what digital camera should i buy?

Question

i want one that is good and what brand should i buy? how many megapixals should it have and what are megapixals? plz. help me

Answer 1

You may want to provide some more details about what you are looking for.
Do you want a super compact camera or is a larger camera okay?
What is your budget?
It is mostly for photos with friends in clubs or travel?
How important is style?
Do you want to point, shoot and not think about it -- or do you want to have some more advanced settings?

There are so many cameras out there that it is not possible to answer this question without some more information.

Answer 2

Purchasing a camera really depends on what you want to use it for. To start, there are two main types of digital cameras:
1. Digital SLR: very expensive, has both manual and automatic controls. Basically meaning, you can either focus the camera yourself or let the camera do the focusing for you. This is more of a professional type camera.
2. Digital Point and Shoot: less expensive, all automatic controls with different settings for different situations (e.g. outdoors, sunset, candlelight, etc.). This is more compact than an SLR, typically pocket size.

Megapixals, 5 megapixals will be fine unless you want to blow up the picture to a very large size.

Recommended brands: from what I've read, Canon and Nikon seem to be the most popular for quality pics. I would recommend doing a lot of research to find out what fits your needs within your price range. Samy's Camera is an amazing store with a staff who really know's their sh**, tell them what you are looking for and they will for sure point you in the right direction.

BTW, I just bought a Nikon Coolpix P4 (point and shoot) and I'm very happy with the performance.

Goodluck.

Joe

Answer 3

There are many good brands in market. I prefer Sony or Nikon camera. For good print quality you must go for minimum 8 megapixle. This also depends on how much you can pay for the camera. Better megapixle means more costly camera.

Digital cameras capture images as pixel elements, known as pixels. Simply put, a megapixel is equal to one million pixels.
Digital images are made up of thousands of these tiny, tile-like picture elements. The more pixels, the higher the image resolution. Resolution relates primarily to print size and the amount of detail an image has when viewed on a computer monitor at 100%.
The number of megapixels is only one aspect relating to the quality of a camera, or the actual quality of a photo it is capable of producing. Factors such as camera sensor and the optical quality of a lens play equally important roles.
If you buy a digital camera with too few megapixels for your printing and editing needs, your photos will be degraded. Purchase a camera with too many megapixels and it could cost more than is necessary.
Deciding the "right" number of megapixels does not have to be confusing. Two main factors should be at the core of a decision when purchasing a digital camera: desired features and the number of megapixels based on the maximum print size you plan to make.

Answer 4

You decision shuld be based on the following:
1) Purpose of the camera - Casual, Professional, amateur (Quasi professional)

2) Portability - Pocket type, SLR types (larger)

3) Are the results going to be blown up for posters, etc? If not, lower megapixels (even a measly 3.0 megapixel) would do.

For a complete list of cameras, reviews, explanations, i have included an excellent link.

Answer 5

That depends on your style, I recommend going to a store such as Walmart or BestBuy that has a variety of cameras to choose from. Many of them have sample images beside the camera to give you an example of what quality the camera is capable of.

Short of that, search the web for cameras to find good examples of photos taken.

I am fond of the Fujifilm s3000; the features are very user-friendly
with advanced features as well as point-and-shoot features. The load-up time isn't the fastest in the world, but it's reasonable. One handy feature is a grid of thirds to aid composition balance and keep your pictures straight.

Picture navigation is extremely easy with thumbnails as well as individual pictures. There is also a quick scroll feature.

This camera can be picked up relatively cheap, especially off eBay and is very reliable, however, it is not waterproof.

It has a 6x optical zoom and, I believe. Optical has the best results, so when looking for quality, look for that.

While with only 3.24 megapixels, the pictures still turn out wonderful at 8 1/2" x 11".

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A pixel (short for picture element, using the common abbreviation "pix" for "picture") is one of the many tiny dots that make up the representation of a picture in a computer's memory. Each such information element is not really a dot, nor a square, but an abstract sample. With care, pixels in an image can be reproduced at any size without the appearance of visible dots or squares; but in many contexts, they are reproduced as dots or squares and can be visibly distinct when not fine enough. The intensity of each pixel is variable; in color systems, each pixel has typically three or four dimensions of variability such as red, green and blue, or cyan, magenta, yellow and black

wikipedia.com

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Good luck and many happy photos!

Answer 6

5 Millions or above is good enough for non-professional use.

If you carry the DC all done, you may consider a slim version.

Some slim that the len will not pop out (also with optical zoom) is my recommendation as it is really handy to carry it.

I'm using a Sony DSC-T3. 5 Mb pixels and ultra slim. Bought at S$ 349 a few months ago. Worth it.

Answer 7

I'm also planning to buy one. My choice is Minolta A200, its a 8 Mega Pixels Cam. Good Price & rating is better than Nikon CoolPix 8800. you can check on Cnet.

In America its price on Bestbuy.com is 574 Dollars & with tax u will get it around 620 $.

Pixel is small dot of color, combination of Pixels make a complete photo. The more the pixels, the better result u will get. & mega is a measuring unit. Like Kilo --> Mega --> Giga.

Answer 8

I have an HP 5 Megapixel camera with video capabilities. I really like it. Just be very careful with it, because if you drop the camera it will most likely break. Mine did.

If you are looking to buy top of the line, look for a Nikon. You will pay a high price but they are nice cameras.

Answer 9

5 megapixels are what you want itll allow it to blow up pictures to 8 x10 without losing clarity depending on what you do with your camera there is some things to look at. Zoom is a major one for you want optical which is pure zoom and will make it look sharper then the digital zoom then you have to look at shutter speeds stabilization weight i reccommend the canon it is a good brand and excellent warranty program

Answer 10

the 1 u want