digital camera question

redskinz4ever · Post by **redskinz4ever** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:15 pm

what is the best digital camera for the price ?? best name brand ? what to look for ?

doroshjt · Post by **doroshjt** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:47 pm

Try http://www.dpreview.com/ they have some great reviews. It all depends on how much you want to spend. The best rule of thumb is get the most megapixels you can afford. Good luck.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:50 pm

doroshjt wrote:Try http://www.dpreview.com/ they have some great reviews. It all depends on how much you want to spend. The best rule of thumb is get the most megapixels you can afford. Good luck.

zoom is important too. try to also get the most optical zoom for your buck.

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:22 pm

I looked all around...and you want to get a good zoom. Don't be fooled into getting a "digital" zoom, that's B.S..

I have a Fugifilm Finepix S5000 and I really, really like it.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:25 pm

Don't be fooled into getting a "digital" zoom, that's B.S..

thats why i said make sure it says its an"optical" zoom.

ANT7088 · Post by **ANT7088** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:09 pm

My friend just got the Sony T1 (I think), it's a GREAT camera! It's $499 though, I wouldn't say that's a great price, but it's worth it! 5.1 mega pixels, 2.5" screen & "auto" everything!

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:20 am

I have the Kodak EasyShare DX7440. It comes with a quality SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON 4X Optical Zoom lens and It is an awesome camera. When I purchase it, there were a couple of reps from various camera companies including Circuit City and they all told me this camera is the 'best bang for the buck.' There are ones that are far better, but I am real pleased. Check it out.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier. ... cale=en_US

cvillehog · Post by **cvillehog** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:46 am

The only thing I would add to what has already been said is that you don't necessarily need/want the most megapixels you can afford.

For instance, a 3 megapixel camera can print nice 8x10s, and the resulting images are in the 500KB-1MB range each (depending on compression and the content of the picture). This means they have to be reduced in size to post online or be emailed easily. So, if you want a camera just for taking photos for a web site, for instance, and not for printing, 3 megapixels might be overkill.