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Friday, August 19th, 2011

Sony Kodak
which is a better brand with digital cameras? Canon, Sony or Kodak and what should I look for when buying?

Thinking about purchasing a digital camera for a friend and I'm having difficulty in choosing which will be best in terms of speed, resolutions etc... Can someone enlighten me?

You can search for cameras by feature at http://www.myproductadvisor.com

I liked my Sony Cybershot Dsc-93 until I slammed it in a car door. Reliable little guy with sufficient features.

Don't buy Olympus. They tout fancy program settings that are just settings you can easily control yourself, and everything I've bought from them has turned out to be low-quality with poor functionality. The screen of my Stylus spontaneously broke a few months after purchase, and since I lost the receipt, I can't send it in for warranty repair.

Resolution: If you don't want to print anything bigger than 8X10, you don't need anything higher than 5.1 megapixels. This is a great trick for buying a good camera cheap: Get an older model from 2005 that's 5.1 megapixels-- since it's old and doesn't offer the maximum resolution that current cameras do, it isn't as valuable or expensive, especially on eBay. Cameras of two or three years ago generally have all the same features, functionality, and quality of 2007 cameras.

If you only want to print photo-sized and no larger, you really don't need anything higher than 3 megapixels.

Speed: You need to read the review on each individual camera.

Image Stabilization: It counteracts the shake of your hand to decrease blurry photos. You should only worry about getting this if most of your pictures tend to come out blurry. I have an unsteady hand, so I'm getting a camera with image stabilization so I can get more clear shots.
Many brands claim to have this *coughcougholympuscoughcough*, but you need to make sure to get the genuine thing. All Panasonics have real image stabilization, and some Nikons have legitimate "vibration reduction;" there are a couple other brands that offer the real thing.

Screen: I strongly advise you get a camera that has an "old-fashioned" viewfinder in addition to the LCD viewscreen. I can still use my Sony despite its broken display because I can look through the viewfinder. I can't use my Olympus because its broken screen is the only way you can see what you're photographing.

When you're looking for cameras, make a list of what's most important. Do you want to capture video? Take pictures of moving things like pets? Photograph landscapes? Use black and white mode? Take pictures at night? Take panoramic shots? Use AA batteries? Take photos underwater or in bad weather? Take photos of small things close-up?

Once you decide on the features you MUST have, stick to them. It's easy to be seduced by a camera that doesn't quite fit your needs but piles on lots of nifty settings like "dusk/dawn," "cuisine," "starry sky," "candlelight," etc. and boasts an extra-fast startup time.

All in all, any camera you buy (except those cheap $10 cameras on eBay) will TAKE PICTURES, and they will be decent quality.

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