Hi guys and gals,
I am currently in process of buying of one Digital Camera.
Which one should I buy ?
How to get the know-how of the features and which are the price ranges to be decided.
Can somebody share his/her exp. with me.
Please reply ...
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Go for Olympus... I don't know about it's price in India but in Moscow it was around 450 US$. What else U want to know.
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Even I wanna buy one.what kind of features should I be looking for.Because if I go to shop they use any feature as selling point whereas I don't even know later how much will i be using it (that perticular feature)for.
What are the essential things/features I should be looking for when choosing a digital camera
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Deeps: main feature is ressolution. then compatibility with the s/w. & attachment to computer. In that case Sony is the best. U can directly inset a floppy in the camera & use same floppy in computer to format those snaps.
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After a lot of research and checks on the web I think even KODAK is far superior than Sony and has got an ability to be introduced directly as a hardware plug-in.
http://www.kodak.com is the best site giving comparisions as well.
Have a look.
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Recently I heard that if you buy a digital camcorder you do not need digital camera ....
is that true ?
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Yes, that is true. Most of them have a facility of preparing jpgs also from the shoot.
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Can you throw some more light on it Indra ?
I mean light ... not that you should flash it oK..
Laxmikant
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yeah, laxmi_v, indradhanu is right. now a days most of digital palm/cam corder are comes with steady shot(day/night/flashlight). it mean you can take steady photos too just like camera. and the these you can trasfer to your PC and do whatever you want with any image editing software.
and second thing, some cameras also having flash memory card. the same you can use for steady shot photos......
for Ex. Panasonic PVDV 200/400/800 and series... PVDV100 doesn't have facility of memory card but steady shot facility is available.
BUT, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO CARRY YOUR CAM/PALM CORDER EVERYWHERE... BETTER TO HAVE DIGITAL CAMERA THEN.
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mala ek sanga
mi ithe ya 'steady shot' feature chi mahiti kadhali tar mala kahitari vegalch kalala. te mhanaje ki baryach velela aapan shooting karat asatana, aapale recording he sthir asatech ase nahi teva ya steady shot feature mule aapala cam aapalyala tya sarva non-steady clippings cha average kadhun steady picture deto.
nakki kay te konitari conform kara..
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I think that the Feature for taking still shots like a Digital Camera with a Digital Camcorder is called something like "Digital Photo Mode" or "SnapShot Mode"
The camcorder functions as a digital still camera; they're like two cameras in one. Just press the photo
button to capture still pictures on a single videocassette (in SP mode) or combine video and still pictures
together with the added benefit of audio.
Some camcorders can capture fine resolution still pictures onto a MultiMediaCard (50-60 pics per 8Mb
card approx).
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No Maverik, milindaa tu mhanato aahes te barobar aahe. steady shot he feature camcorder che shaking chaa effect kami karato.
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digital camerachya printschya qualitybaddal tumache kay anubhav ahet? usual camera comparable pan nastat asa aikalay. mi ajun amachya digitalchya prints kadhalya nahiyet. mi aikalay ki pixel distat printsvar mhanun.
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Rangy aamhi ofoto.com varun prints kadhale hote te at least comparable tari nakkich hote :o) matr saadhya inkjet printervar printout kadhale tar te ajibaat comparable nasate. tyasathi photo quality printer ch havaa.
print cha size kami asel kinva resolution jaast asel tar changale results yetaat.
4 x 6 size la 1024 x 768 he resolution purese aahe. amacha camera 640 x 480 cha asunahi 4 x 6 la mhanave tevadhe vaait aale naahit.
maatr kharch khup jaast aahe. eka print la 50c.
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ho na mahag ahe khara. mhanunach mhatala prints kadhayachya dhi ikade vicharuya. ata mi agadi pahijech tyach print kadhen. baghate kasha yetat tya. amahala watala ki digital camcorder ghetalyavar camera gheun phirayachi garaj rahanar nahi. pan quality wait asel, tar tyala paryay nahi ase disate :-(
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No Maverik, milindaa tu mhanato aahes te barobar aahe. >> Kiran: I did not say that Milindaa was wrong. In fact I have corroborated his statement that the feature called "Steady Shot" is not the one used for taking "Still Pictures".
