nburge
03-18-2007, 10:40 AM
budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible.
"i am able to spend as much as 500$ but prefer 2-400 price range unless i can only get what i want for 500."
Size
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
"i love the small pocketcams but the size of the cannon s3 or g7 doesntlook to bad for an example of whats acceptable to me.''
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you?
"6-10 dont need 10 mp but won't turn it down either"
* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify)
"not sure mostly i will be taking shots at theme parks and zoos so i will need enough zoom for that, I will be taking alot ofpics of my daughter and i will want close ups "
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
"10 this is the single most important thing for me"
Do you care for manual controls?
yes but not important unless i need it for absolute quality
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for?
people ,animals, themeparks,close ups
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
not likely
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
some
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
no sports just my 2 year old and theme park stuff
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate?
i am set on a cannon
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
sd700,a630,a640,a710,sd600,a570 im leaning towards sd800is or s3 or even if i work some more ot i can afford the g7.
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)
i like image stabilization was told i should always tryto buy a model with it.
"Heres what i want in order of importance to me"
cannons only
1 the camera with the best image quality" MOST IMPORTANT TO ME"
2 a nice lcd screen size and hi res " second most important"
3 reasonably fast camera
4 image stablization would be nice,not sure if i need it?
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible.
"i am able to spend as much as 500$ but prefer 2-400 price range unless i can only get what i want for 500."
Size
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
"i love the small pocketcams but the size of the cannon s3 or g7 doesntlook to bad for an example of whats acceptable to me.''
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you?
"6-10 dont need 10 mp but won't turn it down either"
* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify)
"not sure mostly i will be taking shots at theme parks and zoos so i will need enough zoom for that, I will be taking alot ofpics of my daughter and i will want close ups "
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
"10 this is the single most important thing for me"
Do you care for manual controls?
yes but not important unless i need it for absolute quality
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for?
people ,animals, themeparks,close ups
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
not likely
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
some
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
no sports just my 2 year old and theme park stuff
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate?
i am set on a cannon
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
sd700,a630,a640,a710,sd600,a570 im leaning towards sd800is or s3 or even if i work some more ot i can afford the g7.
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)
i like image stabilization was told i should always tryto buy a model with it.
"Heres what i want in order of importance to me"
cannons only
1 the camera with the best image quality" MOST IMPORTANT TO ME"
2 a nice lcd screen size and hi res " second most important"
3 reasonably fast camera
4 image stablization would be nice,not sure if i need it?