I'm in the market for a digital camera. I'm currently still using a 35mm, and figure it's time to get out of the ice age and purchase one. My problem, I don't know that much about them. I need some suggestions on what brand/megapixels to get. I was at wal-mart the other day and was looking at them, but realized I need some help.
Personally I do not know a whole lot about cameras..but I will say that for the $200 ish price range I got a Fujifilms Finepix S700 and I love it. All of my pictures on this site plus my youtube videos have been taken on it if you want some examples, plus the link is a fair review of the camera in my opinion.
I've had good luck with canon's for awhile. as far as megapixels go, you really don't need anything bigger than 5-6 unless you want to print your images very large. it's all a marketing scam...
If your looking for a digital SLR, I've had a few friends buy the Canon Rebel XTi...it's 10 megapix, compact/small/light and you can use tons of different lenses...not sure how much they cost these days, but I think you can find a kit for under 800, which is pretty decent.
check www.bhphotovideo.com for tons of info/testimonials and basically any type of camera equipment you could ever want at a pretty good price.
If your looking for a digital SLR, I've had a few friends buy the Canon Rebel XTi...it's 10 megapix, compact/small/light and you can use tons of different lenses...not sure how much they cost these days, but I think you can find a kit for under 800, which is pretty decent.
check www.bhphotovideo.com for tons of info/testimonials and basically any type of camera equipment you could ever want at a pretty good price.
You can get a pretty decent one for under $200. I have an old(about 4 years) HP photosmart with 5.2 megapixels and it takes very good pictures.
You can probably find a similar or better model on craigslist for very short change.
Last edited by bullshark on Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:07 am; edited 1 time in total
You can probably find a similar or better model on craigslist for very short change.
Last edited by bullshark on Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:07 am; edited 1 time in total
I understand what you're saying, and I knew you did not really think its a scam. 
What I like about high MP is the ability to zoom in on anything in a photo and not lose clearity.
I have taken pics of animals 50 to 100 yards away and then zoomed in on the image and make a new image from the zoom. It makes it seem as if it was taken close up.
What I like about high MP is the ability to zoom in on anything in a photo and not lose clearity.
I have taken pics of animals 50 to 100 yards away and then zoomed in on the image and make a new image from the zoom. It makes it seem as if it was taken close up.