Digital Cameras

[enigma]

A few questions.

Where is a good site to buy them from?

I have seen a few good deals on Amazon. Are ACER a good brand or not?

How many megapixels should I aim for? Im thinkig 5-6 million.

Thanks.

 

[perseus]

Shops (Jessops, Fotosound) will match the Internet price of you ask them.

There is a shop in Burgess Hill that can be a price guide.

 

[Franks Wild Years]

As do John Lewis and you get free 2 year waranty and dealt with by someone who gives a toss.
Cannon ixus 500 is the best camera I've ever owned.

 

[Bozza]

My little fella, so to speak, is here:

http://www.northstandchat.biz/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64381&highlight=camera

As ever, click through the Amazon link at the top of every NSC page for your purchase.

 

[kalinski]

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W7 is a great camera. just bought it because it has one of the lowest shutter lags, which means i can actually get a photo of my son smiling when he does it and not by luck!!

 

[*Gullsworth*]

I have a Casio EX-S500...............very slim and well enginered, big screen,no viewfinder..............5 Megapixels............good pics except landscapes in certain fading light conditions


overal very pleased............................................8/10

 

[Woodchip]

Warehouse Express are great. I got my Canon EOS 300V from them about 3 years ago. Really good service, and nice fast delivery. The website is great for details as well.

Check them out here... http://www.warehouseexpress.co.uk/

 

[REDLAND]

dude have a look on amazon.co.uk, I had a look this morning and its BY FAR the cheapest site for them, as it is for most electrical stuff to be fair !!

 

[northstandnorth]

acer make computers,unreliable computers.the laptop i am typing this on is an acer and its been back 4 times in less than 3 years. dont buy a computer from them let alone a camera.

the number of pixels is less importent than the lens quality and certainly less important than the OPTICAL zoom size,you can always crop on the computer but the bigger proportion of your selected image in the raw shot the less you have to magnify the pixels that you have.

i have a minolta with 3.2 megapixels and an 8 times optical zoom

 

[aftershavedave]

take a (small?) risk and get one from e-bay japan.

i saved over £400 on my powershot and flash, arrived in 7 days....

 

[BUTTERBALL]

One of the Argos catalogue 'wow' offers a 7 megapixel Samsung A7 camera at £164 was actually £30 cheaper on Amazon. I'd recommend it too, great camera.

 

[Starry]

Regards the amount of pixels - it depends how big you are going to want to print the pictures out to.
5m pixels will print decently to 11" x 14" but a 3m pixel camera will print perfectly to 10" by 8". You can get a better camera for the same money with 3m pixels (zoom/memory/shutter speed/resolution/battery life/CCD wise etc) than buying a lesser camera without such good features just because it has 5m pixels.

I would stay away from Acer though.

 

[dougdeep]

Park Cameras are a friend of the Albion and will do you a good deal.

 

[northstandnorth]

good god.i agree with a leeds fan except for the fact memory is irrelevant as its so cheap ,1gb is paper round money


steer clear of the acer if you want a cheepie you might as well go to ford market at least you can see the crap before you buy

 

[Starry]

good god.i agree with a leeds fan except for the fact memory is irrelevant as its so cheap ,1gb is paper round money

Sometimes we have good things to say!

I meant the type of memory the camera uses rather than size- someone people swear by one type over the rest. We've always used Cf and I would be reluctant to buy a camera that uses something els.

 

[northstandnorth]

cf sucks

we are the SD boot boys,we are the SD boys

(w.t.f. is cf)

 

[Royal Martlet]

Park Cameras in HH or Burgess Hill or Sussex Camera Centre in Chi and Bognor.

Both excellent shops and good to keep purchases local if possible

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

I've no complaints using SD cards ....

for all your camera and printing accessories this place is worth a look:
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=777&r=AWIN

They are in the Channel Islands so can do VAT free for orders under £18

 

[perseus]

Park Cameras, use them as a price guide. If they don't knock off the train/petrol fare, go there instead.

It is worth 20% to take it back: the digital cameras are not that reliable! About 50% break down and have to be thrown away in 18 months.