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What kind of digital camera? |
We would like to buy a digital camera, mostly for taking pictures and putting them on the pc, then sending to friesnd and family. We would like to be able to print some of them out as well though, on our printer or in the shops We have no idea which kind are best, I have looked at some guides to see what kind would be best, in terms of pixels etc so I am a little more informed, and we thought around 3 or 4 pixels would be best for us, with optical zooming. How much should we be prepared to pay, we are not sure of how much is fair, as there are loads of different cameras with different specs on them and what should be the best kind to go for, we are new to digital photography and have never owned a digital camera any ideas appreciated Tips for newcomers to digital photography: 1. Get a camera that allows both manual and automatic control. When you want to point & shoot, automatic comes in handy, and when you want more control, manual settings are needed. The Olympus C-370 ZOOM, for example, has automatic settings ONLY so beware. 2. If you want to share and print pictures, between 4 and 6 megapixels will be fine. This will easily allow you to print regular 6x4 inch photos, and even 3 megapixels is decent enough for an A4 sized printing. 3. Expect to pay no more than 拢200. 拢150 could actually get you a fairly decent camera, like the SLR-style Kodak Z740 on Amazon. 4. You'll need at least, I'd recommend, 512Mb of memory. FujiFilm and Olympus use xD memory cards, Sony use Memory Sticks and others like Kodak use SD cards. Make sure you get the right one and allow an extra 拢10 - 拢20 for this. 5. Ignore digital zoom on cameras. It's the optical zoom that makes a difference. Most in that price range will come with 3x, which is fine, but 4x is becomming more common and the Kodak Z740 I mentioned above has 10x ... for just 拢146! I'm thinking of buying it. My TOP ADVICE would be... if you want to spend the rest of your life just pointing and shooting, get a slim, good looking digital camera. If you want to take it a bit more seriously and get good at taking pictures, get one with more features and perhaps and SLR-looking one (not a real SLR, though!) Which ever style you go for expect to pay no more than 拢200. PLEASE TRUST ME!! Go for the Casio Exlim, it's super slim, reasonable price and can take video as long as the SD card can store. cannon or hp if ur computer is an hp fuji finepix... you can also use it as a webcam... i think i saw one on ebay... 4 meg pix... about 拢150 gbp...new ebay cheaper! you can also buy digital video cams cheap... ok the model is slighly less known... you can pick them up for around 拢50. ebay! some are around 8 meg pix with mp3 dual digicam/vidcam... do a search for xennon digital cameras! vivitar digital cameras... you'll find something cheaper than the norm! hope i helped! right now I have a kodak c330 its a good entry level camera for what you seem to be doing. Its not to bad price wise either. I got mine for 125 bucks, but I think you can find a better deal now on them. If you are going to be taking alot of pictures and doing alot of long range stuff then you might want to spend about a grand on one and go for the Cannon EOS model. I was an interested amateur photographer with 35mm cameras and getting quite good results, but when I switched to digital it all became so easy it was a joy. There is no simple answer to your question except...buy the best you can afford...you will want to do more as you learn more and a cheap camera will not be much help. I have a Fujifilm digital camera and it is absolutely superb..you don't need to know any technical stuff...it does it all for you... and it will do all you mentioned and much, much more. Don't be mean...buy a good one...spend at least 拢200 if you can...more if you have it...you will be well rewarded with the quality of your pictures... Good luck...Doug We just bought a Sony. It has some sort of image stability feature. We just took 400 pictures on vacation and had only about 20 blurry ones. I know that sounds like a lot but we were getting way more on our older Casio. |
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