we sing...

Also Wally gives you I believe a short period of time to decide if you're happy with your purchase...I have alot of pics in my album on Singers Showcase and they were all taken with my Mavica. There couldn't be a simpler camera to use...and it takes excellent pictures...I have been a photography enthusiast for years and I would buy it again tomorrow and not bat an eye..

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Digital cameras are not like using a regular film camera, especially in low light. Know how to use the photo editing software that comes with your camera. I have an older Toshiba 3.2 mega pixel. Slower microprocessor no video. I use the low light setting on mine it is like film speed or 400 ASA equivalent with flash. Red eye can be a problem and you need to know who to get your software to get the best result. I would also recommend Ofoto.com and their downloadable picture program that will bring the colors back to POP from having to lighten them to be visible. It can also set your crop correctly for the size picture you are looking to print or buy.

I have always been a camera and photography enthusiast. The camera has been a great marketing tool with online photo albums of patrons and singers nightly. Use you photo program before using the Ofoto to fix the color depth and crop size. Digital pictures tend to turn out dark even when they look fine in the backlighted camera monitor. Learn to tweak the contrast, light, bright, color saturation, despeckling when lightening, etc. I have my Hurricane Ivan pictures on my site in a special online album. We survived, hopefully we will work this week, and all we will lose is one week in this 5 week month (extra week).

A DIGITALcamera is only as good as it's lenses optical zoom and software (and the software user). So don't be afraid to work with it.

Our camera works pretty well.

The picture of me that I had on here before my cat was taken in the dark with the "night" setting.

The picture that is on right now of the cat was taken on the close up setting.

My cat has a lot of problems with red eye. I can not take a picture of her with the flash without having her look like a devil. It is crazy! Even with the red eye reduction function that comes on the camera, she still gets it like crazy.

I guess you get the kind of camera you pay for in the end. I know mine has different settings for different situations...normal, action, landscape, night, close up...and it also has a video setting.

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If u have the $ get an SLR. I have Canons EOS Rebel D & it rocks! I agree with the others, as it has a "pre-flash" to help rid the red & manual override so you can change the settings for low light situations. A good lens is also key.
Pix of your entertainers are great to have as mentioned for promos. I have an E-mail sign up list at shows and send the pix in a weekly newsletter. It's a great way to promote your shows, get feedback & requests! Worth spending a little extra for a good camera & a tax write off!