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What is the best digital camera to purchase for a complete novice to the world of digital photography? |
What is the best digital camera to purchase for a complete novice to the world of digital photography? There are a lot of parameters to take in account when buying a digital camera. You can go on this website http://www.dpreview.com/ to see camera reviews and decide what is the most important feature(s) that you need on your camera. You can also go to http://www.pbase.com/cameras which is a photo database organised by cameras. For example: What is more important? The design of the camera or the image quality? I have been looking for a camera these last few weeks and finally bought the Canon A620 for the following reasons: -image quality is really good (I checked the photo samples on dpreview.com and on http://www.pbase.com/cameras). -it can be used in automatic mode as well as a lot of other modes -It has really good reviews from people who own it -it was released in 2005, so its price has decreased by now (I paid $250 with a free 1 Gig SD card on NewEgg.com) Mostly, I would recommend that you do a lot of research on-line and go to see the cameras in stores (to see their size for example). I found that sales persons in stores have a limited knowledge, so I recommend you learn as much as you can about digital cameras and don't rely on them. When it comes to ease-of-use and low-cost, I would recommend a Kodak digi cam. You can get a decent 3-4 megapixel for around 100 dollars. If you're looking for a nicer but still pretty easy to figure out, I would recommend the 7.1 mexapixel Nikon 7600. You can get it off of pricegrabber.com for around 200 dollars. Edited to add: The Kodak I speak of is the Easyshare 62 dollars for a 6200 or 74 dollars for the C310 which is twice the camera, essentially. Kodak Easyshare Camera. Very easy to use, has instructions in the LCD window & common sense buttons. Sorry I don't know novice equipment but boy are you going to have a blast they have some great inexpensive stuff out there these days...get one with auto focus, image stablization--maybe they all have those these days...buy a photography magazine or something before you buy it will have comparisons...Good Luck and HAVE FUN.... I'd go with any of the SONY cyber-shots. They're AWESOME! All U have 2 do is press the button half way, wait 4 it 2 beep (which means it's focused) and then press it all the way, TA-DAAAA! You've taken a COOL pic in seconds! Try 2 buy the ones with 3X Optical Zoom, and there's no need 4 U 2 buy it with a lot of Mpixels (6 or 7) because all U need is one with 3. I don't know about the other brands, the Sony ones come with battery (lithium stuff) recharger, I'd recomend U buy an extra recharger (Energizer's pretty good) and Rechargeable batteries, 'cause digital cameras "devour" their "life". Hope this helped! Enjoy! I bought a Canon Powershot SD550 and it's amazing. There is a ton of cool features and the guide book with it is simple and easy to read. I basically leave my camera set on 'kids and pets" it took perfect pics of my kids doing a bungee jump and I have a perfectly frozen pic of my son diving into the pool. Plus, it's one button push to transfer the pics to your computer and the viewing screen automatically adjust brightness so that you can see it even in bright sun. It's 7.1 Megapixels and cost about $300 but hopefully it'll last us a very long time. I love that it's so small I can toss it into my purse and it fits easily in my hands. I can't say enough great things about it...I LOVE it! If you know nothing, I would suggest the Sony Cybershot. I have a friend who knew NOTHING. I loaned her mine, and with in a couple of days, she was taking some pretty good shots. The menu is easy to read and understand, can work in auto or you can play with the manual settings. The basic tips of a good photograph are the same for novice or professional, cheap or expensive camera makes no difference. There are lots of good websites that offer great tips for getting the most from your camera. There are a lot of good cameras out there, however for point and shoot for the novice, my vote would have to be for the Cybershot. As for pixels anything from 4 up will handle most anything the average person wants to shoot. |
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