Digital Cameras
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I am hoping to get a lot of feedback here on this. I am looking at buying my first digital camera in a month or two. I know there are different storage mechanisms for the images, what do you think is the best? Also, what would you avoid? How many mega-pixels should I look for? Any recommendations are much appreciated. -Nick Parker
Nick Parker wrote: How many mega-pixels should I look for? This is a math question. 1. How good do you want the picture to look ? 2. How big are the prints or shots you wanna output. The "how good is DPI" and "How big" is inches So If you wanted to have 8 by 10 pics at 600 dpi, then you need almost 29 megapixels. However most folk don't want pic's that big or that much dpi. so a 4*5 at 300dpi 29/8 Megapixels or about 4 megapixels. Regardz Colin J Davies
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I am hoping to get a lot of feedback here on this. I am looking at buying my first digital camera in a month or two. I know there are different storage mechanisms for the images, what do you think is the best? Also, what would you avoid? How many mega-pixels should I look for? Any recommendations are much appreciated. -Nick Parker
I have a 2.1 MPixel camera and it's great for anything related to the computer screen, 3x5 and 4x6 prints. You should look for something with a respectable OPTICAL zoom. Mine is digital zoom only, and turns out to be a "snapshot" camera. (Good for posed shots from about 6 feet away, but not good for accross the gym pictures of my daughters dance recital :(( )
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I am hoping to get a lot of feedback here on this. I am looking at buying my first digital camera in a month or two. I know there are different storage mechanisms for the images, what do you think is the best? Also, what would you avoid? How many mega-pixels should I look for? Any recommendations are much appreciated. -Nick Parker
There are lots of important factors: - price (who'd have thought that) - power supply I recommend using standard AA (LR6) rechargeable batteries instead of proprietary solutions. First, it is not certain that you'd be abled to get the XR3546-LRXcp3 special design battery pack for the camera you bought three years ago - having a standard is a nice thing in this case, second, proprietary battery packs are much more expensive than standard rechargeable batteries. Third, the capacity of today's rechargeable AA batteries has reached new heights - 2200 mAh is nothing special and should not be expensive. Around 5 EUR (that's slightly more than 5 Bucks). Added advantage: If your battery pack is empty, you could use primary cells (non-rechargeable) as an emergency vehicle - those are sold at every corner even in third-world countries. - storage medium Nought but CompactFlash. Has the best price/performance ratio, is manufactured by a huge lot of companies and has no built-in size limitation. SmartMedia, for instance, won't get bigger than 128 MByte, the MemoryStick had a similar limit etc. Proprietary solutions are more expensive than standardized solutions; xD-Card is twice as expensive than CompactFlash - optics Don't belive in "digital zoom". There ain't no such thing, it's just a resolution-reduced enlargement. - ability to connect external flash Built-in flashes aren't really bright - ability to use a tripod Some cameras don't have a standard tripod thread I've been using an Olympus C2000 for about 3.5 years and recently replaced it by an Olympus C5050 - with both investments I'm quite happy.
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I have a 2.1 MPixel camera and it's great for anything related to the computer screen, 3x5 and 4x6 prints. You should look for something with a respectable OPTICAL zoom. Mine is digital zoom only, and turns out to be a "snapshot" camera. (Good for posed shots from about 6 feet away, but not good for accross the gym pictures of my daughters dance recital :(( )