Where can I get a cheapass digital cam?
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HACHI-RYOKU
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As far as pixels go, The difference between 3.2 megapixels and 8 megapixels is not evident in small pictures. It's not until you blow the picture up, that you notice any differences. Basically, an 8 megapixel picture can be blown up pretty darn big and still be very detailed, but a 1 megapixel picture will look blurry when you blow it up to the size of a regular picture. 1 megapixel is good for small photos like wallet size. A disposable camera is about the same quality as a 2.5-ish megapixel camera. There are a few other concerns about pixels, but that's the biggest and most evident.
You shouldn't take bit pictures at high resolution anyways. Most on-line sites wont let you post a picture too big because it takes up too much space. But even an 8 megapixel camera has an option to step down the resolution so you're only using, for example, 1 megapixel.
I would waist a little extra money to get something good. A 5 megapixel camera will be a 5 megapixel camera from now and into the future. A 1 or 2 megapixel camera will be obsolete. Last year, at my weding, we had professional pictures taken. My Sony 5 megapixel camera took some of the best pictures out of all the pictures taken, including two proffesional photographers with 6 cameras between themselves. They had many pictures taken at 8 megapixels, but we didn't need to blow them up to the size of a small car, so it really didn't matter.
Sony = quality = expensive. But I picked mine up at the return cage at an electronics store in Japan. Worked great, but for some reason somebody returned it. I figured I would give it a try and if something was broke, I could just send it to Sony and they would fix it. They have a great customer service department. I got a 5 megapixel sony for $150. Luckily, nothing was broken.
As far as pixels go, The difference between 3.2 megapixels and 8 megapixels is not evident in small pictures. It's not until you blow the picture up, that you notice any differences. Basically, an 8 megapixel picture can be blown up pretty darn big and still be very detailed, but a 1 megapixel picture will look blurry when you blow it up to the size of a regular picture. 1 megapixel is good for small photos like wallet size. A disposable camera is about the same quality as a 2.5-ish megapixel camera. There are a few other concerns about pixels, but that's the biggest and most evident.
You shouldn't take bit pictures at high resolution anyways. Most on-line sites wont let you post a picture too big because it takes up too much space. But even an 8 megapixel camera has an option to step down the resolution so you're only using, for example, 1 megapixel.
I would waist a little extra money to get something good. A 5 megapixel camera will be a 5 megapixel camera from now and into the future. A 1 or 2 megapixel camera will be obsolete. Last year, at my weding, we had professional pictures taken. My Sony 5 megapixel camera took some of the best pictures out of all the pictures taken, including two proffesional photographers with 6 cameras between themselves. They had many pictures taken at 8 megapixels, but we didn't need to blow them up to the size of a small car, so it really didn't matter.
Sony = quality = expensive. But I picked mine up at the return cage at an electronics store in Japan. Worked great, but for some reason somebody returned it. I figured I would give it a try and if something was broke, I could just send it to Sony and they would fix it. They have a great customer service department. I got a 5 megapixel sony for $150. Luckily, nothing was broken.
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I gotta WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE with that one. ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I shoot is ALWAYS at the highest possible resolution and quality setting for compression.HACHI-RYOKU wrote: You shouldn't take bit pictures at high resolution anyways. Most on-line sites wont let you post a picture too big because it takes up too much space. But even an 8 megapixel camera has an option to step down the resolution so you're only using, for example, 1 megapixel.
2 reasons why:
1. With a high rez pic, you can always 'downsample' it to whatever is suitable to the task you need...You can't 'upsample' a lower rez picture (not with good results anyway).
2. Higher rez is a form of 'zoom'. If I took 2 pictures of let's say the frontend of a ZZ Corvette shell, 1 is with a 2megapix rez and 1 is 8megapix. With the 2mp pic, I might be able to 'zoom' in a bit and have a closer look at the grille...But with an 8megapix rez, I could 'zoom' all the way down to 1 of the headlights and blow that thing WAY up and get superfine detail of it.
Higher rez has its' advantages.
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