ccrotty
04-07-2006, 10:40 AM
Hello,
We are looking for a camera for my wife. She is getting heavily into digital scrapbooking and creating 12x12 or 11x17 images from her photos. I am looking for camera suggestions for this use based on the following info:
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera?
We have budgeted up to $1000 for the camera
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
My wife is pretty small (5'2") so not a hulking SLR camera. She has seen the Rebel-XT and probably would not want to go much bigger than that).
* How many megapixels will suffice for you?
From her reading she thinks she needs around 8mp. But reading these forums, not sure if that is a hard requirement.
* What optical zoom will you need?
We will need some zoom capability - at least 3-4x.
* How important is “image quality” to you?
Image quality is one of our most important requirements since we are going to be printing large images. (10 out of 10)
* Do you care for manual controls?
She would like the ability to use manual controls as she becomes more proficient at it, but needs an automatic capability as well.
* What will you generally use the camera for?
Picture taking of kids, family, events.
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
Yes up to 11x17.
* Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
Yes.
* Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
Yes.
*Misc.
My wife feels it is very important to have a 'fast' camera. That is ready to take pictures quickly. We currently own an old 3mp Kodak and you can wait up to 6-7 seconds before the next picture is ready to be taken.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Chris
We are looking for a camera for my wife. She is getting heavily into digital scrapbooking and creating 12x12 or 11x17 images from her photos. I am looking for camera suggestions for this use based on the following info:
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera?
We have budgeted up to $1000 for the camera
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
My wife is pretty small (5'2") so not a hulking SLR camera. She has seen the Rebel-XT and probably would not want to go much bigger than that).
* How many megapixels will suffice for you?
From her reading she thinks she needs around 8mp. But reading these forums, not sure if that is a hard requirement.
* What optical zoom will you need?
We will need some zoom capability - at least 3-4x.
* How important is “image quality” to you?
Image quality is one of our most important requirements since we are going to be printing large images. (10 out of 10)
* Do you care for manual controls?
She would like the ability to use manual controls as she becomes more proficient at it, but needs an automatic capability as well.
* What will you generally use the camera for?
Picture taking of kids, family, events.
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
Yes up to 11x17.
* Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
Yes.
* Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
Yes.
*Misc.
My wife feels it is very important to have a 'fast' camera. That is ready to take pictures quickly. We currently own an old 3mp Kodak and you can wait up to 6-7 seconds before the next picture is ready to be taken.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Chris