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jay typed:
> How big of prints do you want to make?
> 2 megapixels makes good 5x7 prints
> 4 megapixels makes good 8x10 prints
>
> Extra money is needed of rextra battery or rechargable AA batteries
> and for the memory card(s)
> 2 megapixel camera needs around a 64 meg memory card
> 4 megapixel camera needs a 128 or bigger memory card
>
> Printing... any of todays inkjets do an OK job. Some will do better,
> but may cost lots more. some inks/paper will fade less or are
> waterproof. I have a $80 HP printer thats now 2 years old. It
> prints good enogh for me. I view 99% of the pictures on the computer
> and never print them.
>
> Extra money to backup photos. an extra hard drive or CD/DVD burner
> is a good idea for your computer. My Dad and I share a USB external
> hard drive. I use it for a month or two and then give it to him for
> a month or two...so both of use have our picutres backed-up on the
> extra hard drive.
>
> All this "extra money" makes a guy wonder if digital is cheaper than
> the good old film camera. Money wise digital is probably more
> expensive by far!
That can be true. But remember that with old 35 mm camera you took one shot
each time you saw oportunity, and sometimes you didn't make one since you
thought - naa, it's not worthed and i may get out of film... Now each time
you make 5 or 10 shots and you don't even think if it's worthed or not.
you'll delete useless ones anyway. At home you used to get some 10 or 20
good ones from old 35 mm film, now you get some 50 or 100 out of 200-300
shots. Now you think which one is better. And bear in mind that most of the
times you don't even print or make photos, you jsut leave them in PC
(CDR...) and see them every now and then. I know i looked through my digital
ones many times in a past year while i didn't touch old 35 mm ones for a
decade or longer...i think i don't even know where my albums are...
although from i see noise is still a big factor in digital photography. For
now i use ISO50 to get good results. Anything above is ..... not good...
But I have better pictures because I can instantly
> check the picture and take more to insure a good picture. How much
> is it worth to get a good picture of your son or daughters first
> birthday? or first this or first that.... Take lots of pictures and
> have fun!
>
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> --jay
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> "2002-Z06" <johnwayne199@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:18_ic.35228$w96.2532675@attbi_s54...
>> I'm looking to buy my 1st digital camera always had 35 mm, any
>> suggestions for around $350 how much extra memory do I need, best
>> way to make prints, and megaPixels? Thanks in advance
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