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Pentax K200D Digital SLR Camera + SMC-DA 18-55mm

Best Price: $599.00

from www.amazon.com
the icing on the cake with this camera is how well set up it is for use with legacy manual focus lenses.
from www.amazon.com
the menu options are pretty self-explanatory, and i like the manual they give you (though it's huge) -- they do a pretty good job explaining what various functions do, etc.
from www.amazon.com
the second is that k10d, being the prosumer camera, has most of its functions adjustable manually without having to go into the menu.
from www.amazon.com
it is rugged, weatherproof (to some degree), and sports a feature set that lets you work in full automatic mode to full manual mode.
from www.amazon.com
the purpose is that if you are in the full manual mode or av /sv modes you can press this button to set the camera to the values which camera considers appropriate.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Nice Durability, Long Battery Life, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

2 RECOMMENDED by 56 people for MANUAL

Canon PowerShot G10

Best Price: $365.00

from "Lady DS", www1.wolfcamera.com
i love the idea of the manual and the auto side of it; and specialy it's much easier to carry and it does as good photos as my canon xti for the upclose subjet.
from www.amazon.com
the manual focus on the camera is it's weakest trait.
from www.amazon.com
it was totally a manual camera and i had so much fun with it.
from www.amazon.com
i have yet to experiment with the myriad other automatic and manual settings that this camera offers, but for what i need it to do most - capture my children and family - it excels.
from www.amazon.com
it's a bit heavier than most p-and-s cameras but the improved features for manual operation are handsome and laid out more like a film camera.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Durability, Easy To Use, Resolution: 15 Megapixel

3 RECOMMENDED by 26 people for MANUAL

Pentax K200D

Best Price: $614.00

from www.amazon.com
the icing on the cake with this camera is how well set up it is for use with legacy manual focus lenses.
from www.amazon.com
but i'm sure that as soon as i actually finish reading th huge manual i'll be able to do it.
from www.amazon.com
the second is that k10d, being the prosumer camera, has most of its functions adjustable manually without having to go into the menu.
from www.amazon.com
the menu options are pretty self-explanatory, and i like the manual they give you (though it's huge) -- they do a pretty good job explaining what various functions do, etc.
from www.amazon.com
i come from the world of manual film slrs; this was my first digital slr.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Durability, Long Battery Life, Resolution: 10.2 Megapixel

4 RECOMMENDED by 24 people for MANUAL

PENTAX K200D SLR

Best Price: $563.00

from www.amazon.com
the icing on the cake with this camera is how well set up it is for use with legacy manual focus lenses.
from www.amazon.com
the second is that k10d, being the prosumer camera, has most of its functions adjustable manually without having to go into the menu.
from www.amazon.com
but i'm sure that as soon as i actually finish reading th huge manual i'll be able to do it.
from www.amazon.com
the camera operates in any range from point-and-shoot auto everything (including flash) down to full manual, and incorporates many scene modes in addition to the program, shutter priority, aperture
from www.amazon.com
i am a manual camera lover and for this camera to meet my standards suprised me.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Long Battery Life, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

5 RECOMMENDED by 164 people for MANUAL

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Best Price: $649.00

from www.pricegrabber.com
it only took me a few hours to read through the manual and (mostly) master the camera.
from www.pricegrabber.com
flash, like the s2 is manual(user gets the choice of simply using it or not...no surprises from the camera while taking a snap of the mona lisa in the louvre) :).images can easily be printed to 8x11
from Mike from Mont Vernon, NH, www.circuitcity.com
a great little camera with user friendly controls, high quality photos, rugged construction and fairly easy to understand manuals.for the price, it should include nmh rechargeable batteries and
from A Customer from Keller, Texas, clickfrom.buy.com
in my opinion this camera has the best of both worlds - it can be a very simple point and shoot camera or it can be set for manual operation for maximum control over shots.
from neocamera.com
"it is a very capable camera with full manual controls, a good super-macro mode and a truly superb movie mode."

