July Babies

July Babies Good Morning to all of you.. whats new? I have a question.. that somebody might help me with,, What kind of Digital Camera should I get? I never owned one and would like to get one. A friend gave me her old Kodak share something.. But it dosen't work the cable or something. I need something that is easy to use. and not to expensive. I thought I would ask all of you since evryone is always posting pics on there profiles.. any ideas? Peace Mo Oh... When is the Vegas trip again? No I'm not going.. I just want you all to have a great time..

I love the Canon Powershot S60-S80 series. Probably a bit more money than most people want to spend (300-400) but well worth it. I am the yearbook advisor for our middle school and use these cameras. Plus I use them in my classroom for projects. They are sherman tanks. I have 200+ students using them in a given year and they have been extremely reliable and durable. They take good pics and the camera is easy to use. I have helped many of our staff and my friends purchase digital cameras over the years. The key things I would tell you to look for in choosing a camera is 1)make sure it uses a rechargeable battery, do NOT buy a camera that uses AA batteries, you will spend a small fortune buying batteries, even if you are using rechargeable AA's people don't realize how much power those little digital cameras use. A camera with a good rechargeable battery may cost you $150 more but when you think about it that is only about 20 packs of batteries. I know people who have gone through 3 packs of batteries on 1 vacation. 2)Optical Zoom is much much more important than digital zoom. Optical zoom is the "true" zoom that a lens will do, digital is like pretend zoom, it is basically computer enhanced zoom, it dosn't really enhance or make your pictures any better. 3)Don't get to excited about megapixals, anything over 5 megapixal will probably more than handle what ever you are taking pictures of. I just had a friend who bought a $1200+, 7 megapixal camera to take pictures of her kids and on vacations, this was huge overkill for her needs. The only thing the extra megapixal does for her is allow her to blow up her prints to bigger size. She almost never prints anything larger than 5x7 so she would have been fine with 3-4 megapixal. If you give me more info about the parameters of what you are going to use the camera for and your budget I could do a more detailed search for you. Also you can get some good deals on the Canon that I mentioned from places like National Camera Exchange and B&H Camera. I've even had really good luck and gotten some good buys with refurbished camera's. Good luck and let me know if you need more help or have more questions.

Mo~ I have an Olympus Stylus 600. Love it! I can shoot all my pics in "soft" candle light. It makes me look tan amd it hides my flaws. It's really easy to use too! I bought it at Circuit City in November for around $420 if I remember right. I think they are cheaper now though...my sister just bought the same one at Costco for less. C

My newest camera is the Sony Cybershot DSC-P200. I like it because: 1. Fits easily into purse (I carry it all the time). Size of the camera was very, very important to me. I wanted it SMALL. 2. 7.2 megapixels - which means I can blow up those pictures, or crop it significantly, and still have good quality picture left. 3. It is fast! This is very important to me. The first couple of digitals I bought (or was given) I'd snap the shutter, a full second or three would pass, and the picture would be snapped. In the meantime, everybody would move or the picture would be gone - drove me nuts. 4. Battery holds a charge for a long, long time. So, when on vacation I don't have to charge it every night. And, I don't have to worry about it not being charged when I need it. 5. Takes little movies. Long little movies. It'll record a sound movie until the memory card (I have a 2 gig in it now) runs out. That means over 40 minutes - if I chose to. Normally I use the movie feature to grab about 10 to 15 seconds, just to get the flavor of a scene. 6. It is red. Not a real selling point, but I think it is cool that it is red. 7. Lots of manual options, if you decide to move that way. Most times I keep it on "auto" and let the camera do the work. Only con in my mind, the power button is on top near the shutter button. Several times I've shut the camera off instead of taking a picture. They look and feel different, but I think it should be in a different place. -Pam