Yeah! I was to get it from my cousin coming from US, but since the price quoted was less - i got it here itself..

yeah sure Aryan! I'm heading down to the East Coast Road in an hour, let me see if i can zoom in the sunset

Cant wait to start shooting!

Query

Hi All,

How do you carry your cameras while touring? is it in the saddlebag or tankbag? My zma doesn't have a crashguard so am afraid to put my camera and lenses in the saddlebag. Checked the tankbag but i suspect the corruption of data in memory card due to the presence of strong magnetic field. Carrying it in a backpack proves to be painful during long rides. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Krishna

Even I carry my camera and lenses inside the backpack as putting it either on the tankbag/saddlebag/ or tying it with the rear seat with the help of bungee cords would surely prove disastrous for the glasses!

Hey guys even i bought the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 yesterday for Rs.18600/- 3year warranty and 8GB SDHC card... didn't get the carry case though.

Me too got my Fz28. Phoned my friends to tell them and they thought it was some new Yamaha bike that I imported from Britain.

lol... hope they don't wait for that imaginary bike too... just kidding.

Wow! So many FZ28's around!!

Wil be thankful , if some one could help me about the Custom settings (C1 & C2)

Hi guys.. this is Ketan here from Mumbai..
I want to sell off my brand new digital camera for some reason.. It's just coupla months old and is in scratchless condition.. Many of the Mumbai xbhpians know bout the condition as they've seen in it past rides. I want the money for some family reason and that's why this decision to sell my beloved camera...

Some details here..
Nikon P80
10.1 Mega Pixel
18x optical zoom...
Price: 14700 (with all the standard accessories + camera pouch which I bought seperately) Current MPR as per last months Photography magazine is Rs.19xxx

Those who r interested please contact me thru PM or on my cell coz I dont want to create a mess here by discussing it here..

Prefferable guys from Mumbai/Pune will b ideal...

Thank you..

Ketan Nikharge
9970078695

Oh!! sh*t man you should have had put this message 2 days back i would have bought your camera...

...anyways whoever wants buy Ketan's cam go ahead with your eyes closed... the cam is in mint condition... got a chance to lay my hands on ketans cam at the 'Dhaba G2G', superb cam.

LMAO !!!

My bad... Actually I was thinking to tell this at the dhaba meet only to all the guys..but sumhow didnt..

Anyways..thanx for that support.. I hope guys here dont feel it the other way...

Noob Question:

Whats is the perceptible difference as end users between having a CMOS or a CCD sensor? Case in point - Canon SX 10 IS Vs Canon SX 1 IS.
Would there be any difference in picture quality between the two cams?
And how can a layman like me percieve it?

A CMOS sensor is supposedly better than the normal CCD sensor in terms of operating speed, and mostly in reducing the noise at higher ISO's. One would expect a better picture quality with a CMOS than a CCD.

In case of SX10 IS and SX1 IS, I guess the advantage of CMOS is not great when compared both.

Read this for a better Idea.

@Praful: I will try to define these two things as simply as I possibly can. Image-sensor chips are the chips that capture the image in the digital cameras. These, generally fall into two main categories:

1. CCD or Charged Coupled Device
2. CMOS or Complementary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor.

It is widely believed that CCD is better than CMOS as it is much more sensitive. The result being one gets better images in low lighting conditions with a CCD sensored camera. CCD sensors also control noise in the picture very well.

But, there is this other side too. CMOS sensors are less expensive to manufacture, hence, the camera which uses a CMOS sensor WILL be priced much less than a camera which uses a CCD sensor. Also, another point which should be kept in mind is CMOS chips are not that power hungry, while CCD chips are. So, one can shoot longer periods of time before replacing/ recharging the camera batteries. But, anyways, this 'shooting time' is a subjective thing. It all depends on how many shots you usually click.

But, the crux of this discussion is this: CCD sensors would provide one with better pictures than the CMOS sensors.

EDIT:
I see Ravi's post (above) and my post are contradictory to each other!

But I read this which says there difference in performance as such! The difference lies in the way work.

But then why is it that only the higher end cam's use CMOS, where as almost all low-mid range cams use a CCD?