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Image Stabilization, Great Digital Zoom, Resolution: 6.2 Megapixel

Nikon D60

Best Price: $515.00

from www.amazon.com
but it turned out that the adaptive dynamic range (adr) setting was "on" (which i had turned on immediately upon buying the camera) and after re-reading the owner's manual saw where it says "using
from www.amazon.com
i have finally gotten thru the manual of my new nikon d60 camera, it really has more in common with a 35mm slr than any digital camera i have ever used.
from www.amazon.com
the functions and options are are very intuitive; i have found it easy to understand how to use the camera with the manual features.
from www.amazon.com
it has all the manual settings you'd expect in an slr and a very easy-to-navigate (and nice-looking) menu system.
from www.amazon.com
the camera works fine in manual mode with old non-auto focus lenses.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

Olympus E-520

Best Price: $619.00

from www.amazon.com
it is very easily used as point-and-shoot in auto mode and i can still get all of the effects that i could with a manual film camera.
from www.amazon.com
it takes great pictures, lots of manual controls and the speed is awesome.
from www.amazon.com
only con is that they should document this in the manual, its a little unnerving at first but you get used to it.
from www.amazon.com
i never could get it to focus and had to set it to manual.
from www.amazon.com
first, be aware that everything has to be done manually.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Far Zoom Range, Resolution: 11.8 Megapixel

Nikon D60

Best Price: $441.00

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?ease of use, quality, software and owners manual what's not so great:?can't think of any "this is my first digital slr.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?awesome camera perfect for vacations what's not so great:?manual was not very clear on how to setup for night shooting "i absolutely *love* just about every part of this
from www.bestbuy.com
when dust gets into the enclosure the result are these little specs on your pictures, luckily that's no more because you can set the camera to clean itself automatically at on/off or manually.the
from www.bestbuy.com
im not quite sure how well the camera performs on preset modes but on a mode, s mode or m mode it does wonderful, believe me (you really should not be shooting automatic anyways, go manual !
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?decent price, great photo quality what's not so great:?no autofocus- common lenses such as the 50 mm 1.8 are manual focus only with this body.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Clear Picture Quality, Nice Autofocus, Resolution: 10.75 Megapixel

Olympus E-520 Including Charger

Best Price: $493.00

from www.amazon.com
use the camera for a couple of weeks, experiment with the settings, and flip through the reference manual and i think you'll find it easy to understand.
from www.amazon.com
it is very easily used as point-and-shoot in auto mode and i can still get all of the effects that i could with a manual film camera.
from www.amazon.com
it takes great pictures, lots of manual controls and the speed is awesome.
from www.amazon.com
only con is that they should document this in the manual, its a little unnerving at first but you get used to it.
from www.amazon.com
the assisted manual focus is extremely useful; the auto focus is super fast.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Far Zoom Range, Easy To Use, Resolution: 11.8 Megapixel

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28

Best Price: $615.00

from www.amazon.com
the ease of use of this camera is point and shoot but you can alter the settings extensively so that it becomes akin to a manual.
from www.amazon.com
reading the specs carefully - naturally assuming it will have everything some previous models had and more - be aware that this model lacks a hot shoe (external flash mount) and manual focus ring.
from www.amazon.com
it's user friendly, the manual is clear for the more complex functions, it's loaded with features and has an incredible 78x digital zoom (18x optical).
from www.amazon.com
the only warning i can give about this camera is to not read the whole manual at one time as it may result in a severe "ice cream headache"!
from www.amazon.com
i did not have time to read the manual (believe it or not, i actually read the manuals), but the camera was very easy to figure out (thankfully).

