How do I use a digital camera?

Question

I'm looking to purchase this camera.

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Just in general, how would I use this camera or any other digital camera?

Answer 1

David, your question illustrates the benefits of visiting a true camera store before purchasing a camera online or anywhere. True camera stores give you the luxury of handling every camera they sale as well as having seasoned sales people who can show and explain how your camera operates. Also you can check out all the cool accessory equipment such as flashes, tripods, backgrounds, filters, etc. You've never had so much fun! Good luck friend.

Answer 2

Looks like a sweet machine these days theyre so easy to use you just point and click, therell be an instruction book with it.......but digital cameras have a downside in the time it takes to take the photo, some cameras have a lag time of a full second or more before the picture is taken so you have to anticipate action shots to catch the scene at the right time. Have fun with your camera.

Answer 3

Well, here's the basics. If the image looks blurry, then half way press the button to get it to focus. That's how my mom and dad's digital camera works. Then if your camera has the words scene or something, you can pick what kind of photo that your taking. For example, if you are taking a picture of a waterfall, then you would choose landscape or something. Then just shoot after focusing the camera. You can also zoom in by using the lever, or whatever it has. I hope this helps! :D

Answer 4

Very general: You can use it like a non-digital camera (holding that little window up to your eye and looking through, then snapping the picture), but the nyou can check the image on a digital screen, and delete it or keep it accordingly. There are different modes you can go on (landscape, night, sport, regular, etc) that you can toggle through by using, usually, a little knob near the picture-take button (from the picture, it looks like this camera has one of those). You can power it on and off, and there's not film, but a little memory stick you can plug into computers or game consoles to view and print the pictures yourself, or at a place to get pictures developed.

Answer 5

First, let me say congratulations on getting a kicka$$ camera. You will have a great time with it.

There are two levels of answering your question. One is to say, just take pictures the same way you EVER did. Read at least the first few pages of the manual so you know about putting inthe battery and memory card correctly, put the camera on "AUTO" and go for it. Take your memory card to WalMart, Wallgreens, Eckerd's, Target, etc., etc., etc., and ask for help in printing your pictures. Once you have done it once or twice, you will not need any help.

The second level is to suggest this web site:

http://www.digitalcamerabasics.com/

Answer 6

Assuming you have a computer, this or any other digital camera would allow you to instantly see and modify pictures. Since there is no cost to taking the pictures (unlike paying for prints) you can take more than you are used to. With a simple editing program you can reduce or enlarge the pictures and crop them before printing. With a little more effort you can modify the pictures to eliminate "red eye" from flash, to remove color tints due to lighting (too warm or too cool).
Beside printing, you can use images for sending information to friends and for posting items for sale.
This camera will take movies of limited length. It does not appear to have a built-in flash but it does have Image stabilization which reduces blur.

Answer 7

The digital camera is just a modernized version of the mechanical camera. With a few additions such as a screen instead of using the viewfinder. Like all digital cameras, they have dial modes for setting which mode such as portrait, landscape, etc. Your pictures will no longer be film, but will be digitized in a single memory card, which you may present to your film store for development or upload through your computer for sharing.

Answer 8

You take a picture of whatever you want and then you hook it up to your PC using a USB and download your pictures onto your PC. Make sure you have a card inside it though or you won't be able to hold very much.

Answer 9

well usually it's like using a normal camera... it has more settigns and ways to see the picture.... but you look at the screen and when you have your pictures you can download them onto your computer and either send them or print them at home!

Answer 10

read the info booklet, charge it up fully before the first use. then just turn it on and try different things you will learn it in no time just using it a little on your own.