wrote:
Donald Link wrote:
On 20 Mar 2005 12:58:03 -0800, "bmw" wrote:
I’m looking to buy my very first digital camera. I know absolutely nothing about them. I basically want to take family photos & maybe scenery that I could enlarge and put on my walls. I’m looking for something under $300.00. Any recommendations for a beginner?
Thanks!!!
BMW
Everyone will give you an opinion based on what they like. I find a Sony to give me the best bang for the buck, but even HP makes a good camera. Stay above the 4 mega pixel and 5 is about your price range. Also, try to include and extra battery in your price and a good
memory
card. The best thing to do is not buy unless it is on sale. Wait
and
be patient.
Hi bmw,
There is one thing that you really need to keep in mind. When you buy a digital camera, it will most likely become addictive. Being able to see your photos instantly, as soon as you have taken them, is a really great thing. Then going home and seeing them full screen, or on paper is even better. So you may progress a lot quicker than you expect and grow out of the camera quickly, if you get one too low in specification. Have a good think about the images you are likely to want to take – and what features will be needed on the camera to take those images at the quality you expect.
As an example, you may want some manual control so that YOU are in control of blurring backgrounds (to emphasise your subject) or making sure everything is clear front to back in the pic (such as in soem landscape photographs, for example, where there are important elements close to you and in the distance). Don’t make the mistake I have often made in the past, buying something cheap to only later replace it with something better, and then something even better after that! I may as well have bought the best one to begin with and bought one item instead of 3!
Brian.