Sunday, April 20, 2014

what the best digital camera available for a reasonable price?




Shmexerss


i currently have the finepix Z and its a nice camera but doesn't have the cool features that i am looking for like the more recent cameras offer. im looking for a nice camera for a reasonable price. thanks for the help


Answer
Recommendations for YOU at the VERY bottom with 2 asteriks, but general info that will help you out before that.

Before i start let me remind you to buy from reputable online dealers such as beachcamera.com, bhphoto, buydig, adorama, ritz camera, J&R, amazon, etc. NOT ebay. Look around those to get the best price. Just remember to check resellerratings.com and BBB.org to see the reputation of the vendor. There are a lot of scam artists online these days.

REMEMBER, megapixels DON'T MATTER, it's a marketing tool. Any photographer will tell you megapixels have nothing to do with image quality.

If you want REALLY good zoom look at some of the prosumer point and shoot ones, they come with 20x zoom while compact point and shoots usually have 3-4X. When looking at zoom ONLY LOOK AT THE OPTICAL zoom. Digital zoom means NOTHING. If you want to take another picture immediately after, prosumer point and shoots and dslrs are better than compact camera. So if you shoot a lot of moving things or sports, you may require a prosumer point and shoot or a dslr. However most compact point and shoots these days can do fairly well on that too, but no where near as well as a dslr would.

Here are my general suggestions in each range of cameras, organized by 3 groups, compact point and shoots, prosumer point and shoots (basically higher end and bulkier point and shoots), and dSLRS.

Compact Point and shoot: Canon SD 880 IS (comes in gold and sliver), this is one of the best point and shoot cameras out so far and costs around $250 I believe.

Prosumer point and shoot: Sony HX1 or Canon G10 or Canon SX1IS. All three of these are excellent, you can compare them yourselves to see which one you like. These cameras offer a lot more manual control than point and shoots and have higher zooms. They are a bit more advanced than the typical compact point and shoot cameras. They'll also be more expensive, around 400-600.

dslr: These are your really serious cameras, with interchangable lenses. These will cost a lot! They have interchangable lenses and offer a lot of flexibility and creative control. When you buy these you buy a system and will build on it with life by purchasing more lenses as you go, flashes, tripods, etc etc. Just one of the lenses alone will cost more than your point and shoot will, so they aren't cheap. Here are my recommendations for dslrs.

Entry level: Nikon D40, Canon Rebel XS (around 500 total with kit lens)

Mid level dslr: Canon XSi or the New T1i (700 for xsi, 900 for T1i with kit lens)

More professional models: Nikon D90 or nikon D300 or Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS 50D (1000 + )

Full frame: these are the most expensive cameras in the world and will run around as much as a car for the whole system, so i won't recommend these cuz if you were in the market for these I'm sure you wouldn't have asked any questions here on yahoo answers, you'd be a professional taking photos for a living.

*NOTE: canon and nikon are the two biggest and best companies when it comes to cameras. Canon by far leads the way when it comes to point and shoots. In SLR, it's debatable but I prefer Nikon SLRs

**optical zoom is important, megapixels not so important. Stick with canon point and shoots if you are on a budget. It would help if you told us your budget, but just follow those recommendations and you'll end up with a good camera in whatever price range you have. Remember don't buy compact point and shoots if you can afford to go over 300. There are better options as i mentioned in my suggestions.

What is equivilant Megapixels in a digital camera to my regular 35mm Pentax with 200 speed color film?




jimdotedu


I want to make big (16x20 or 30x40) prints

Currently I use 200 speed Fuji



Answer
I will break from the pack on this one. Properly done, a 10 to 12 megapixel camera is capable of making prints certainly at the 16 x 20 size and even 30" x 40". It's all about the software interpolation of the digital file. Thus, your answer has two parts: 1) the megapixels available and 2) the skill of the printer operator, and quality of his equipment/software.

Even 200 speed film has grain in it, which can detract form the overall image. By comparison, digital cameras when shoot at low to moderate ISOs do not exhibit this grain pattern, as long as the images are properly exposed. Digital cameras show image noise at high ISOs and typically if underexposed.

I was playing around this week with my scanner and my Fujifilm Provia slides, both in 35mm and 120 format. The 120 format is just remarkable when used with ISO 100 slide film, and when scanned I get the quivalent of about 25 megapixels. The thing is, at 100%, I can see that the image is soft and not as detailed compared to a digital SLR with a lower megapixel rating.

I suggest approaching the local facility where you will be making these prints to determine their quality and image requirements. They can probably tell you a minimum # of megagpixels you need to have in your SLR.




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