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Do you need digital camera recommendations |
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Written by George
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Friday, 25 August 2006 |
A digital camera is an electronic device used to capture and store photographs electronically instead of using photographic film like conventional cameras. Modern compact digital cameras are typically multifunctional, with some devices capable of recording sound and/or video as well as photographs. Typically handheld digital cameras offer a variety of image quality choices and connection interfaces. Analog RGB video and analog composite video (NTSC) interfaces will allow you to connect the digital camera to a video conferencing system or to a VCR.
Digital formats allow you to connect your digital camera to a computer. Common computer interfaces for digital cameras include USB and IEEE1394 (FireWire™). Digital cameras may also use memory sticks, CD-R's, or even floppy disks to transfer images to the computer. I have asked my friend for digital camera recommendations before, but ended up in such a nightmare of an imbroglio that I will never ask him again. The resolution of a digital camera is determined by the camera Sensor that turns light into digital information, replacing the job of film in traditional photography. It represents this light value in Pixels, which are little squares (on a CCD) that make up the image.
Each pixel can store one digital value, which can then be recalled and put with other pixel values to generate a digital Photograph. The more pixels your camera can recall, the better the resolution it can offer and clearer the Pictures will be if a big enlargement is required. Cameras are usually characterised by a number of mega pixels they offer, when a million pixels is equal to a megapixel. You might have noticed that I'm not making any recommendations in the class of electronic-viewfinder cameras. This is because I believe that most of Quest readership, having grown up on optical viewing (SLR or direct), will not be willing to live with electronic finders. Myself, I dislike them a lot. I still, though, make my own digital camera recommendations, now, for you to avoid the same nonsensical pain. Go online to epinions.com, or to amazon.com; type in the camera make and model; and order it online.
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