AboutMikael Barnard Expertise I have much experience in photographing events and my most specialist area
of knowledge is alternative photographic processes. I may well answer
questions on broader topics of photography but only if my sphere of
knowledge extends to the question in hand. Please feel free to ask away
though!
Experience I have both a GCSE and an A-level in photography and much experience with event photography, I now persue photography as a hobby.
Education/Credentials GCSE photography- B. A.S. Level- C. A-Level- D- nothing wrong with my work, seems the exam board are pretty narrow minded when it comes to alternative photographic processes :-(
Question Hi,
I am looking for a digital camera that takes good quality photos when zoomed in and also as decently good photos as possible in the night and that has a built in anti shake and red eye reduction. Anything you suggest? I've looked at Pentax Optio A20 Digital Camera as it seems to be quite good but for the same price I can get Hitachi DS-A651 10MP Digital Camera which is currently on sale, I can't tell which one would be better to take and I also looked at SAMSUNG D103 Digital Camera 733683 which is extra cheap so do you know anything about these cameras? They are all 10 MP so would create a good quality photos but what else is important to look at? I am clueless when it comes to digital cameras and have had 2 and haven't been satisfied with any of them. How important is make and which ones are the best? It'd help a lot to hear from you.
Thanks!
Snjezana
Answer Hi. About the best I can do is recommend the digital camera I use- an HP PhotoSmart R707. It's only about 5 megapixels but the photos are pretty good when zoomed in a reasonable amount, it also has night mode, flash and anti-red eye flash. I have another camera that is 8 pixels and as far as I'm concerned the quality is much worse than the one I've just recommended. It's all to do with how the image is stored onto the card- the R707 allows you to select the amount of compression ranging from absolute minimum to extremely heavy. The other camera, although it has a higher megapixel rating, writes absolutely appaling jpeg images with lots of compression and there's no way to adjust it. If you decide to stick by one of your other choices above see if you can find out whether they write their data in a raw or compressed format and if the latter whether the compression is adjustable. Hope this helps a little, good luck with whatever camera you choose, best wishes.
