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Cameras - Want to buy a best camera
Expert: John Oliverio - 10/26/2009
Question
Hi
I want to buy a point and shoot digital camera of atleast 12 to 20 megapixel and 12 to 20 optical zoom with all best features and my range is 250-300 dollars or 10000 to 15000Rs
tell me which is best among all and can you suggest me one with same features
and also pleas tell me what are the good features we should look in a camera
Sony,Nikon,Canon,Panasonic,Olympus,casio,Kodak,Pentax etc and all these should be available in india
it should be rough and tough in use means shock proof,water proof (little bit or optional)
and it's customer care or service center should be available in india.
Answer
Ravi verma,
Hello my friend. Thank you for the question.
However, I am sorry to say that some of what you wish for is not possible.
With the exception of perhaps one camera (which I am not all that fond of) I can suggest nothing in your price range with a 12 to 20 zoom. The one I am not very fond of is the Nikon coolpix L100. It has an 18x zoom and sells for around $250. However, it only has 10 mega-pixels. Also it is not water proof or shock proof. And about that, I don't know of any cameras with more than a 4x zoom that are water and shock proof.
If you can spend a little more.... around $350 (U.S.) then I can suggest the Canon Powershot SX200 IS. It is 12 mega-pixels and 12x zoom. It is very well made; has a large and bright screen; and is very quick for its class. Canon does have a presence. There is a service center in Bangalore.
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Here are the things you should decide on when shopping for a camera. (in my opinion of course)
Some of these things you have mentioned. I will list the decision to be made and beside it, what I personally suggest.
Zoom Personal choice
Body I prefer metal when possible
Screen 3 inches if possible
battery type Lithium Ion rechargeable
2 more notes. For the kind of camera you are shopping for, the number of pixels are not important. The reason they keep shoving pixels into these little cameras is because they know people will buy new ones with more. They should have stopped at 6 mega-pixels for point and shoot cameras. More pixels do not make a better picture, they make a bigger one. And here is the real issue. You must quadruple (4 times) a given number of pixels just to double the print size. So, 12 mega-pixels is more than enough to print an 11x14 inch print. To double the print size you would have to have almost 50 mega-pixels! Also consider this: Say you did find a 20 or 50 mega-pixel point and shoot camera. So what? You could print a giant picture. But it wouldn't look very good. For two reasons. The first is that you are shooting with a point and shoot lens. They are just not up to making big professional sized prints. And second, the only way to fit more pixels on to the sensor (which is about the size of your smallest fingernail) is to make the pixels smaller. When you make them smaller, they are less sensitive to light. To solve that problem, they have to gain up the sensor which causes signal noise. Signal noise shows up as grain in your pictures. So believe it or not more pixels actually hurt you, not help. Especially in small cameras. That is why the professional photographers all want "full frame" cameras. These cameras have very large sensors and so have very low noise/grain.
I also suggest you stick with the more traditional camera companies. They (usually) have better lenses because they are primarily lens makers. The lens is the most important part of a camera.
Hope this helps.
John
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