Digital cameras for dummys

[Stumpalump]

I'm old school and still use disposable cameras. What are basics needed to know about digital cameras? How to you get the pictures out and onto a website? I work on some high tech crap for work and the last thing I like to do on my time off is to play with gadjets. Is this somthing I can keep simple?

 

[Yucca-Man]

www.dpreview.com is the best sire around for reviews and pricing.

Getting the pics to a website has nothing to do with the camera; you can use a free site like www.photobucket.com to share your photos online or you can pay to host them on a website of your own.

Jim www.yuccaman.com

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

Get a cannon

 

[ECKSJAY]

Get a cannon

Canon makes a good camera too.

However, this might be more your speed, Stimpy.

 

[Stumpalump]

Canon makes a good camera too.

However, this might be more your speed, Stimpy.

Thanks ECKSGAY,
Is that Playskool or Fisher Price? How to you add the pictures to your posts and responses?

 

[HaleYes]

Thanks ECKSGAY,
Is that Playskool or Fisher Price? How to you add the pictures to your posts and responses?

It's Fisher Price and it also comes in pink.


Hale

 

[Stumpalump]

It's Fisher Price and it also comes in pink.


Hale

Glad we have a resident expert on pink toys. Are you buds with ECKSGAY?

 

[ECKSJAY]

Glad we have a resident expert on pink toys. Are you buds with ECKSGAY?

Do you kiss jesus with that mouth?

 

[HaleYes]

Glad we have a resident expert on pink toys. Are you buds with ECKSGAY?

My daugher has already worn one of those Fisher Price pink jobbies out.(First one was warrantied) We're on pink camera number 2. She loves it.

Oh,.......... never met the guy.

Hale

 

[jeeperjohn]

First of all, ecksjay, why do you have such an issue with Stump? He seems to be a fair kind of guy and it seems like you just can't resist insulting the guy.

Anyway, stump, most digital cameras can be connected to your computer by a cable. Most of them also have a memory card that will store pictures. You can buy a fairly cheap memory card reader that will read the card and transfer the files to your computer. Some cameras even come with one. Pictures are stored in a file and can be uploaded to a storage website on the 'net as was mentioned. I suggest you do a good bit of research before buying a camera because there are many many models to choose from. If you learn about available options you can decide what options you will need. Then find a camera that has those options at a price you can live with. Hope this helps.

 

[ECKSJAY]

First of all, ecksjay, why do you have such an issue with Stump? He seems to be a fair kind of guy and it seems like you just can't resist insulting the guy.

I guess you could just add it to his list of bew hews he's been through in his life. :clap: He's an e-toughguy, he can handle it! Praise jeebus!

 

[Stumpalump]

I guess you could just add it to his list of bew hews he's been through in his life. :clap: He's an e-toughguy, he can handle it! Praise jeebus!

Praise Jesus! Can I get a Hallaluya from reverend brother ecksjay! If I can't, just keep bringing it on! It just the internet after all and it can be unpluged.

 

[HaleYes]

I've also got a Kodak DX7590 and love it. It's been a good camera.
Kokak is the way to go for user-friendliness, IMHO.


Hale

 

[Stumpalump]

So basically I can get a camera at Wallmart and like John said find one with the card and software that can be used for the computer. Is that the place to go for ones like the Kodac 7590 or are we talking high end. I'll buy fairly high end if thats the best way to go but I'm the type that hates fooling with compicated gadjets and would think a hundred or two doller camera would be the easiest one to deal with. That sound right?

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830120147

try that

and get something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223079
@ a local computer store (so you don't pay to ship it)

shpuld be everything you need to get started. Cannon Cameras rock for ease of use and they are fast. If you turn off the flash and turn on continuous mode you can take close to a picture a second. I use mine for skiing all the time. Theres times where Its gotten 3 pictures of me in the air off a single cliff/jump.

 

[kubtastic]

card reader is unnecessary.

Canon, not

 

[scoobyxj]

My advice on a digital camera.

First is shutter lag. Get a camera with the least amount of shutter lag (basically the speed of focusing) time you can find, or afford. The faster (less time it takes) the shutter lag the faster it will focus from one subject to another.

Second is Optical zoom. The higher optical zoom the farther away you can be from your subject. Personally I would try to find one at least 10x or higher for good distance photos. Digital zoom is a fake way of zooming so that figure is bogus.

Third is screen size. Obviously you want it easy to see so find one that is of good size.

Fourth is the megapixal. It basically boils down to how big you want to be able to blow up your pics when you print them out. Go no lower than 5 megapixals, and you shouldn't have any problems blowing up your pics to an 8x10 photo.

The ultimate dictator in how good of pictures a camera will take is the size of the sensor. unfortunately it's very hard to tell what the size of the sensor really is. In a SLR camera it is usually measured in millimeters. On a regular camera it is usually in fractions of an inch.


Here is a few nice links to some info on how to choose a good digital camera.
http://science.discovery.com/fansites/geek/episode/notes/digital-cameras.html

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/digital-cameras-the-top-10-things-you-need-to-know_roundup.html

 

[DrMoab]

You are wasting your time. Th OP of this thread will never understand what you just said.

My advice on a digital camera.

First is shutter lag. Get a camera with the least amount of shutter lag (basically the speed of focusing) time you can find, or afford. The faster (less time it takes) the shutter lag the faster it will focus from one subject to another.

Second is Optical zoom. The higher optical zoom the farther away you can be from your subject. Personally I would try to find one at least 10x or higher for good distance photos. Digital zoom is a fake way of zooming so that figure is bogus.

Third is screen size. Obviously you want it easy to see so find one that is of good size.

Fourth is the megapixal. It basically boils down to how big you want to be able to blow up your pics when you print them out. Go no lower than 5 megapixals, and you shouldn't have any problems blowing up your pics to an 8x10 photo.

The ultimate dictator in how good of pictures a camera will take is the size of the sensor. unfortunately it's very hard to tell what the size of the sensor really is. In a SLR camera it is usually measured in millimeters. On a regular camera it is usually in fractions of an inch.


Here is a few nice links to some info on how to choose a good digital camera.
http://science.discovery.com/fansites/geek/episode/notes/digital-cameras.html

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/digital-cameras-the-top-10-things-you-need-to-know_roundup.html

 

[Kittrell]

Kokak is the way to go for user-friendliness, IMHO.


Hale

I've gotta get me one of them Kokaks...............

 

[HaleYes]

I've gotta get me one of them Kokaks...............

:twak:


:roflmao: