Although features may differ depending on the price and quality of the camera, you should make sure you consider the following:
Resolution of the image: The greater the number of megapixels your camera has, the greater will be the detail in your photos putting them in the high resolution category.
Optical Zoom: The higher the optical zoom of the camera, the nearer you get to the action.
Memory sticks/Flash cards: The greater capacity in MB (megabytes) your memory stick has, the greater number of photos you can store on your camera.
Every so often you find that the big names in digital cameras like Sony, Canon, Fujifilm, Olympus, Kodak, Nikon and Panasonic introduce new models in the market which have some recent improvement or additional feature that you must have. With so many makes, models, megapixel resolution and other features to select from, how do you ensure that you opt for the ideal digital camera?
For printing the pictures you click, if you are going to print the pictures yourself, ensure that you have a good printer that will give you good quality photos; also making sure you have a stock of good photographic paper with you. Depending on what result you might want, you might decide to upload your pictures to a photofinisher’s website online; some of these are Picasa, Snapfish, Kodak Easyshare Gallery and Shutterfly. Other sites which allow you to upload your pictures and share them with the general public or only with your friends and/or family, as you may choose to, include Ibibo, Bigadda, Facebook and Flickr.
What is a Megapixel?
Pixels are small dots that form a digital picture. One megapixel is equivalent to a million pixels. Digital cameras are available in a range of megapixels and theoretically, the more megapixels your camera comes with, the clearer and better your picture will be. However, if you look at it from a practical point of view, it depends on where and how you will be using these pictures. If you are just clicking pictures to place on the web, then low-resolution ones will do and they are normally 300 to 500 pixels in width. Megapixels come into the picture when you are looking to print pictures larger than the usual 4”x6”. Then you must consider a camera with more megapixels. Other reasons are it allows you to crop the picture down and lets your pictures get sharper.
Resolution of the image: The greater the number of megapixels your camera has, the greater will be the detail in your photos putting them in the high resolution category.
Optical Zoom: The higher the optical zoom of the camera, the nearer you get to the action.
Memory sticks/Flash cards: The greater capacity in MB (megabytes) your memory stick has, the greater number of photos you can store on your camera.
Every so often you find that the big names in digital cameras like Sony, Canon, Fujifilm, Olympus, Kodak, Nikon and Panasonic introduce new models in the market which have some recent improvement or additional feature that you must have. With so many makes, models, megapixel resolution and other features to select from, how do you ensure that you opt for the ideal digital camera?
For printing the pictures you click, if you are going to print the pictures yourself, ensure that you have a good printer that will give you good quality photos; also making sure you have a stock of good photographic paper with you. Depending on what result you might want, you might decide to upload your pictures to a photofinisher’s website online; some of these are Picasa, Snapfish, Kodak Easyshare Gallery and Shutterfly. Other sites which allow you to upload your pictures and share them with the general public or only with your friends and/or family, as you may choose to, include Ibibo, Bigadda, Facebook and Flickr.
What is a Megapixel?
Pixels are small dots that form a digital picture. One megapixel is equivalent to a million pixels. Digital cameras are available in a range of megapixels and theoretically, the more megapixels your camera comes with, the clearer and better your picture will be. However, if you look at it from a practical point of view, it depends on where and how you will be using these pictures. If you are just clicking pictures to place on the web, then low-resolution ones will do and they are normally 300 to 500 pixels in width. Megapixels come into the picture when you are looking to print pictures larger than the usual 4”x6”. Then you must consider a camera with more megapixels. Other reasons are it allows you to crop the picture down and lets your pictures get sharper.
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