Digi-cam, what specs to look for?

[Reverend Maynard]

Howdy all. I am looking to get a digital camera in the near future, but I have no idea what i am looking for when I go to pick one. I am thinking things like megapixel rating, zoom options, and such. Also, any particular brands that stand out as much better than others?

Any info or thoughts you have let em flow, I'd love to hear from you.

[VJ]

Well, this is a good site to start :

http://www.dpreview.com

A lot of reviews, a buyers guide and an explanation of the terminology !


Jörg

[Greebe]

http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30529&highlight=digicam

[Wombat]

One interesting thing is what you plan to do with the camera. If you want "photo-quality" printing, then you want 300dpi, as a rough rule of thumb. You can use your desired print size as a guide.

My 2.1MP camera does 1600x1200, so that would be roughly a 5x4" print. But I don't plan on printing much, and the photo-stitching software will work well for landscape pictures.

[Guru]

I just got this one last week! http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epa...oduct=43860733

[Joel]

Moved to General Hardware/Software.

Joel

[VJ]

And here we are, speculating about Matrox' next videocard, while in fact it is a ... camera !

Jörg

[dancray]

that is one asskicking camera Guru...take any pictures yet? can you link a few? did you get a good price?

[Guru]

Originally posted by dancray
that is one asskicking camera Guru...take any pictures yet? can you link a few? did you get a good price?

We are a reseller for fujifilm and I got it for ~5% cheaper then our normal price (our price not the cusomers)! I have not tested it yet but I can link some pics as soon as I have!
Still waiting for my 128MB memory cards!