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Digital Camera, so to speak as it were.
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When looking for a digital camera, which one do I get?
Here are a list of my specifications:
Must take good photo's
Small in size
Also, which one do you have and how do you rate it?
Many thanks.
Here are a list of my specifications:
Must take good photo's
Small in size
Also, which one do you have and how do you rate it?
Many thanks.
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I got littlemissy the Sony DSC-L1 for Christmas, it has 4megapixels, will do video with sound, and is pretty tiny. I'd recommend that.
What does "good picture" mean? The same can be said for a TV. If you want a telly, what size do you want it to be in inches? Teletext? Widescreen? Built-in VHS and DVD?
The criteria for digital cameras?
Megapixels. Think of a monitor resolution. The normality is 1024 x 768. Multiply those two numbers to give megapixels. 4 megapixels is 2288 x 1712. This is bigger than most computer screens can handle, but that size will print well on A4 paper.
Optical zoom. 4x 10x etc. This is zoom that is provided by the camera lense. True zoom. This is what you want.
Digital zoom. The lenses have done their bit. The camera's software is now zooming further in on the picture. However, the extra detail in the picture can only be achieved by guessing what the extra pixels are. It's the same as scanning a photo into Photoshop and running a resize on it.
You shouldn't even post a question like this without including a budget
I can think of some nice £3,000+ Nikons or a nice £100 Minolta
Although you could go for the G3 is about the same except is 4 mill pixels and is alot cheeper
stats for both cameras
Canon PowerShot G5
Body
Black
Sensor
1/1.8" 5.24 megapixel
Effective pixels
5.0 million
Image sizes
• 2592 x 1944
• 1600 x 1200
• 1024 x 768
• 640 x 480
Continuous
• High speed: 2.0 fps, max 8
• Standard: 1.5 fps, max 11
* (Large/Fine, LCD Off)
Canon PowerShot G3
Body
Silver
Sensor
1/1.8" 4.13 megapixel
Effective pixels
4.0 million
Image sizes
• 2272 x 1704
• 1600 x 1200
• 1024 x 768
• 640 x 480
Continuous
• High speed: 2.5 fps, max 15
• Standard: 1.5 fps, max 14
* (Large/Fine, LCD Off)
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Fantastic little thing, extremely versatile and comes highly recommended.
The pictures are fantastic and can't wait til we get a printer and print them out. You can even take pictures in the 3:2 format (ie when you print them they will come out 6x4 instead of a random size like normal) It's got lots of lovely features.
And, as it is Sony, once you register your camera with them, you can get lots of decent offers with the company including 25% off memory cards and other accessories.
I don't really fancy going above 250 quid; but sure I'd kick out a few extra quids if it was worth it.
Basically I want the best I can get for that. The best optical zoom, pixels and all the rest of it.
Thanks for all the replies.
Mine was under 200 and still really good quality. It is so teeny I can take it everywhere too
I got the Olympus C765UZ for £240. 4 megapixel, 10x optical. Disk usage is about 1 meg per shot based on top settings. A 16MB xD card is included. Obviously, you'll want to better that by adding a 128MB jobby for about £25. That will give you a further 128(ish) photos, which is about 5 normal 24-exp camera films.
The camera comes with its own battery and charger, strap, data lead. Note that if you have a combo printer with a card slot, then you won't need the data lead.
That's the camera my family has got, it's a really good one, easy to use and quick processer (there are some digital cameras that take an age to load a menu screen, incredibly annoying).
Have a looky at the specs, there isnt much feedback, but for the money it's not worth it. My parents paid $600 for it or something in America