just bought a praktica 5.8 digi cam 3x opt zoom, 5mp video/sound rec etc but wondering?

Question

got 512mb mem card to go with it and wondering if i made the right choice...i bought it to take real life pics as i'm going on holiday...for things to paint onto canvas, does anyone have the same camera, and have you had any problems with it...i'm just going through instruction manual at the moment as it has quite a few features and i'm worried cause the price was only £69 and the mem card on special 512mb Kingston card for a tenner at Tesco's! the 128mb card was £11 and the 256 was i think £14...maybe i was luckY???

the model number is 5.8(i think the accompanying letters were DCZ). The pixels was 5.0 million pixels or 5 mp. 3x optical zoom, BRAND new Praktica with av/usb cables, pouch, strap etc and the Kingston card also brand new, it was definitely on sale. I think I landed a real bargain, wow.

Answer 1

5.8 megapixels is awfully cheap. You have yourself a relatively good buy. (Warranty and everything.)

SD memory is gradually replaced by XD memory; it is already obsolete in some parts of the world.

If you decide to stick with this camera, having another 512mb or one gig could not hurt. It will allow more photographs at moderate to high resolution. Go back for another one or two pieces of the same capacity or which ever gives a better price.

At 5mega pixels, still pictures is more than decent with printing at A3.

When travelling or excursions, shooting anywhere between three hundred to over a thousand and more shots is not uncommon. It provides a safety net of different perspectives.

To compensate for different lighting, look through the manual to see if the camera has:
- white balance (WB)
- manual override on timed exposure and flash which allows shooting in pitch black
- length of timed exposure
- f-stop, aperture for clarity and sharpness

Note the setting how to adjust quality of photos on the camera.

The older digital cameras five year ago have problems with low lighting but did not suffer from blue overcast skies as they used traditional SLR lens. Naturally, a 5mb Canon SLR used to cost as much as twelve thousand quid.

Have fun playing.

Amites.