I have been VERY pleased with my digital camera. Great price, & lods of features for what I need.
Its a Concord EYE-Q Go2000
Heres the spec list:
http://www.concord-camera.com/products/camera_spec/digital_spec/go_2000.pdf
It cost me $79 almost a year ago & it is TINY!! just a bit bigger than a credit card.
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All the pics on my site were taken with it-- http://www.atlantamx3.com
Buying digital cameras in the US
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Re: Buying digital cameras in the US
well... finally a topic I know something about... haha
When buying a digital camera some of the most important things you'll want to consider are what you're going to use the camera for.
You hear a lot of talk about megapixels. Basically, they only effect the resolution of the pictures when you "PRINT" them. If you're planning on sticking mostly to e-mailing or computer images, a high mega-pixel camera is pretty futile.
As with all digitals, you'll hear a lot about zoom. Basically, you can ignore digital zoom because once you upload it to your computer you can do all the digital zoom you want up until that one final pixel. Optical zoom is what you'd want to look at. 3x is pretty standard on most cameras. Occasionally you'll find cameras with more zoom on it. Of course, if zoom is what you're looking for you also have to consider other things before jumping at a camera with 10x optical. For instance, standard built in flashes will go only about 15 ft. So, all that zoom may be nice but if you're not in a well lit area and you're trying to capture something far away, then you very well may not get it at all.
Memory for cameras are another thing to consider. There are several different types used, most commonly: Compactflash, SD (secure disk), Memory Sticks, Smart Media, and XD (primarily used in Fuji's and some Olympus cameras). There's no major advantages of one type of memory compared to another except for the cost. Compact Flash cards are typically less expensive then the other types since it is a little larger and has been around longer. Most cameras come with a 16mb card to start out with (although some cameras that have internal memory may not have them). That'll only get you about 12 pictures with a 2.0, 8 with a 3.0, and even less the higher the megapixel. So a bigger card would be a better idea unless you plan to upload to your computer a lot.
When you buy a camera, you also get the software with the drivers (unless you're buying a jacked up camera...) in addition to the USB cords, and sometimes even AV cords. I'm not too sure if they're compatible with foreign stores and computers but I have yet to run into a problem with any tourists coming to my store.
Wow, I feel like I'm rambling on... haha....
Well the basic questions you'll have to ask are...
Are you going to print pictures? If so, then what size?
How familiar you are with computers and digital cameras?
What features are you looking for (i.e. adding filters, b/w, sepia, manual settings, interchangable lenses, flash attachments, etc etc)?
And of course, how much are you willing to pay?
Haha well if you are still confused feel free to e-mail me or whatever. I do work in a camera store after all. Maybe I could answer questions a little more in depth for you. Hope this was useful!
When buying a digital camera some of the most important things you'll want to consider are what you're going to use the camera for.
You hear a lot of talk about megapixels. Basically, they only effect the resolution of the pictures when you "PRINT" them. If you're planning on sticking mostly to e-mailing or computer images, a high mega-pixel camera is pretty futile.
As with all digitals, you'll hear a lot about zoom. Basically, you can ignore digital zoom because once you upload it to your computer you can do all the digital zoom you want up until that one final pixel. Optical zoom is what you'd want to look at. 3x is pretty standard on most cameras. Occasionally you'll find cameras with more zoom on it. Of course, if zoom is what you're looking for you also have to consider other things before jumping at a camera with 10x optical. For instance, standard built in flashes will go only about 15 ft. So, all that zoom may be nice but if you're not in a well lit area and you're trying to capture something far away, then you very well may not get it at all.
Memory for cameras are another thing to consider. There are several different types used, most commonly: Compactflash, SD (secure disk), Memory Sticks, Smart Media, and XD (primarily used in Fuji's and some Olympus cameras). There's no major advantages of one type of memory compared to another except for the cost. Compact Flash cards are typically less expensive then the other types since it is a little larger and has been around longer. Most cameras come with a 16mb card to start out with (although some cameras that have internal memory may not have them). That'll only get you about 12 pictures with a 2.0, 8 with a 3.0, and even less the higher the megapixel. So a bigger card would be a better idea unless you plan to upload to your computer a lot.
When you buy a camera, you also get the software with the drivers (unless you're buying a jacked up camera...) in addition to the USB cords, and sometimes even AV cords. I'm not too sure if they're compatible with foreign stores and computers but I have yet to run into a problem with any tourists coming to my store.
Wow, I feel like I'm rambling on... haha....
Well the basic questions you'll have to ask are...
Are you going to print pictures? If so, then what size?
How familiar you are with computers and digital cameras?
What features are you looking for (i.e. adding filters, b/w, sepia, manual settings, interchangable lenses, flash attachments, etc etc)?
And of course, how much are you willing to pay?
Haha well if you are still confused feel free to e-mail me or whatever. I do work in a camera store after all. Maybe I could answer questions a little more in depth for you. Hope this was useful!
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Meep
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Re: Buying digital cameras in the US
I could go on and on forever but I'll just leave it at that cuz now I feel like I'm at work troubleshooting someone's broken camera or trying to "pitch" a sale... lol