What to look in a digital camera?

Tawcan · Post by **Tawcan** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:01 am

I'm a total newbie on this so please educate me.

All I know is higher megapixel is better but by how much?

Having a LCD on the camera is good and battery life is important as well.....

Optical zoom in is better than digital zone in...I think...

Educate me please.

Set · Post by **Set** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:34 am

The Higher the mega pixs the better print quality on larger prints or blow ups

Optical zoom is far Superior then D-zoom
Having a lcd is a must (most do)
NIMH batteries are the way to go (after market changer and batts are cheep 20-50$ locally)

Id stick with the name brands
I like my Olympus alot takes great pics. I like how Olympus Builds there cams they feel Strong but are still Sleek and small Dropped mine quite a few times still works great

Also Canon makes some great cameras

Now what to buy Depends on your needs id say a 2 mega pixel is great for posting on the web or small prints 100$ or less Range

Price wise theys days id scope up a 3 or 4 Meg cam (250-350
If ya wanna do some high quality prints and have improved feachers (sp)

When i was looking I just went to bestbuy and compusa Played around with the cams found one i like went home and bought it online and saved 30 bucks

Tawcan · Post by **Tawcan** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:57 am

What about max resolution? Does that have anything to do with quality or just the size of the picture?

So ~2MP is good for posting on web and 3-4MP is good for printing the pictures out and putting it on display?

What about video? Do most digital camera nowaday have movie mode? In which format? (WMP or QuickTime ? )

Oh questions questions...

Brandon_k_W · Post by **Brandon_k_W** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 3:26 am

Originally posted by Tawcan
What about max resolution? Does that have anything to do with quality or just the size of the picture?

So ~2MP is good for posting on web and 3-4MP is good for printing the pictures out and putting it on display?

What about video? Do most digital camera nowaday have movie mode? In which format? (WMP or QuickTime ? )

Oh questions questions...

Resolution depends on how many megapixels the camera has. A 3 megapixel camera is able to print sharp 11x8 (standard size printer paper) photos, I think that's around an 1800x1400 image. I have never printed a picture that large on my 3 megapixel camera, and never will. Huge drain on your printer ink, too.

2MP is great for posting pictures online. Good for printing on 4x6 glossy paper too.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:49 am

You can get a Canon PowerShot S45 for around $350 online. 4 megapixels, 3x digital zoom, and can record video with sound. I recently bought one...VERY nice.

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:29 pm

I just sold my Olympus D-550 Zoom ... which was a 3 megapixel camera. I enjoyed it very much.

I am replacing it with THIS ... an Olympus C-5000 Zoom ... 5 megapixel camera.

It is selling for about $370.00 shipped online.

You can find it here at BUTTERFLY PHOTO

or here at DIGITAL DIRECT

joe2cool · Post by **joe2cool** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 9:28 am

Hi do the NIMH batteries need charging up just before you need them or can you recharge in advance ?

Thx !

Spicer · Post by **Spicer** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:43 am

Originally posted by joe2cool
Hi do the NIMH batteries need charging up just before you need them or can you recharge in advance ?

Thx !

You should fully charge them prior to using them for the first time....

The eveready batteries I use..Will hold a charge for a month in my Cam Bag without using them..

It should be on the packaging, the details of the charge..If not just do a search for the battery type and charger on the net...All kinds of sites for that type of thing...

Cheers Spice....

joe2cool · Post by **joe2cool** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:05 am

Cheers !!

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:48 am

check out newegg's prices on olympus camera's, starting 11/15, they have $20-$40 rebates on 3 models, i bought a Sony Cybershot', awhile back , pleased with it..

brianosmi · Post by **brianosmi** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:46 am

Originally posted by mwkirchner
I just sold my Olympus D-550 Zoom ... which was a 3 megapixel camera. I enjoyed it very much.

I am replacing it with THIS ... an Olympus C-5000 Zoom ... 5 megapixel camera.

It is selling for about $370.00 shipped online.

You can find it here at BUTTERFLY PHOTO

or here at DIGITAL DIRECT

NICE camera!!! $370 is a great price. 5 megapixel makes extremely crisp, 35mm quality 8x10's.

Hey, I've noticed alot of the new cameras are using .mov for the default movie mode. What's up with that??? My father in law just bought a new digital cam (here: kodak camera )and sent his sister a movie that she couldn't open on her end, and neither of them knew why. Quicktime is great quality video, but the player is not the most commonly installed player user-wise. I would think that .mpg would be more universal.