Working in the digital imaging company of HP, I've been told that you can actually print fine 8x10's with a 2 mega-pixel camera. The lense quality is what really matters.
I suppose I should recommend an HP camera at this point...but I'll try and keep my employer loyalties out of this. There's my small 2 cents. Bryan On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 16:56, Richard Esplin wrote: > My wife and I would like to purchase a digital camera for Christmas. I was > hoping to get your input as to what kind of camera we should buy. Neither of > us are real photography buffs. We just want a camera that we can use to > record family moments and occasional hiking trips. Here's our wish list: > > Under $300 > At least 4 mega-pixel (so that we can print 8X10s) > Easy to use (for us amateurs) > Good in varied lighting conditions > Cheap to maintain (standard batteries, durable, etc) > 3x optical zoom or better > Linux support as a camera and as a webcam > If it could take a minute or so of video and audio, that would be a bonus > > I've done some window shopping, checked the list at gphoto.org, and read some > reviews, but I want to know what experiences you have had. Can I get all this > for my budgeted price? What manufacturers do you recommend? What models? > Thanks in advance, > Richard Esplin > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
