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With Christmas almost here, I thought I'd pass on some info about different options and such. First off, I use a cell phone for making phone calls ONLY... I don't want it to take pics or surf the web.
1. Higher mega pixel cameras also mean larger file size for each pic. You need to make sure your memory card is large enough to hold a good number of pics. Generally, the included memory card won't be large enough.
2. The LCD screen on the back of the camera is a battery eater. A better camera will also have a view finder with the option to turn that LCD screen off and take pics using the view finder.
3. Cameras with a zoom should be "optical" zoom rather than "digital" zoom or part optical and part digital. Example: Camera A has 10x optical and 5x digital for a total of 15x. Camera B has 12x zoom ALL optical. Camera B will take a better, sharper pic at 12x than camera A. Camera A will zoom to it's optical limit and then digitally zoom the other 2x... digitally spreading the image pixels out.
4. If you are going to be taking pics of things in motion, make sure the camera has a dedicated motion capture setting that is easy to use... like a knob on top of the camera to move from one pre-set to another. You don't want to have to open a menu and go to "settings" type crap.
5. Digital camera prices are getting lower and lower. But, to save money... wait till AFTER Christmas for best deals.
roadkill
1. Higher mega pixel cameras also mean larger file size for each pic. You need to make sure your memory card is large enough to hold a good number of pics. Generally, the included memory card won't be large enough.
2. The LCD screen on the back of the camera is a battery eater. A better camera will also have a view finder with the option to turn that LCD screen off and take pics using the view finder.
3. Cameras with a zoom should be "optical" zoom rather than "digital" zoom or part optical and part digital. Example: Camera A has 10x optical and 5x digital for a total of 15x. Camera B has 12x zoom ALL optical. Camera B will take a better, sharper pic at 12x than camera A. Camera A will zoom to it's optical limit and then digitally zoom the other 2x... digitally spreading the image pixels out.
4. If you are going to be taking pics of things in motion, make sure the camera has a dedicated motion capture setting that is easy to use... like a knob on top of the camera to move from one pre-set to another. You don't want to have to open a menu and go to "settings" type crap.
5. Digital camera prices are getting lower and lower. But, to save money... wait till AFTER Christmas for best deals.
roadkill