Before I begin my post I would like to warn all dial up users; because of me, this thread is probably not for you.
I suggest you go back the way you came, and read text; while me, and everyone with highspeed internet enjoy
rediculiously large photos that would eat your windows 95 alive.
In addition, the formatting of this thread is now messed upped. but I think pretty pictures will help digitan better
than formatting, if not, I appoligize before hand.
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megapixels is important, but don't get way more than you need. large Megapixels are ofter overrated.
Here's my go at showing rather than describing what a megapixel is... Because who really can concieve what
a million pixels is without seeing them anyway? Just to put things into perspective I have posted these following
pictures.
If quality is your only goal, film is much much better for cheap quality, as the resolution of a digita camera equal
to
an average film shot is 11-12 megapixels. The largest photo I post here is 7.08. I assume you want
a digital camera for hosting and computer whereas quality isn't that important anyway, and sucks up memory.
The first batch is of my wonderful 86 volvo
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/grayscale_cool.gif)
, and the second is a random group of pictures in my garage of a workbench.
_Megapixels: 0.3 Megapixels
_-Resolution: 640x480
Memory size: 0.216MB (disk)
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q205 ... 40x480.jpg
_Megapixels:1.92 Megapixels
_-Resolution:1600x1200
Memory size: (disk) 1.15MB
http://img1.imagefuse.com/upload/homest ... 0x1200.JPG
_Megapixels: 3.14 Megapixels
_-Resolution: 2048x1536
Memory size: (disk) 1.74MB
http://img1.imagefuse.com/upload/homest ... 8x1536.JPG
_Megapixels:5.03 Megapixels
_-Resolution:2592x1944
Memory size: (disk) 2.32MB
http://img1.imagefuse.com/upload/homest ... 2x1944.JPG
_Megapixels: 7.08
_-Resolution:3072x2304
Memory size: (disk) 3.43MB
http://img1.imagefuse.com/upload/homest ... 2x2304.JPG
_Megapixels:1.92 Megapixels
_-Resolution:1600x1200
Memory size: (disk) 1.09MB
http://img1.imagefuse.com/upload/homest ... 0x1200.JPG
_Megapixels: 7.08
_-Resolution:3072x2304
Memory size: (disk)
http://img1.imagefuse.com/upload/homest ... 2x2304.JPG
Notice the differences in quality, and see which quality would fit you best.
It all depends on what you want to get in to. Yes, granted some of these pictures are really big, but now that
you're thinking about how big they are, you can see many times having a 7 Megapixel camera is a little overrated,
as you could easily get by with a 2 megapixel and still have quality.
Shutter speed is very important for a digital camera. The first one I got took about 0.5 seconds for an exposure.
Basically without a tripod, natural hand photography was impossible if a I wanted a clear picture. Nowadays
shutter speed is lightening fast, but even still be on the lookout for it. $130 is plenty for a nice digital camera.
I would recommend shopping amazon, as they do a very good job in reviews and giving the best prices.
Just look around, you'd be suprised what's out there
EDIT - Dont break threads with massive pictures please.