Steady Shot or Image Stabilization (as canon calls it) is indeed for reducing camera shake and
"Digital Photo Mode" is the feature that lets you take still pictures "As If" your camcorder was a digital camera.
:-))
I usually increase resolution of my digital pics in photoshop and upload those pics (4-5 Mb size of 1 pic) to shutterfly.com. They give awesome prints.
They are expensive though.
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ohh maverik, sorry abt that, I mis-interpreted that.
But does incresing resolution this way increase the quality of pics? Because when the original picture itself does not have the details, how incresing resolution will help?
Does photoshop have some interpolation algorithm similar to digital zoom?
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I use the "digital camera mode" for taking pictures.
maverik, i am also interested in knowing how this works in photoshop? Is there any other software as well other than photoshop?
Thanks
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Oops, for a second I forgot that we were talking about photographs taken with a digital camera. Pardon Me !
What I meant was,
A. When I want to make prints from slides, I increase the scan resolution while scanning the slide into a photoshop file. A resolution of 3000 pixels width wise gives an excellent picture quality for printing 8"x10" pictures.
B. For pictures taken with a digital camera.
Suppose the digital camera is rated as a "3.3 Mega Pixel camera", then square root of that is approx 2000 pixels width wise....which should give a fairly good quality 4 inch by 6 inch print.
Cheap consumer digital camera's are not as good and provide very low resolution images, to which nothing can be done. They look good on screen but look bad when printed.
So, while buying a digital camera, it is important to look at that pixel rating. Olympus has recently broken the 4 MegaPixel barrier and have come out with an excellent digital camera. Pictures taken from this camera will look great in print.
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maverik, i am also interested in knowing how this works in photoshop? > again, sorry about the confusion. If you own a digital camera, then the quality of final prints will be limited by the pixel rating of your camera.
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rangy, taripan mi 1 observe kele aahe ki MS Word madhye ekhadi kami res chi image insert keli aani resize keli tari tyachi quality farashi na bighadata ti enlarge hote. bahutek those blurring, thodese interpolation ase kahise techniq word vaparat asava.
ekada ka size motha zala ki mag Printscreen marun dusrikade ti file save karaychi.
arthaat evadhe sagale updvyaap karayache mhanje vel ani patience pahije.
dusre observation, jpg files chya compression mule picture quality kharab hou shakte. tyamule jar digital photosna re-toching karayache asel tar nehami save as karatana Compression 0% thevave.
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majhya camcorder/camerache model ahe sony DCR-TRV20. Megapixel 1/4''CCD 1,070k ani 1152 x 864 Still Image Resolution
http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/ss5/home/digitalvideo/minidvcamcorders/dcr-trv20.shtml
koni he model vaparale asel, tar anubhav kalawa. ya details ani varchya charchevarun sa watat ki resolution good enough ahe, pan megapixel kahi great nahi.. barobar ka kiran, maverik??
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hyaa res la 4 x 6 photo uttam yayla harakat naahi.
6 x 8 suddha changale yeu shaktil ase mala vatate.
amchyakade sony DCR-TRV 520 aahe pan mala details nakki athavat nahit.
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http://www.zdnet.com/special/filters/sc/camera/
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1152 x 864 nakkich changale ahe. 4 x 6 sure yetil changale.
pan shevati normal camera with film print ti tich.
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Is there any other software as well other than photoshop? >> sometimes I use XV (should be availale on any Unix box, I use the one on my SUN workstation) to play around with images. It nowhere close to Photoshop but provides basic picture manipulation capabilities.
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Boss
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Some very good info on Digital camera. Even there is a short course on 'Digital Photography and Using your Digital Camera', on this site. Click 'here'.
