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201841	2003-12-19 20:06:00	I'd say go up to the DSCP52. I recently bought that camera for $599 from Noel Leemings, and they threw in a free 64mb memory stick (part of a promotion). It's an extra $70 you pay for 2x optical zoom (aka. REAL zoom). It's a very solid, good quailty camera. The batteries last for ages, provided they've been charged properly. I disagree with others saying that you can get photo quality shots from VGA resolution files (640x480pixels). To get photo quality, you need to print at 300dpi or higher. In that case, at 3.2megapixels (2048x1536), you can print the "5 by 7" type prints and get the same quality as you'd get using a normal film camera. At 2.8megapixels, you can get the same quality as the normal "4 by 6" real photo prints. Of course, if you don't intend to print the photos, then it wouldn't be of concern. The camera comes with all the software and cables you need to transfer photos to the PC.	somebody (208)
201842	2003-12-20 00:23:00	IMO, you take your shots at the highest resolution you can stand then, once downloaded to your PC, you can fiddle around with them to your hearts content. Croping, adjusting light levels and colour stauration (white balance if the camera allows that type of file), and zooming for detail is all best done with as much info captured in the original shot as possible with minimal compression (if it's JPEG) which means biggish files and a requirement for biggish storage. Once satisfied with he result you can then reduce to managable sizes for email, web or print definitions. You don't want to be running out of storage capacity while you have nowhere to dump your current shots either or the shot of the day is lost because you've run out of room. Get more rather than less storage. Cheers Murray P	Murray P (44)
201843	2003-12-20 00:34:00	Hi guys i have a 64M stick from my Sony Digital Video Camera - I'm sure they are the same ,ah?	taxboy4 (579)
201844	2003-12-20 00:39:00	Actually after all the helpful comments above, I think I'm going to go for gold and buy a Sony Digital Camera DSCP10 5.0 mega pixel super HAD CCD 3x optical zoom Smart zoom 150 sensitivity setting mpeg movie vx Clip motion Burst shot (3) 1.5" LCD screen For more information about this product, or to order email Radfords - bout $1100 but has real zoom , super high res. My missus is a amatuer photographer so will want pics as high res as can and also that we canedit and print out. So next thing (seeing I have XP) what sort of printer should I purchase and do i need special paper to print out the shots.. I took a normal camera overseas this year and with 30 films taken its costing me about 8$ to buy the film, and $35 each to process with double prints and to CD Apart from the flexibility of the digital camera i figure going upmarket will future proof it better?	taxboy4 (579)
201845	2003-12-20 00:55:00	Howdy Taxboy, A 5.0 mega pixel camera will allow for fairly high resolution photos up to about 8 by 10 AFAIK. The main problem is that the more pixels used to create/store the image means that the file is correspondingly larger. This then leads to the need to purchase more or larger storage media. I think that you can store about twelve 3 mega pixel images on a 64MB card. Most sites do state the minimum and maximum storage capacity for each size of media. If your are wanting to print reasonable images photo quality paper is a must and costs about 75 cents per A4 page. It is possible to buy a photo specific printer, but these are quite costly and most standard colour printers do a reasonable job. Don't forget about the "hidden" costs of the ink refills as well. If you add up all the costs you might find that $35 is pretty cheap :)	Gorela (901)
201846	2003-12-20 00:57:00	I'd wait on buying a printer (they can only get cheaper and better :D) and look at getting printing done by professionals . They actually produce photgraphic prints (apart from the Kodak Kiosks at Warehouse which use dye sublimation) . The prices are pretty good for 6"x4" but the prices for bigger sizes aren't always exactly proportional . Printing only the ones you like would be cheaper than the chemical photography . Having your own printer gives convenience, but once you count the special paper and the ink costs, (and the bad prints ;-)) printing your own really means paying for convenience . If you want to do lots of manipulation on your computer you can still do that and take the digital results to a processor on some portable medium (CD, FC, SD, etc . . . even floppy) . You can even email files to people like frogprint, and get the prints back by mail .	Graham L (2)
201847	2003-12-20 01:38:00	Thanks guys I might go with the higher pixel camera and wait to buy the printer...can use commercial for the pics that i want (a big advantage over a normal film where 50% are crap but u pay for those to be developed also) ..also I can be naughty and use the flash colour printer we have at work even if i pay for the paper / ink for a few pics...	taxboy4 (579)
201848	2003-12-20 05:51:00	Hi taxboy4 I see your a Welly person. Hop into Wellinton Photgraphic Supplies in Vivian St (south side, off the Kent/Cambridge Tce end). Great range of cameras and accecories, excellent advice, will produce of CD; camera card; or email. The best thing about them is that they know cameras and photography (they seem to have a resident expert on each aspect or brand) and IMO the advice you get there will save you not only money but time and frustration in the long run. I found the memory cards quite a bit cheaper there as well. Cheers Murray P	Murray P (44)
201849	2003-12-20 06:35:00	Couple of sites that may be of interest www.stevesforums.com http://www.frogprints.co.nz The main problem I have found is always ensuring you have a couple of spare sets of charged batteries.	FrankS (257)
201850	2003-12-20 07:57:00	May I suggest that you pop this excellent book (www.frogprints.co.nz) in the Xmas stocking along with the camera? :-)	Susan B (19)
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