hello...........no one to help ? DIGITAL CAMERA

jasonii
By jasonii

hi there,

I am planning to buy a digital camera. Can any one help me regarding which one to buy and from where to buy. ( heard prices are cheap in lulu or carrefoure)
My budget is not more than QR 1000.
I'll go for 7.1 mega pixel or 8 mega pixel.
also which one is better in performance- CANON or SONY ?

thanks a lot

By eby1975• 3 Dec 2007 13:07
Rating: 4/5
eby1975

There is a course being conducted for photography by the QL group. Think it should be good to learn abt cameras

By tallg• 3 Dec 2007 08:31
Rating: 5/5
tallg

www.dpreview.com is a good place to start.

If you intend to heavily crop your photos before printing them then you'll need more megapixels.

If all you want is a basic point and shoot then any of the known brand names on the market will suffice. The ultra-slim models will perform fine for basic point and shoot. Fatter models will have slightly better technology, but both types should be able to 3x optical zoom, which is pretty standard.

There is a Canon store in Salam shopping center, which I found to be the cheapest place for Canon. There is a store near the Starbucks on the 2nd floor of City Center that deals with Sony cameras. Not sure what the prices are like though.

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By sentibhim• 2 Dec 2007 18:07
Rating: 5/5
sentibhim

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By jasonii• 2 Dec 2007 18:03
jasonii

thanks for the replies.

could you also pls help with the place in doha wherein i can buy a digital camera.

By anonymous• 1 Dec 2007 10:37
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

jasonii ...all brands are equal ..quality wise.

Anything above 5Megapixel is a Waste.

(You can have a good quality A4 size print from 5Mega Pixel camera).

Note that it should not be very slim.

The lens should zoom outward physically a couple of inches (which gives the focal point greater adjustability.

SWAP 1GB card in place of resident 256mb card. Or buy one without the card & put 1GB card.

Buy spare battery if you shoot extensively.

Make sure you have/buy a charger along with the camera.

But brandwise you can choose any famous (canon, sony, Fuji, kodak,etc) brand with your eyes closed.

But if you put another QR1,000 you can buy yourself N95 mobile phone which also has a very good 5megapixel camera + DVD quality video camera+ GPS navigation+Game Player. All these can be output directly to TV.

By SURASAN• 30 Nov 2007 19:00
Rating: 5/5
SURASAN

Why u need 8 mega pixels

go for around 6

the best is Nikon camara

Near national in some shops it is aviliable

regards

By SURASAN• 30 Nov 2007 19:00
Rating: 5/5
SURASAN

Why u need 8 mega pixels

go for around 6

the best is Nikon camara

Near national in some shops it is aviliable

regards

By thealjazeera• 30 Nov 2007 13:27
Rating: 2/5
thealjazeera

canon is the best

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