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Samirm75
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| | Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 7:09 pm: |
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samrya, zdnet varun mala http://www2.buydig.com/ link milali. khup swasta camera's aahet. 100 $ cheaper than market and new with US Warranty
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Deepblue
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| | Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 8:59 am: |
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maI qao ]XaIra AalaÜ vaaTto²
malaa vaaTto digicam maQyao most must AaiNa basic must features mhNajao resolution (megapixel) Ê optical zoom (2x / 3x / 4x and more) AaiNa memory (storage capacity (8 MB etc)) .
Resolution jaovhZo jaast tovhZI photo quality caaMgalaI yaoNaar.
Optical zoom jaovhZo jaastÊ tovhZo tumhI actual zoom kÉ Xakta. Digital zoom ho fake zoom Asato. jao tumhI Photoshop saar#yaa eKdyaa image editor maQyaohI kÉ Xakta.
Memory jaovhZI jaast tovhZo tumhI jaast photos store kÉ Xakta. naahItr outdoor shooting saazI tumhalaa extra flash cards (memory storage chips) Gyaavao laagatIla. ikMvaa maga laptop maQyao photo transfer kravao laagatIla.
Digicamcorder (video) laa digicam (still photos) mhNaunahI use kÉ XaktÜ. XaovaTI video mhNajao kayaÆ tr mostly 24 or 36 frames (images) per second AXaa still photos caa saMca AsatÜ. %yaamauLo video caI ek frame mhNajao ek still photo AsatÜ. pNa video saazI Kup memory laagato (imagine 24/36 photos per second) Ê mhNauna AXaa images cao resolution (quality) kmaI Asato.
Digicamcorder laa digicam mhNauna use krNyaasa kahI hrkt nasaavaI. p`XNa f> price AaiNa quality caa Aaho Asao malaa vaaTto.
maI sauwa digicam Gyaayacaa ivacaar krt Aaho. Baartat kuzo svast imaLt Asaola tr Ìpyaa kLvaavao.
caU. BaU. dyaa. Gyaa.
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Orchid
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| | Friday, July 16, 2004 - 6:30 am: |
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camcorder ani digi. cam ne kadhalelya
photo chya quality madhe farak asato.
amachyakade camcorder ahe,pan tyat flash nahi,tyamule light kami asel tar photo
kalpat yetat.shooting matra chhan hote.
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Deepblue,
A quick note on your comment that digital camcorder can be used as a still camera. At this moment, there is a wide variety of digital cameras available in the market right from 2megapixels to 10megapixels. Max digital camcorder CCD chip resolution 0.75 megapixels or at the max 1.18megapixels. Most of the 2 megapixels digital handicams are 3 CCD (each being 0.75 megapixels) so in my personal opinion, I wouldn't use digital camcorder for still pictures unless I am going to simply email them, forget printing, you will get pixellated print.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Samir75,
Its true that buydig has got pretty low prices but their seeling strategy is bit weird. I got my camera from them in Dec 2002. They kind of call you up later and try to sell few accesories like, charger and batteries worth USD 40, in my case. So watch out.
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Deepblue
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| | Monday, July 19, 2004 - 4:28 am: |
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Right Prasad!!
I don't know the latest developments, but it is true that the digicam is better if you want good quality still pictures.
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Prasadp77
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| | Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 6:27 am: |
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Planning to buy another digicam, pocket size.
Any user of Canon Powershot S400/500 (IXUS 400/500) and Sony DSC P10?
I tested both the cameras and impressed by results of both of them, now I want to know owner's opinions on pros and cons of these cameras before I order.
Any suggestions on other cameras belonging to the same category are welcome
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Giriraj
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| | Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 11:13 am: |
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idpkÊmalaa iDijaTla k^maora Gyaayacaa Aaho... tulaa ikMmatIba_la kahI maahItI Aaho kaÆ
Olympus caI kuNaalaa maaihtI Aaho kaÆ
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Nandya
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| | Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 1:12 pm: |
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Giriraj, check http://www.steves-digicams.com and http://www.dpreview.com/
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