Know of a good digital camera . . . ?

lewlew
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Anyone have a digital camera that they really like? I'm looking to get something pretty basic that works well with the mac (i.e., transfers pics easily) and is relatively easy to use. Don't need too many bells and whistles. Probably going to spend around $500.



On another note, how many pics can you get with a typical card? Need to factor in the cost of which card I need to buy with the camera.



Thanks all.

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    mrbilldatamrbilldata Posts: 489member
    [quote]Originally posted by Lew:

    <strong>...On another note, how many pics can you get with a typical card? Need to factor in the cost of which card I need to buy with the camera.



    Thanks all.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    It all depends on the formats that your camera can save pictures as.



    I have a 5.0 MP OLYMPUS and usually estimate pictures at 12M for high quality, 1M for everyday pictures, and 200K for low resolution (Web quality) pictures.



    Your numbers will definitely be different depending on the file format (JPEG,TIFF,etc) and quality selected(Some cameras have a fixed format and some even have quality options for some formats).



    TABLE I FOUND MAY HELP:

    Approximate Number of Images per Capacity File Size

    16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 192MB 256MB 320MB 512MB 640MB 1GB

    1 Megapixel Camera 350KB 45 91 182 365 548 731 918 1462 1828 2925

    2 Megapixel Camera 900KB 17 35 71 142 213 284 355 568 711 1137

    3 Megapixel Camera 1.2MB 13 26 53 106 160 213 266 426 533 853

    4 Megapixel Camera 2.0MB 8 16 32 64 96 128 160 256 320 512

    5 Megapixel Camera 2.5MB 6 12 25 51 76 102 128 204 256 409

    6 Megapixel Camera 3.2MB 5 10 20 40 60 80 100 160 200 320



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  • Reply 2 of 8
    dxp4acudxp4acu Posts: 45member
    [quote]Originally posted by Lew:

    <strong>Anyone have a digital camera that they really like? I'm looking to get something pretty basic that works well with the mac (i.e., transfers pics easily) and is relatively easy to use. Don't need too many bells and whistles. Probably going to spend around $500.



    On another note, how many pics can you get with a typical card? Need to factor in the cost of which card I need to buy with the camera.



    Thanks all.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    I absolutely love mine and have had it for a couple of years. It's a Epson PhotoPC 750Z, and it is still working great. It is a 1.3 mega pixel camera. I now have a 64mb card (for 43 bucks last year) and it gets me 290 pictures on really good quality. It's great! I have a TON of pictures on my website. Check them out, and see if you like the quality. I do! And the camera should be so cheap now. I got it 2 summers ago for 340. Not too bad, eh? go to <a href="http://www.acu.edu/~zan99a"; target="_blank">http://www.acu.edu/~zan99a</a>; . That has all my pics. Enjoy!

    Zach
  • Reply 3 of 8
    mrbilldatamrbilldata Posts: 489member
    Found original place table was posted:

    <a href="http://www.digitalfilm.com/pdf/Family_Brochure.pdf"; target="_blank">http://www.digitalfilm.com/pdf/Family_Brochure.pdf</a>;



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  • Reply 4 of 8
    pixelpusherpixelpusher Posts: 73member
    The Canon Ixus/Digital Elph is hard to beat IMO. It's stylish, very compact and takes really good pictures.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    squashsquash Posts: 332member
    I've had the Olympus C3000z for about a year now. It's been a great camera for me and is in your price range. i believe it's the 3020 now though. It's like 499.



    3.3 megapixel and takes what I'd call great quality photos. Plus if you take a crappy picture ..delete works great on any camera. Not like your wasting film I have friends who have the canon elf or whatever and they love theirs too.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    jonathan brisbyjonathan brisby Posts: 318member
    Cannon makes some nice camera's at reasonable prices (many with OS X support). I have one and use an IBM microdrive so I won't run out of space. Just my thoughts.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Get the Sony DSC-S75. It's the best 3.3 megapixel around.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    lewlew Posts: 4member
    Thanks all. Was looking at several models, though I think I had zeored in on the Nikon 885, Canon Powershot S30 and S330, and at one your suggestions, the Sony DSC-S75. They all looked great, and I really appreciate your help (in particular the Sony suggestion was great- I would have likely bought the DSC-S75 if not for the fact that I have a 64mb compact flash card that would go to waste if I went with a Sony).



    For those that are interested, I looked at them all, looked at the prices, and then did some soul searching (what was I going to use the camera for, anyway?) and decided that my main purpose was for snapping shots on my next trip (pocket-sized and durability became a real priority), I had no interest in extra lenses, etc., and I was never going to be anything more than a point-and-shoot novice, no matter what I told myself now. Factoring in price + a 128mb card, I'm going with the Canon S330 Elph. Fits in my pocket, relatively straightforward, and best of all, with the additional card it's going to run me about $385.



    Thanks again all.
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