Bruin
09-21-2006, 03:25 PM
Please help. My wife records every minute of our three kids (age 6mo-4yr) lives. We currently have an older version of the Kodak EasyShare. She takes thousands of photos and her biggest complaint is that the current camera takes to many out of focus shots and is too hard to get good pictures of the kids indoors (camera focuses to slow). She is novice when it comes to camera knowledge, but loves to take pictures. Thanks in advance.
Budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible. +/- $1000.00, would be willing to go higher if it gets better keepsakes of my kids!
Size
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
--size of camera does not matter
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you? I do not know, she makes 8x10s regularly, and will crop and enlarge to 8x10
* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify) not sure, basic life photos ie vacation, sports
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)8+
Do you care for manual controls?not really
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for? KIDS, family life
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?few larger than 8x10
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?yes
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?eventually yes
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate?none
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)
Budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible. +/- $1000.00, would be willing to go higher if it gets better keepsakes of my kids!
Size
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
--size of camera does not matter
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you? I do not know, she makes 8x10s regularly, and will crop and enlarge to 8x10
* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify) not sure, basic life photos ie vacation, sports
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)8+
Do you care for manual controls?not really
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for? KIDS, family life
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?few larger than 8x10
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?yes
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?eventually yes
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate?none
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)