i want to buy a Digital Camera. Any tips on what should i look out for?

Answer 1

Budget: You need to set your budget. Remember that your budget should also cover a camera case, memory cards and any needed software. You can start at a few hundred and go way up from there...

What Is Your Goal: Do you want it small enough to slide in a pocket? Or do you like a bit more heft? What types of pictures will you be taking and in what sort of light. This should help you identfy feautures you might need (image stabilization, zoom range, lens speed, etc.)

How Will The Pics Be Used: If it is just internet posting, almost any resolution will do. A 3ish megapixel camera will do 4x6 prints OK. Personally, I'd go for at least a 5mp camera. (Remember that doubling resolution requires quadrupling megapixels -- so a 6mp is really not different from a 5mp camera).

Also, check out the reviews and forums on www.dpreview.com

Answer 2

Sony T-9

An amazing camera. Look it up by doing some google research, znet, and c-net research.

You'll love it! However this is a great camera for social outings/daily pics of high digital quality resolution but not a "professional" camera for the high-end pictures. Comes very close though!

Answer 3

There are allot of digital cameras out there! Be on the lookout for a digital camera wich can handle 4 mega pixels or more! The hihjer the mega pixels the better the quality! Good names to look at : Sony, Samsung, Cannon, and many others

Answer 4

SLR is Single Lens Reflex as the others have already mentioned. The image that you see from the viewfinder is captured from the main lens and reflected onto the viewfinder with an intricate arrangement of mirrors (or prisms). When you click the shutter, the mirror moves out of the way and the image is imposed on the CCD sensor. What that effectively means is that you see EXACTLY THE SAME IMAGE from the viewfinder as is captured on the CCD. That helps, doesn't it?

Disadvantages with D-DLRs (or film SLRs) range from need to have expensive lenses, no inbuilt zoom, bulky size, extreme high costs etc.

Serious photographers prefer SLR cameras because they allow hordes of manual settings and addition of filters, zoom lenses, wide angle lenses, fish eye lenses and other unimaginable things. Non-SLR cameras have come in with these features these days but those arent too many in number.

Please please please check out the Panasonic Lumix FZ-20 to get a really good camera with absolutely mindblowing features + 12x built-in optical zoom + image stabilization (very important when taking long range photos with zoom and in low light conditions) + east point-and-shoot modes for secondary users like your sister or mom or your little brother + ability to add lenses, filters, external flash....in short - the best possible combination of the features of an SLR and a compact non-SLR camera alongwith features unique to both (like image atabilization).

They have recently introduced FZ-30 which is even better and offers an extended zoom upto 19x (optical). Check out one of the sites I list below and search for both the cams.

One more thing, you should NOT need anything more than 3 megapixels for casual photography. The only advantage of having greater megapixels is the ability to take LARGE size prints. So, you might safely go in for a 5 megapixel camera and it will allow you prints as large as you might ever need.

Source(s):

www.stevesdigicams.com
www.dcresource.com
www.dpreview.com

Answer 5

Don't go overboard with meg pixels. 5 mega pixels is more than enough. You will in most cases only use 1.3. Anything larger makes files so large that they are difficult to work with. Most camera come with a max of 3 X optical zoom and then use digital zoom which enlarge he size of the pixels, which don't give you a good clear picture. I see a few cameras that have 6 X optical zoom, and one with 10 X. I think SD memory cards work great and are not too expensive.

Answer 6

I bought a camera at Refurb Depot that worked out well. Same as new with a warranty, but alot cheaper.
Here is the link:
http://www.refurbdepot.com/?refererid=yahooanswers

Answer 7

check out new Fuji finepix F30. It even beats high end digital SLRs in low light photography. It is of ISO 3200. you will get natural colors and skin tones. you can check more about it online at fujifilm.com. You can buy it just for 260 at Butterfly photography online.

Answer 8

Any camera is file.But make sure that it can carry a lot of images and can capture very high resolution photographs.Also make sure that the megapixel length is big.Like 7.1(thats the best)

Answer 9

I JUST BOUGHT ONE, JUST GO ON GOOGLE FOR ''DIGITAL CAMERAS ,PRICE AND MAKE'' YOU GET A LOT OF INFORMATION ALSO WRITE DOWN THE ONES YOU LIKE AND THE NUMBER ALSO THE M.P.AND THE PRICE DO ALL THIS THEN GO TO THE STORES AND GET THEIR PRICE

Answer 10

Make sure it has a clear picture and also make sure it can hold alot of pictures.