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What should a newbie buy? I was thinking about some of those Kodak Easy Share cameras, but the guy at the computer shop of course told me to buy a camera that would cost me twice. What should I look for? What I know 3 Megapixels or more 3xdigital zoom or more Other things? Suggestions? |
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it depends.. are you planning on using it for holiday-photos and stuff, or are you a "newbie" in the sense that you want to have it as a hobby or something? |
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the most important thing: the camera sould have an OPTICAL ZOOM. digital zoom is crap. 3 megapixels will be sufficient for amateur usage. |
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im quite sure u will need to pay quite allot to even get a decent one.. it's just that type of product, i have friends that have loads of cheap/half cheap ones and theyre.. Ok for holiday photos as Drunken said, but if you wan anything more, then you gotta be prepared to throw up some more cash... it's like that with many products today.. and it sucks =D good morning |
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Youll want one with buttons and such. Those are convenient |
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It means that I'm not a DigiCam geek who want to spend 10.000 NOK on some high-tek camera. I want to take holiday pics, pics of my pet, pics of my niese and pics of my drunk friends. |
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then go for that one.. or.. try to avoid the digital zoom as gack said.. digital zoom is really crap, 'cause it isn't even zoom.. they just enlarge the picture. |
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casio qv-r40 |
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i just bought a sony cybershot DSC-U30 it's only 2 megapixels, and has no zoom... but it was cheap and it's fucking tiny... therefore i don't have to actually "take it" with me, i just keep it in my pocket all the time like my phone, which means i always have it on me and therefore take about 5 times more photos that i would otherwise. also don't have to worry about loosing/damaging it too much as i can buy another one fairly cheaply. the photo quality is pretty good for only 2mp and a tiny camera, and on my 128 meg memory stick i can take about 240 photos in 2megapixels. rockin. i was considering spending more for a small 4 or 5mp camera, but i'm happy i got this one. if i had a more expensive one i'd be less likely to take it to clubs/pubs n shit. and oh yeah, don't buy kodak digital cameras, they're plasticy crappy toys from what i've seen. kodak is a film company, not so much an electronics company. |
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i´m very happy with |
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You can't go wrong with anything in the Canon PowerShot series. |
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sony dsc v1. |
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Canon seem to be expensive compared to other cameras. Are they better? |
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All small/cheap digital cameras have the same weakness: the small sensor. One of the most common CCD sizes is 1/2.7". That is 5.2mm x 3.9mm! Also, digital zoom is useless. You'll want to go for OPTICAL zoom. Zoom that is done with lenses rather than enlargement in software. You can do digital zooming in photoshop :) Check out the Minolta XG. A friend at work has one. It's very small and has 3x optical zoom and 3 Mpixels. |
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yeah, i'd go canon a70, or a80. i've been really impressed with their quality/price ratio. |
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I've seen this baby alot in Euro2004. It's usually the close-up action lens for the press at the games. It's not even 3x zoom, but somehow the shots turn out tack sharp anyway. Maybe it was invented before the 3x-technology :) |
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hmm..strange filename? |
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keep in mind that there are lots of things that go into picture quality other than megapixel rating. lense quality, and firmware are super important. an 8 megapixel camera may not neccessarily take better shots than a 6 megapixel camera. i have a kodak dc3600 i believe. it takes fairly good shots. more than acceptable for use on the web. but, it's not as sharp as i wish it was, especially in low light. |
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Yes, but consumers only see the "5 MEGAPIXELS!" label and buy. It doesn't matter that it takes noisier photos than the 4 MPix predecessor. This happened with some recent Canon models (S50?). |
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But what kind of newbie knows about lense quality? Not me for sure |
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that's why you gotta do a little reading and research. the only reason i mentioned that is so that you wouldn't fall victim to the more megapixels = better camera trick. |
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you know, expensive cameras are expensive for a reason. you can't go wrong picking the most expensive one! |
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href="http://www.megapixel.net/reviews/casioqvr40/qvr40-rev Seriously, I recommend the QV-R40. No one seems to talk about Casio cameras but this one is fucking hardcore. It's cheap too. |
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more than you probably want to read: |
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I'm the ultimate beginner. I've got a Canon Powershot a200 3.3 megapixel, and I absolutely love it. Got a ridiculous price on it... they can be had for peanuts. |
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You look like Josh Homme |
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Two things that get really annoying after a while when using a camera. 1. Slow start-up time. 2. Long delay between pressing the shutter and the actual "click!". Look for these issues and test before buying or read tests. |
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Mortso, if you read the lens specs, it might say 35-105mm f/2.8-4.5. The last numbers are the largest possible aperture at each end of the focal length (f/2.8 at wide angle 35mm and f/4.5 at 105mm). The smaller the number, the better. A 2.8 is pretty fast, meaning it lets through a good amount of light. With real cameras like SLR's and so on, it also means you can have a shorter depth of focus. This is great for portraits where the person is in focus and the background is blurred. (This isn't possible with compact digitals because of the small sensor size.) I don't think I've ever seen a compact digital with anything better than f/2.0. My Olympus 35RD (film) from 1979 for example has a 40mm lens with a largest possible aperture of f/1.7, which is pretty damn good :) You'd have to do macro photography to be able to have a short focus with a small sensor. |
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As epohs said, the reason that I like the Canons is because of the quality to price ratio. The lenses that they include are quite good, and the built-in Digic software does a great job of setting the parameters when the camera is on full auto mode. They're also quite expandable. When/if you want to take the camera off of auto, you can tweak the settings to your heart's delight. They also support additional lenses and filters if you want to explore that. |
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Ok. Thanks for the info, guys. Horsefactory: WTF? |
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mortsto, for what yer looking for: 2MP used to be a good deal, but now 3MP have come down in price to 2MP levels as of last year, and this is def required for printing out photos later on. 3x optical is usually a standard in the mid-range cameras. www.dpreview.com and steves-digital cams (google it) will offer excellent reviews and photos. let us kno which one yer looking at and we'll check it out ourselves for ya |
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this is my camera. it does video and photo on mini dv or memory card. it's got 11x optical zoom and 220x digi zoom. lots o bells and whistles. i think it's dope. but it put a huge dent in the credit card. |
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Got me a Nikon Coolpix 3700, and took this picture. Damn, I'm good |
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get a TI-83+ |
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its good |
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