In search of: a $250 digital camera, NPC, but I would like to buy my 1st one |
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In search of: a $250 digital camera, NPC, but I would like to buy my 1st one |
brant |
Oct 8 2004, 04:25 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,632 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
title about covers it.
I would love to buy my first digital camera.. (so I can take car pictures) Is there anything out there that would be decent in the 200 range? (I'll have to justify it with the wife, that we can use it for trips and non car pictures too) what should I look for? -#'s of pixels? -powers of multiplication? thanks for humoring a computer and camera newbie. brant |
ThinAir |
Oct 8 2004, 09:46 PM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,543 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I made my first digital camera purchase this summer after a lot of research. I went with the Canon A75 and am very glad that I did. I wanted the slightly larger LCD on the back and didn't want to spend extra bucks for the swivel screen on the A80. I also felt that 3.2mp was just fine for my needs.
My biggest concern was getting good sky colors. I've had too many times of getting back from a trip and discovering that the beautiful blue sky with white puffy clouds behind the Eiffel Tour came out all washed out. I tested the Canon on this before I purchased it and I've been very pleased with the results. From my research it seems that Canon has done more work on scene analysis than any other manufacturer to make sure that stuff comes out right. The A75 also gives me lots of manual controls so that when I want I can make it do whatever I want. At high resolution the movies are even pretty good and I haven't used my video camera since I bought the Canon. My only complaint is that at high res you can only take a 30 second video regardless of how much capacity your compact flash card has. Having a camera that felt good in my hand was very important. Using a CF card and AA batteries were the other things on my list and the A75 fit the bill all the way around. Like others have said, there are lots of them on the market, but Canon gets my vote - especially the A75. |
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