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Anybody have this digital camera ??
General Zod:
When I was out looking for a new camera, I started by doing a little research online. Site after site I stumbled across more copy&paste reviews than I could shake a stick at. That is ... until I found this one.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html
His reviews were more in-depth than any others I found while doing my homework. Something you might want to check out if you're in the market for a new camera.
ChadTower:
Folks, I worked for Kodak on their digital camera firmware and Easyshare software... what is being said here is a bit misleading.
You do NOT need 3 megapixels to get 'good photos'. You need 3 megapixels to get large photos. A quality 1.3 megapixel camera is perfectly capable of getting good 3x5 or even (though this depends on the camera) 4x6 shots. Megapixels are a lot more related to the SIZE of a photo than the QUALITY because they are a measurement of RESOLUTION.
That said, if high quality is your goal, you get what you pay for. This camera is a dual function video/still camera at a low price. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE. It's going to be the still quality. Dual function cameras that are good at both are not this cheap for a reason.
Other notes: This says nothing about lens material. Don't ever spend real $$ on a camera with plastic lenses (as in every consumer Kodak digital model). That seriously degrades quality. It also says nothing about optical zoom, only 4x digital zoom. Digital zoom is usually used where optical zoom ends, so since this sucker is only 4x digital, you have to assume is has practically no optical zoom. That's bad for both still and video.
My opinion: This thing looks like a throwaway camera you buy if you want both functions but don't care about quality in either aspect.
danny_galaga:
thats fine if you want a 3 x 5 pic in the middle of your computer screen. but if you want to have more options than just printing it off as a little picture then the more megapixels the better...
ChadTower:
Many people only need 3x5. You were talking about quality, which is a different metric than size. We don't know the reason he's looking at this camera.
versapak:
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It would not be 3x5 on your computer screen.
I have a cheap 1 megapixel camera that we got for the kids, and it takes pictures at 1152x864 screen resolution.
The camera that I use is 3.2 megapixel, and it takes pictures at 2048x1536 screen resolution.