| How to choose
a Digital Camera |
| Choose a camera that has the right balance
of features and portability. Though a small compact camera
can be carried everywhere, it may not have certain features
that make for great photos. |
| Buy the camera with the highest resolution
you can afford, at least 2 to 3 mega pixels (2 million
to 3 million pixels), if possible. |
| The lens should be 100 percent glass. Avoid
plastic lens. |
| The more RAM the camera has the more pictures
it can store. Buy a camera with as much RAM as you can
afford, so your won't need to download or erase them as
often. |
| A UBS allows fast connection for downloading
pictures. Serial connections, on the other hand, are very
slow. |
| A camera with a rechargeable battery is
the best. It saves time and money. |
| There are four types of memory cards: Compact
Flash type I cards, Flash type II cards, Smart Media cards,
and Multimedia cards. CF cards are the best. Avoid buying
Smart Media cards. |
| Inspect the zoom capabilities of the camera you intend
to buy. |
| Look for an optical (through-the-lens) viewfinder
as well as an LCD display. |
| If you intend outputting pictures only on
to a computer monitor (for viewing, web page use or e-mail),
and inexpensive digital camera with a 640-by-480 pixel
resolution will provide very satisfactory results |
| If you plan to print photographs on a good
colour printer, go in for a high resolution camera. |
| Investigate auto focus and macro features,
shutter-release lag times and bundled software. |
| Consider other features like interchangeable
lenses, steady-shot, burstmode, auto exposure, automatic
white balance, voice memo, variable shutter speeds, manual
focus and self-timer. |
| Other useful features will include a battery-time-remaining
indicator and AC adapter. |
| Video-out connections are used for outputting
to a television. |
9:38:32 AM 
Soon
film rolls may become things of the past. Digital cameras, once
the exclusive property of the rich few, are turning out to be affordable
alternatives to 35mm cameras. Though many professional photographers
still prefer the traditional film-based camera over digitals, there
is no denying that these hi-tech devices are here to stay, and may
well phase out the traditional gadget.
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format, making them transferable between many devices and applications.
