Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeed.pacific.net.au!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Søren" Newsgroups: fj.comp.dev.digital-camera References: <8pq0qvgc4tbdr1q9eer74ejq7gp2lt1a2p@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Wish to Buy Digital Camera Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:57:15 +1100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Lines: 118 Message-ID: <3fa0c45b$0$1089$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.28.196.232 X-Trace: 1067500635 1089 211.28.196.232 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:1041 http://www.dpreview.com/ -- Regards Søren ,-._|\ / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v 37° 47' S 145° 16' E "Sting Ray" wrote in message news:EJ_nb.107837$3f.73850@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com... > "John Owens" wrote in message > news:8pq0qvgc4tbdr1q9eer74ejq7gp2lt1a2p@4ax.com... > > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:16:24 GMT, "Sting Ray" > spam)@vette.com> wrote: > > > > >Hi! I'm new to this NewsGroup and I am seeking advice on digital cameras. > I > > >know very little about them and have been putting off buying one for this > > >reason. I presently have an older model Pentax 105R 35mm camera which is > > >about 8 years old. About the only thing I know about digital cameras is > that > > >the higher the megapixels, the better the picture quality, and I'm not > even > > >sure about that. Here are my questions: > > You are right, higher megapixels does not ALWAYS yield a better > > picture. Most of the time more is better though. A friend of mine has > > an Olympus 2 MPixel camera that he takes on his travels and he getts > > fantastic shapshots that many "better" cameras wouldn't equal without > > a lot of manual settings. > > > > > >1) What is a good quality, mid-priced camera to buy? > > There are many. Have a look at www.pdreview.com > > As for myself, I would look first at Canon. Nikon, Olympus, and then > > Sony. As to which model to purchase, go to the link above. In general > > if all you want is snapshots stick to the $150 to $250 price range. > > You will be better satisfied with the overall results. The more > > expensive the camera the more you need to be a photography expert to > > get anything good out of it, and the more bad shots you will get. For > > resions I don't comprehent the "auto" mode on the cheaper camerals do > > a much better job of of producing what you want most of the time then > > the "auto" mode on the more expensive cameras. > > > > > >2) I think I've heard the term "docking station" used when listening in > on > > >camera conversations. What is a docking station? Should I have one? > > As far as I know a "docking station" is needed only when your notebook > > computer doesn't not have a USB port or other IO for transfering the > > camera content to your computer. If you have a tower or desktop a new > > IO card may be needed. Most cameras use the USB port > > > > > >3) I think that I've also heard the term "memory card" used. Is this like > a > > >floppy disk? What does it do? Are there different cards with different > > >capacities? > > Each time you take a picture the resulting digitized image is loaded > > into some form of memory for future access. Some use a floppy drive, > > some a mini CD-R drive and most use a memory stick(Sony) or a memory > > card(most makes). > > The more Megapixels the less a given card size will hold. Today no > > matter what camera I would use a 512 M memory device. CD and Floppy > > don't cut it for me. Most camers will allow you to select a smalled > > stored image to optimize the number of images that can be stored. But > > if you do that why buy a camera with more MegaPixels then you really > > will be using. > > > > Snapshot use - 1 to 2 Megapixels. or a good looking print up to 3X5 " > > > > Better then snapshot to budding photo artist - 3 to 5 Megapixels Good > > looking prints to 5X7" Maybe a 8X10" > > > > Serious photoartist - The biggest Megapixels camera there is. > > A pillow is needed for banging head against the wall. > > > > > >4) Is there anything else I need to buy? > > Just depends on how serious a photographer you are. There is no limit! > > For most the only Item that is a must is a camera bag. Cheap ones that > > loot like a canvas sandwich/lunch bags are best as they don't attrach > > thieves as much. > > A printer > > > > > >I apologize for what are probably really basic questions. If anyone knows > of > > >a good website that answers all these questions, please provide a link. > > >Thanks in advance for your help. If I can return the favour by answering > any > > >questions you might have on old Corvettes, I am a regular at > > >alt.autos.corvette and would be pleased to help. > > > > Now some of you are awair that I can neither spell or type well. So no > > need to point that out. > > John Owens > > > > John, thanks a million for your advice! I've been running around the web > trying to educate myself on digital cameras, without much success. Could you > please confirm that the link ( www.pdreview.com ) you sent me is correct. > I have tried it twice and keep getting this message: > Gateway Timeout > The following error occurred: > Server unreachable > > Thanks again John! > > >