 Annette Leibovitz |
Getting a New Camera-film or digital? I am taking pictures with a Minolta XTsi since 1999. Before this I had a Minolta 570 (I think this is the correct #). I have a small digiatl for fun pictures but not for work. I take photographes at parties of about 120-170 people. I also take children's pictures. The last two parties I did my camera was not happy after about 4 hours of shooting. I do have a back-up base of the same camera. I called B and H Photo and they suggested either getting a Cannon SLR with a Quantum Q flash or go to a Cannon digital. I use Porta 100-400 speed film. I think the digital may be too technical for me? I need to do this soon as I am afraid my camera is not going to make it though to many more parties.
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Jon Close |
What do you mean by "my camera was not happy after about 4 hours of shooting?" Battery die in the camera? Battery die in an accessory flash? Shutter froze, film refused to advance?
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Annette Leibovitz |
The shutter would not release. I would hold down the button and it would not take a picture. I did replace the batteries in the camera. The flash batteries were new. I shot about 300 or so pictures.
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Jon Close |
The XTsi will not release the shutter if it cannot confirm focus (low light, low contrast subject, etc.). Could this be your problem? Or is it the shutter just got "tired" after so many shots and just quit? If the latter, you may need a more robust body, eg. Maxxum 7 or 9, or similar from Canon (EOS 3 or 1v), Nikon (F100, F5), etc.
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