Bryon Daly wrote in a response to a quistion from Kevin: > Alternately, get a high-quality digital camera (I wouldn't go for less than 3-4 > megapixels) for its computer convenience. Read some reviews first, though, because >their picture > quality can vary greatly.
For info on ditigital photography and camera's go to www.dpreview.com It's an interesting site that gives you all the info you need to decide on whether or not to go for digital. However if you want to go for enlargments, digital is an absolute no go. The best you can get with a 3 mega pixel camera without detrimental loss of resolution is 13x18 cm. Generally picture quality goes downhill from there. If you want bigger pictures you need more pixels and that costs much much more. Even the 3 to 4 mega pixel camera's are already somewhat expensive depending on what other gadgets you want. Normal internal zoom is a good option, but depending on combination of camera intended object you risk distortions of the actual picture. A good lenssystem still is very, very expensive. So the cost of the camera usually isn't in the body but in the mirror/lens system it uses. The more zoom you have, the more expensive it gets. So 4 times is very reasonable if you don't want anything too flashy. Any more will cost a lot more if you want your pictures to be good. If you really want to zoom more you should consider using a seperate lens for that instead of having it built into your camera. As for digital zoom, it isn't all that great. You loose the resolution you've already got. Some Digital camera's do have the option of using different lenses but they are on the upper scale of the price spectrum. I also know there is a big difference between through the lens camera's and camera's with seperate viewfinder. I'm not sure which is better though, I think it depends on what you wanne do with it. Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