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Digital Zoom, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.7 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot SD990 IS

Best Price: $350.00

from dkla2001, www.shopping.com
color, megapixels, manual functions, ease of use.
from Brad, www.newegg.com
it is rather easy to use, i bought the camera in japan before it shipped to the states; the manual was only in japanesse, yet i could opperate the basic functions with ease.
from www.amazon.com
its not that it lacks creative manual tools; because i can control a lot more on this than the a1.
from www.amazon.com
it is very simple for the average person to use but if you want more manual control and less automatic, you can do that.
from www.amazon.com
this camera offers manual setup for people that want to setup their camera and automatic for those that want to point and shoot.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 15 Megapixel

Nikon D300

Best Price: $1,605.00

from "Beatcz", www1.wolfcamera.com
i love how manual nikon's are, they really do allow you to manipulate a photo just the way you desire and though i've only have it for half a month i can truly say though it is a bit tough, it's
from lt.dell.com
the 400+ manual might be a bit overwhelming, but it is easy to use as a reference.
from www.amazon.com
you can go full-manual, or select aperture or shutter priority, or switch to program mode and let the camera do all the hard work with it's pre-programmed "scene recognition" system.
from www.amazon.com
the camera is like a manual transmission car - it leaves all the decisions up to you, so you can't rely on it to "think" for you.
from www.amazon.com
live view is easier to use than the manual makes it out to be, and a nice addition for tripod/studio work (no kneeling or step stool to run the camera when its mounted.) my menu personalization is

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Nice Autofocus, Resolution: 13.1 Megapixel

Olympus E-510 + 14-42 mm 1:3.5-5.6 Lens 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6 Including Charger

Olympus E-510 + 14-42 mm 1:3.5-5.6 Lens + 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6 Lens Including Charger, Lithium battery Digital Camera

Best Price: $708.00

from www.amazon.com
i use it mostly in full manual mode, as this is the way i used my old film slr camera.
from www.amazon.com
while this camera has a slew (28) of auto program style modes for those making the switch from point and shoot it also has a ton of tweakable manual settings for those looking for a little more.
from www.amazon.com
the owner's manual included with the camera is better than past efforts, although i recommend downloading the free pdf and printing it on letter size paper.
from www.amazon.com
i found it difficult to learn everything that one can do with this camera from just reading the instruction manual and fumbling with the controls.
from www.amazon.com
after spending a couple days of spare time reading the manual cover-to-cover, and fiddling with the settings and options, was able to quickly hone my skills with a series of test shoots, and now feel

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Positives: Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Image Stabilization, Resolution: 10.9 Megapixel

Nikon D90 DX

Best Price: $865.00

from "Joel Hall", www1.cameraworld.com
the only thing missing for me is the bkt mode is limited to 3 exposures, so for >3 exposure hdr shots you have to manually adjust.
from www.amazon.com
i packed the manual with the camera, not having time to really teach myself its full feature set before we left but found i never needed to crack the book open.
from www.amazon.com
i have not found the focus issue to be a big problem because the videos i take do not typically go from distant to close focus but it is an option to use the manual focus ring which does work in
from www.amazon.com
so read your manual, take a class and think about the photo before you take it.
from www.amazon.com
i did it in manual mode, following the exact procedure of ken rockwell (tripod, vr off, remote trigger).

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Great Autofocus, Easy To Use, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

Nikon D90

Best Price: $1,187.00

from ColinR from brooklyn 11234, www.circuitcity.com
also read the manual and use the camera itis beautiful.
from "jeepnthang", www1.cameraworld.com
read the manual- learn the camera and anyone can take amazing pics!
from lt.dell.com
of this camera.ergonomics are great with this camera; i was able to pick up the camera and go through all the menus and pick certain settings without having read the manual.this is a great camera.
from www.amazon.com
like myself in that it provides some room for growth and discovery and some basic methods to go more hands on (zoom and manual focus ring), as is the whole point of venturing into slr territory.
from www.amazon.com
another plus is a movie capture (here is a link to a video i posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32nbuy3oclc ) it also is very good, but the only downside is it's manual focus.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Nice Autofocus, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

