can someone suggest me waht things to be considered in buying a digital camera?whats the good brand to buy?

Question

I want a nice good digital camera,I've no knowledge how to buy,i mean factors shd be considered in buying.please help get a good one.

Answer 1

For starters, and/or the casual user, look for a camera with a 1) for great resolution, of your pictures, it should have a minimum 5 megapixels (mp). This is very good for most users. 2) 3x-4x (or higher), optical zoom is good, don't worry about digital zoom. 3) I like to stick with AA batteries, rechargeable or regular. Lithium battery are good, but not easy to find if you're on vacation and need batteries at a convienence store or can recharge quickly. 4) I see that many digital cameras are doing away with the optical viewfinder (the old fashioned way of looking through the viewfinder to take a picture), and strickly having just the LCD screen to compose a shot to take. I, personally still like the optical viewfinder to really focus on a particular subject, or use on a really sunny day where it's hard to see your subject(s) on the screen, or just to save battery power on my camera. These are just a few things to consider when shopping for a digital camera.

I like Canon and Sony, in that order. Nothing against other brands, just personal preference and experience of these brands.

You'll need a digital/memory card to capture your pictures onto, and these two brands uses different kinds. Canon (and I know Kodak. Not sure what Nikon, Olympus, Fuji or other brands use), uses a SD/MMC card, which I find is cheaper than a memory stick used by Sony. (Which by the way, is used just for Sony cameras).

Here is a link to the top ConsumerReports.org picks and reviews on Yahoo! Tech: http://tech.yahoo.com/rc/digital-cameras/103;_ylt=Atl1QahZ58_YwdPS8e6knfoFLZA5
I have the Canon A620, and love it!

Good luck!

Answer 2

I have been happy with the Fujifilm Finepix F10. Here's why:
1. The ISO is adjustable from 80 to 1600. This means I can get really good picture quality when there's plenty of light or get an ok picture when there's barely any light at all. I've been to circuses and animal shows and so on where they don't allow a flash and there isn't a lot of lighting so this comes in handy.
2. It has 6 megapixels. I normally just look at my pictures on the computer so this is plenty. I have printed out some of my pictures at 4" x 6" and it looks to me the same as 35mm film.
3. It has extremely good battery life. The rechargable lithium ion battery last over 1000 pictures when I don't use the flash, or hundreds when I do use the flash. Also, I don't have to take the battery out of the camera to recharge it.
4. It can take night shots up to 15 seconds. This is great for the stars and inside caves.
5. The macro mode can focus from only about an inch away. This is handy for taking pictures of bugs and flowers.
6. It has a tripod mount. I bought a tripod for less than $20. It's made cave photography a lot easier.

There are only a couple of things I don't like about it:
1. When shooting motion video, the focus can't be changed without stopping the recording and starting a new video clip.
2. It doesn't have a manual focus. Somehow the autofocus usually works, even in low light, but a manual focus would be handy once in a while.

Also, there are a couple of "extreme" features I want that it doesn't have.
1. It doesn't see ultraviolet and infrared. No cheap digital camera does.
2. It only has one size pixel. Fujifilm makes some high end digital cameras with two different size pixels to increase the dynamic range. This is handy when lighting is uneven.

Answer 3

1. How good of a resolution do you need. I say after 5MB is overkill, 3MB is roughly the same resolution you get in a standard 35mm camera and you can not tell the difference after about 4MB in a standard size (4x6) picture unless you plan to get poster size prints, then and only then you (with a normal human eye) can you tell the difference.
2. Size of camera, do you want something small and compact or lager and something you can change lenses on.
I say small to medium is great for non professionals that just set everything for auto and do point and click, I see allot of people with these professional cameras that cost well over $1000 and each lens cost about the same, but they don't know how to use them to there full potential and they get the same pictures that I get with a camera that cost allot less and is more compact and easier to use.
3. I like Cannon and Sony cameras, most people that have these are satisfied and they seem the most popular.
4. Allot of the photo quality comes from where you get them printed (believe it or not/ I did an experiment and had the same disk printed in 3 different stores (Walgreen's, Wal-Mart & Wolfe camera) and the cost was very similar, Wolf was the most & Wal-Mart the cheapest but only a few cents on each print, but the quality I got from Wolf was the best & Wal-Mart was the worst.
5. Get an extra memory card (1Gig will cost aprox $50 depending on the type your camera has (the sales person will tell you the kind you need, but don’t get any more than that, 1Gig will let you store around 250 pictures @ the highest resolution and like over 500 @ medium resolution.
6. A good camera case is essential, but an extra battery is only an option.

Answer 4

Over 5 Megapixels is no overkill. If you only want to use the pictures for Avitars on Yahoo then he's right.
I use a Canon XT rebel 8 MPixel which is a great consumer camera, I also use an older 20D whis only has 5 MPixels.
If you want to make clear pictures then 8 is great. you can enlarge to poster or larger with a perferct picture.
Then you can acessorize with lenses and produce great pictures. Canon has a new XTi that is 10 MPixel and runs around 900 for a kit.

Answer 5

read a website like www.imaging-resource.com
You will be able to compare cameras side by side, and get recommendation for various types of users (look at Dave's pick)
Avoid brands you have never heard of, you probably won't hear from them again so you would have a hard time getting updated software of accessories.
"You get what you pay for" is usually true. Get a cheap one, you probably will have to buy another one soon and will end up paying the camera twice.

Answer 6

ngufra is right. There are tons of camera now. It is easier if you should focus on manufacture first, then choose the camera you like.

If you go with Canon, there are lot of type of cameras for your need.

Answer 7

I gave my opinion 17 hours ago to Melissa B The same would apply to you.