Digital Camera's

[dkitt10]

alright, i'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, all I really know is that the better the MP the better the picture, soo I was thinking of some wheres in between 3 and 4 MP, I want to get it from these guys for personally reasons so just tell me which one is the better one for my requirments, thank you

http://www.microage.ca/Catalogue.asp?Submitted=True&CategoryExtID=287


im liking the olympus http://www.microage.ca/product.asp?CatalogID=0&SupplierPartID=729624


basically I want a camera that I can point n shoot, but has some nice quality to it, I want the LCD so I can view/delete picture right from camera

thanx for opionions

[9mmCensor]

I got this one http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=14&WLBS=fsweb19&sku_id=0665000FS10044120&catid=10131&newdeptid=14
and like it alot (wait till they go one sale you can save some $$$). its nice, easy to use, good quality, and quite small.

[_slh_]

More pixels doesnt neccesarily mean better pictures. You could have all the pixels in the world, but if the lens is crap, your pictures will be as well. Ive got a Canon powershot a70. Pictures are great quality, and it does everything I need it to, at a good price. Stick with companys that are known for making quality film cameras, and you should be ok.

[cursor]

I got a Canon A75 for $199.99 at Officemax about a month back. Here's why:

-Great software
-Great reviews
-Uses Compact Flash cards

One of my family members just got an Olympus and it uses xD cards. A 256 mb card runs about $80-90. You can get a 512 mb Compact Flash for $50. If you want a high performance 512, it costs about $80-90. So that xD media is really expensive. Plus lots of other devices use compact flash (PDA's). SD is pretty good media, too. But I'd stay away from xD.

[dkitt10]

canon isnt on the site, like i said please tell me which camera to get from that site, personal reasons, I am 99.99 percent positive im not going to get it else ware

[jnev_89]

i have this camera: http://www.microage.ca/product.asp?CatalogID=0&SupplierPartID=035008&ProductSearchString=f700&ManufacturerName=Fujifilm

i highly recomend it. takes awesome quality shots (6.2mp!!), has a great movie mode if you need it, is small enough to fit in your pocket, and has full manual or full-auto. the one downside of it is that it takes crappy shots inside (not a big deal for me since i'm almost never inside, don't know about you). outside it's amazing though.

highly recomended

[dkitt10]

i need a cam that can do good in both inside and out :D

[jnev_89]

well if you have a tripod it's fine, otherwise you'll have to use flash which (sometimes) can mess up the colors of your picture.

[JCLW]

Canon A75 would be my vote.

[[aXe]]

all I really know is that the better the MP the better the picture

That's not necessarily true. The D70 & D100 are 6.1MP, but the quality of the images produced by the D2h (4.1MP) are far better quality (which is part of why the D2h costs over 2 grand, vs. $999 for the D70).

My old Sony Mavica FD-83 (which only shot 1024x768 photos) was far better than most of the 2-3MP cameras I see today.

It's all about the quality of the CCD/CMOS sensor that the camera utilizes. Not the size of the final image.

Regardless of the image size, what is your ultimate intention for the images? Are they actually going to be printed, or are they just for the screen? If they're only for the screen, you don't need a super high-res camera.

With regard to the Olympus you mention, I hate Olympus digitals. Their film SLR cameras are/were outstanding, but their digitals suck. The images are noisy and not that great in detail. Artifacts all over the place, even on their "high" quality images.

Avoid the HP cameras. From those listed on that URL you listed, I'd probably go for one of the Fuji Finepix cameras or possibly one of the Sony Cybershots. Or look elsewhere, and go for a Nikon Coolpix. I've no experience with the Canon P&S digitals, but I hear they're not too bad.

[JCLW]

']It's all about the quality of the CCD/CMOS sensor that the camera utilizes.
And the lens.

[[aXe]]

Yeah, the lens plays a big part of it, but on a P&S, they're all pretty comparable. It's not until you get to SLR that lens selection plays a major part (and can actually do something about it, heh).

The P&S lenses are generally tiny... What would be a pretty decent sized lens on an SLR (say 28-116mm) is tiny on something like the Nikon Coolpix 5400 (5.8-24mm), but gives the equivalent field-of-view. The reason the P&S lenses & SLR lenses don't seem to match up for the same FOV is all because of the size of the sensor. It's basically a crop factor that provides the FOV equivalents.

At such small size lenses the lenses on the Canon, Nikon & Fuji P&S are all pretty similar.

The best bit is to hit your local Ritz camera, BestBuy or something. Just have a play with the cameras they have, jot down some makes & models, see which feels right in your hands, and produces good quality images. When I'm checking out lenses or bodies, I'll usually take a CompactFlash down with me, shoot a few photos, then revise the images on the PC when I get home. The important info (make, model, focal length, etc.) is recorded in the EXIF info in the file, so you can easily spot which camera/lens took what photo.