Nikon D40

Best Price: $588.00

from www.adorama.com
the camera is incredibly easy to use (i used it for a day before bothering to open the manual), has a battery that lasts literally days right out of the box (mine didn't get put on a charger at all
from StephT from Grapevine, TX, www.circuitcity.com
this camera will be as tame as you want it to be, or, you can play around as much as you want with it's manual settings.
from Tom from Lancaster County, Pa, www.circuitcity.com
my wife likes how easy it has been to learn how to use this camera.the manual has been easy to understand, she reads the manual,plays around with the camera and seems to figure things out pretty
from charlest from, www.circuitcity.com
great beginner digital slr, i am experimenting with the manual settings to see how i can change a photo and it is ablast.
from www.bestbuy.com
all other lenses could either damage the camera or work in the manual focus modes only and it is not that easy to manually focus the lens.

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Positives: Excellent Portability, Good Digital Zoom, Fast Shutter Speed, Resolution: 6.24 Megapixel

Olympus E-520

Best Price: $525.00

from "Sam", www.ritzcamera.com
the manual is easy to understand too!
from "Gus", www.ritzcamera.com
manual settings provide pro results as do the variety of lenses available for the e series.
from dkopas from Norwalk, CT, clickfrom.buy.com
i am planning on doing some concert shooting in a couple of weeks so i'm brushing up on my manual set up skills, i have a bit to remember.
from www.amazon.com
it is very easily used as point-and-shoot in auto mode and i can still get all of the effects that i could with a manual film camera.
from www.amazon.com
only con is that they should document this in the manual, its a little unnerving at first but you get used to it.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Autofocus, Resolution: 11.8 Megapixel

Canon EOS 30D

Best Price: $1,500.00

from www.buydig.com
the camera also has many preset functions which make it easy for a beginner to use and also gives the option to manually adjust everything which makes it great for the pro.
from "Jared of Aytpical Bipolar Photography", www.adorama.com
it won't render any great images compared to the various manual adjustment modes.
from junior@gogino.sk from Slovakia, clickfrom.buy.com
and i cant forget larger viewfinder - you can focus manually more accurate with it, because you see more details.
from Flooder from Dallas, TX, www.circuitcity.com
i have play with the manual setting that take 5 shots in one second all in high resolution mode.
from www.adorama.com
i am still sorting through all the manual functions.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Good Durability, Resolution: 8.5 Megapixel

Fuji Finepix S100fs

Best Price: $613.00

from www.amazon.com
camera preforms quite well , the only disappointing thing is the manual focus, it seems strange but after using it i am assuming that i will get use to it ,the camera bag for this item is small and
from www.amazon.com
the battery and charger, manual, lense protector, and shade are all part of this camera kit.
from www.amazon.com
a lot of features similar to a good slr camera (may need to take manual with you for awhile)!
from www.amazon.com
nikon d60), but was little disappointed: it is still not an slr and sensor makes a big noise (comparably to nikon d60 again), manual focus is not the same that i expected.
from www.amazon.com
manual focus is pretty worthless on the s100fs.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Good Digital Zoom, Resolution: 11.1 Megapixel

Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera

Best Price: $552.00

from www.amazon.com
one note: i did sit down with the camera and the manual and go through it page by page.
from www.amazon.com
the kit lens wasn't bad, but i quickly moved up to a 50mm 1.8 and now i almost singularly use that lens, even though it is manual focus on this camera.
from www.amazon.com
upon reading the provided manual (no other book really required) i was able to understand how to use the whole camera for what it's worth.
from www.amazon.com
for lens..nikon af-s series are the ones compatible with this camera..other lens you will be able to manual focus..but who cares..i might not use more than my kit lens and the 50-200 af-s lens..
from www.amazon.com
it is a great starter camera for the switch from dark room to manual work.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Digital Zoom, Resolution: 6.24 Megapixel

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