Regardless of your skills as a photographer there’s one time when you don’t want to buy a new camera.

Please, take this advice lightly. It came from the bowels of 4Chan, after all. But it seems that a user froze his Sony A350 DSLR and actually got better results when shooting at ISO 3200. The results he posted seem to validate his results, but once again, this is from 4Chan home of everything that is vile, rotten and antisocial on the Internet.

I’m not advising anyone to try this. (unless you wanna) I mean, I certainly don’t have the cash to buy another camera if this trick really doesn’t work. (but maybe you do) And it’s not like it’s all that pleasant to hold a frozen camera. (you could wear gloves) So please, just because some dbag at CrunchGear posted an Internet rumor that *might* improve your pictures, don’t stick your camera in the freezer. (use you wife’s)

4Chan (NSFW of course) via The Phoblographer via Photo Rumors

Who says you need to buy a $5,000 professional camera to get a rugged SLR? One Canon Rebel XT mostly withstood its parachute-free skydiving descent.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

The best of any product in whatever range always comes at a high price. It comes as no surprise then that quality digital cameras are very costly. There are situations and ways that you can get a good discount on some of these gadgets. I will point out some things that you should remember when you are looking for a camera.

The last few years has seen a large number of companies manufacturing and selling digital cameras. What this essentially means is that there is increased competition among the retailers and it becomes possible for you negotiate prices with them.

For the first few months after a product is released on to the market it will be very highly priced. During this period you can hardly expect to get a discount at all no matter how good your negotiation skills are. My advice is wait for a few months and the price will come down as newer products enter the market.

If you are not so much into negotiating you will be able to find some best buys on the internet. Products enter the market in various places at differing times. A new product in the area you are living might be three months old in another area and going for a cheaper price. Most of these products can be purchased online which is also cheaper than buying in actual store.

Some of the places that you will be able to get good discounts include one of these: i want to buy a camera in south africa camera comparisons canon nikon olympus camera

The internet will offer you flexibility and variety. There are so many other models of cameras other than the popular brands that we know. You might be able to get a model that is as good as these high pricy range brands for way much cheaper if you give yourself time to look.