Newbie Digital Camera Help

[ikthius]

hey everyone,

I have done a search on digital cameras her, and I have read a few reviews of some cameras.

basically I am looking for a camera that will be good for mainly outdoor/scenery/sunsets etc, with the odd indoor snap.

I was looking for a digital SLR in the region of a Fuji Finepix S5500 to begin with, maybe going to the 7000, but I am just looking at the moment.

I was woindering what most people thought, and or any links to some good websites, I have stolen a few links from the search I did here on digital cameras, like cameras2u, digital depot

I was also thinking of purchasing one of these off ebay, just because I may get it slightly cheaper, but not from individuals, more like the companies as power sellers.

you help would be appreciated.

ik

[etccarmageddon]

from my experience, I'd recommend CCD over CMOS - it's the sensor used to take the photo. CCD works better in low light but consumes more battery power. CMOS is cheaper to produce and is used in web cams and low end mobile phones - the pictures arent as crisp and in low light you might get no picture at all!

I saw a newpaper ad for a £500 canon

http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/prod..._10d/index.asp

and I was surprised to see it's CMOS so maybe CMOS has been improved but personally I wouldnt buy any until I've tried it in a shop and tested it in low light.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/0407/04...epixs5500z.asp

4.0 million effective pixel conventional CCD sensor - sounds ok to me. note that effective pixel means the sensor is true 4 mega pixel. some cameras advertise as say 4 mega pixel but the sensor is perhaps 2 mega - they use computing power to make the picture appear 4 mega pixel.

see here about interpolation:-

http://www.photobanter.com/showthread.php?t=5859

[altis]

I'd pick a category from this page and then check out the cameras on the list.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_cameras.html

Remember to consider what accessories you're going to need like batteries and memory cards.