Lila64
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Lila64 said:Is there anything decent that you can recommend under $200? I really didn't want to spend that much, but I also don't want to just throw money away on something that is crappy or won't last.
ntalwar said:Ok - to simplify :
sample photos for Canon-
A460: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/a460_samples.html
A550: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/a550_samples.html
A560: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/a560_samples.html
Personally, I think the blue sky sample for the A460 has a bit more color noise than the other two.
Lila64 said:
Um... everything will be on automatic mode, so...
and it's hard comparing pics. I ain't a tech geek (no offense)
Liesje said:1) Do you have any examples? It would help to know what the pics are of, what the ambient lighting is like, if the flash was going off, etc.
2) Is it 3x optical or 3x digital? Most of the cheaper point-and-shoots are still at 3-4x optical zoom. They often have extended digital zoom as well, but do yourself a favor and disregard it, turn if OFF. Basically, digital zoom does not really zoom in like optical zoom does, it just crops the picture and blows it up. The issue is that most of the time, if you take a picture and open it on your computer in any photo application and crop it yourself, you'll get a better quality than if you let the camera crop it for you with a digital zoom. If you were using digital zoom with a 3MP camera, yes that would explain poor quality. I have a 3MP camera (also from 2005 when 3MP was pretty standard) with a 10x optical zoom and the zoom has very little affect on the picture quality, provided I'm holding the camera steady or I have it on the appropriate manual settings. On most cameras, you have to turn off the digital zoom or anytime you zoom it will go past your optical limit and then you have crappy pics. There should be a setting in one of the menus where you can turn if off for good. If you can't zoom in far enough using the optical zoom, you're better off zooming in as far as you can and then cropping it on your computer later on.
unico said:
1) http://picasaweb.google.com/exwhyzee/Bonolulu
i think it usually happens in a dark environment. i've tried both flash/noflash...and both suck sometimes.
2) first off your response made me think of a mazda commercial. but to the situation at hand...i checked the specs and it is a 3.3mp w/ a 3x optical zoom. ETA I just realized it has a 3.2 digital zoom. i don't know if it is automatic or not. i'll have to read the instructions and figure out how to turn it off if it isn't already
i also have a question about video. if i turn my camera sideways, it takes the video sideways. is there any way i can change that?
Thanks Lies!
Lila64 said:
I'll need a memory card, and I guess SanDisk is the way to go, right? I have one in my crappy camera, a 512. I see on Amazon (above) a 2GV SanDisk Secure Digital SD Memory 2GB (Bulk) for $14.54, and 1 GB Secure Digital SD (bulk) for $5.69. Any recommendations there?
anitram said:
What I'd recommend is if you want a 2GB card, get 2 1BG SD cards instead. I never like to keep all my photos on one card because if something goes wrong, you're screwed. So anytime I was going on a big, long trip where I knew I'd go through hundreds of shots, I'd take several smaller cards with me.