As I mentioned, Hubby and I would like to purchase a digital camera. While I have taken many a picture in my life, I know little to nothing about digital cameras. They fascinate me in many ways. The thought of being able to view the picture I just snapped BEFORE I spend the dough to develop it makes me smile.
My major complaint about my current camera (other than the fact that it is not digital and you cannot preview pictures) is that when you press the little "take the picture button", there is a solid 3 - 5 second lag before the camera actually performs the requested function. This makes capturing any kind of fast-action shots impossible. You can imagine my frustration at graduations wherein I have attempted to capture the exact moment when the subject of my photo receives their diploma. So of course my new camera will have a much quicker response to the "take the picture button". This, I am told, is shutter speed.
However, there's more to consider than merely shutter speed. Do we want to be able to print our own photos? How many megapixels do we want? Would we like optical zoom or digital zoom or both? What type of battery do we want? Its honestly worse than buying a car. Less expensive, yes. Less time consuming, no. In order to buy the camera that truly fits all of your needs and wants means that you have to spend entirely too much time educating yourself on all the camera lingo.
What I want is a store I can walk into and say, "this is what I want to do, this is what I want to spend, please show me that camera" and have them say, "yes, that is right over here". I don't want to have to know everything there is to know about digital cameras. Someone in the world has been paid to gather that knowledge and disburse it in bite-sized chunks for the rest of us. Who and where is this person?
1 comment:
You want optical zoom. Digital zoom basically does nothing for you. Get a camera that uses standard rechargable batteries, like double A's. Otherwise you're suckered into buying their battery, too. And when you suddenly run out of battery, you have no replacement. I would consider 4 Megapixels a minimum nowadays. Not that you can't get high-quality pictures with a 3.2 MP camera, but for what it used to cost to buy a nice 3.2 you can now get up to 6 or 7. Shutter speed is definitely a problem for me.
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