question about digital camera

[wilbasket23]

question about digital camera? how to determine a digital carmer is good or not. what standard feature do we need to consider when buying a digital camera? What is consider good digital camer.

[reboot]

A good one is one that does what you want in your price range.
They go anywhere from about $60 to $2000, depending on picture quality and features.
Look for a minimum of 1.3 megapixels, ease of transfer of the pictures to your computer (USB cable), Optical zoom (NOT digital zoom!!!), flash capabillity, speed, battery life, number of pictures it can store, and at what quality...

[Force Flow]

Cannon's are easly to use. Sony's have a lot of bells and whistles, and are a bit more complicated.

I went with a cannon (it was cheaper; $1000 with the mic). The Sony's were a little bit more. I would go with either Cannon or Sony. I would also stay away from Panasonic. Their cameras aren't that great at the moment. But, it's just a matter of preference. It also depends what you want to do with it; home movies or blockbuster hits.

[mountaineer]

Try to get at least 2 Mega Pixels if you plan on printing Get as much optical zoom as possible (10x). Also look for some manual settings like aperature priority, white balance, ISO settings, maybe even some shutter speed flexability. If you dont get at least these features, you will have a camera that is comparable to a point and shoot 35 mm. You can cover all your bases with several models from Cannon, Fuji, Olympus. All for $300-$400

[not important]

Here's a nice site for info on digital cams.

http://www.megapixel.net/html/issueindex.html

[PardeGT]

Stick with name brands that solely make cameras: Olympus, Canon, Nikon.

I really like my Olympus C700UV (2.1MP with 10x optical zoom).

[doubledragon5]

If your not looking to be a professional just a everday user I would go with a refurbished camera my self and not a high end one either. I bought a Fuji Finpixx 1400 zoom. specs are 1.3 mega pixels 3Xoptical zoom that is just the basic. It takes very nice quality pictures and I'm very happy with it, it also use a USB cable and transfer to your PC is a snap. Check out www.computergeeks.com that's where I purchased mine. It originaly retails for $399 put it is a two year old model and I got it for $109.

It comes with a 90 warranty from fuji and comes in original fuji packaging. Also all the software and cables that you need are there. Before you settle on a Camera go here www.dcresource.com They have all the reviews for any camera your looking to buy.

[sdkfz]

Just to provide a couner point - if your purpose its to have pictures in digital format, but NOT right NOW, a SLR and having the film developed with a CD works just as well and provides a lot of features not available at the digital level, different lens, filters, film speeds etc

If you need to preview a picture right NOW and get it to the digital destination NOW, then a digital is better.

My professional photographer friend uses a digital to make a print to show the client what the final product will look like, has the, sign this as an OK, but then goes back to film developed to CD for the final product.

Hope that helps, the other answers are all correct assuming that digital is the only solution

[morriswindgate]

Check out the "Not Exactly New" area of www.pricewatch and get a factory refurbished unit. It's one way to get more bang for the buck on a top name camera.
I have a FUGIFinePix Refurb I bought three years ago and have never had a problem with it.

[doubledragon5]

I second that morris, my FujiFinpix works "great and like I said above it is a factory refurb, I bought at computergeeks. When I was looking at camera's I thought about a Kodak but stayed away because in order to view them on your PC you have to by a docker which is seperate from the camera and at "$80" more.

[Dogdirt]

Study hard. There are many many digital cameras on the market. It all depends on what you are going to use it for, how much you have to spend, and how much hard drive space you have left on your computer.This site might help you out.
http://www.dpreview.com/

Here are a few pictures I took with my Olympus 2100 Ultra zoom camera at the Toledo airshow last month.
http://www.pbase.com/dogdirt/toledo_air_show_2002

[Michael]

Another Oly C-2100 shot..........truly a unique camera!






with and without 10x optical zoom (w/image stabilizer)

[SBanana]

2 megapixels is the minimum I would use. I bought a Fujifilm 2400 2.1mp camera, refurbished, that is just great. Point and shoot for the most part, but it has excellant color, resolution, and for less than $200 on e-bay, was a great deal. I have been completely happy with this camera.

[Michael]

The Fuji 2400 is an excellent P&S camera. I just sold mine because I could not stand the fact that when in "sleep mode" it actually shuts off and has to be turned back on and the zoom reset (I shoot with zoom on almost exclusively). It's too bad because I consider the Fuji 2400/2600 as the BEST pocketable cameras around. It's definition is much better than the Olympus D-550 (3 megapixels) that I bought to replace it.