Its my girlfriend’s birthday in a couple of weeks and want to get her a digital camera? Who are the best manufacturers of cameras? Any specific models would be handy too.
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get as many megapixels as you may possibly buy
canon,nikon and fuji are the best in the market.
It depends on how much money you are going to place into buying the camera…
canon sd1100 or 1200
All of the major brands are excellent. Point out a brand that appeals to you. Then you have to reckon about getting a spare battery, what size memory card, if you want an extended warranty, how much you can afford, what size zoom, if you want manual controls, the size of the camera, finding a reliable house to buy it, and the list goes on and on and on…….
The first thing to realize is that nearly any digital camera will take excellent pictures. If more people would read the manual more than once, they would be able to take better pictures. Usually, the person assumes it is the camera when it may possibly be them not knowing exactly what to do. Just give yourself more photographic knowledge by doing more conception on the internet.
I really believe buying a camera is an individual choice.
The person needs to read alot of reviews on cameras so they can choose on the features that they really want and need.
Go to the store and hold them so you can see if they feel comfortable in your hands. If possible, take some pictures in the store to check the quality of the pictures.
I can only give a suggestion of what to look for in a new digital camera.
Excellent Luck
my suggestion
go to this link for help
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camera-buying-guide/
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/dap_10153_12605_DAP_Holiday+Splurge+Camera?adCell=W3
People so often question: “Which one is a excellent camera to buy?”
A quick search would have given you hundreds of answers, but once again here is my 10 cents on the subject:
Point & Shoot cameras are wonderfully handy because of their small size.
When set alight conditions are ideal, they even take really nice photos – all of them do.
But, they all DO have limitations – they don’t do very well in low set alight situations (i.e. noisy photos, hard to avoid blur, etc). The small onboard sparkle is very harsh at close range, and doesn’t reach very far.
Many of them have no manual functions, so you are restricted to only very basic photos, you can’t compensate for unusual situations, or do many fun “tricks” and special things.
P&S’s also suffer from frustrating shutterlag and many of them chew through batteries rather quickly.
But, if you’re ok with all those limitations, then go ahead and pick one, most of them (the same type and same price range) are rather akin. Personally I would pick either a Canon or a Nikon, and would certainly stay away from Kodak.
A higher end P&S will give you more manual options and better quality. Many of those even give you the option of adding a proper sparkle (which makes a huge variation to your sparkle photos).
Don’t worry too much about megapixels…. there is a limit to how many pixels you can squash into a tiny P&S sensor before you really LOSE quality rather than gain it.
Don’t worry about digital zoom, in fact, don’t EVER use it. It simply crops away pixels, i.e. destroys information. The only real zoom is optical.
Choose which features are valuable to you, and look for cameras that have that figure.
Then go compare a few models on http://www.dpreview.com .
The very best thing you can do for your success is to use some books and learn about photography. A bit of knowledge will make a much larger variation to your photos than your choice of P&S camera can.
For what it’s worth – if I was in the market for a P&S camera right now, my choice would be a Canon Powershot SX10 IS http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=144&modelid=17630