Re: OT - Digital Cameras

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

I agree Phil, optical zoom power is the one to look for, digital zoom is
only useful where capturing something as large as possible is more
important than the overall image quality.

I don't know much about digital cameras under gbp4000 so I can't comment
on the Kodak ... the main thing to look at is the megapixel rating ... 3
is good, 2 might be acceptable depending on your needs ... don't go for
less than 2 tho.

Is the digital guide in the range of 3x straight or 3x the current
optical? so a max could be 6x digital? never worked out how they rate
that bit :/

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good luck ;)

Phil Harris wrote:

> Ignore digital zooms if you're still looking for quality ... they
should
> only be regarded as an absolute last resort. All they do is upsample
the
> centre portion of the image and you'll get better results doing the
> upsampling in PhotoShop (or such like) as most of the upsampling
routines
> are fairly dumb given the limited processing horesepower in cameras.
>
> Phil
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dan James [mailto:UKHA@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 04 September 2001 09:18
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ukha_d] OT - Digital Cameras
>>
>>
>> Morning all
>>
>> I am considering taking the plunge and buying a digital camera.
>>
>> The model I am looking at is a Kodak DX3600 (Found this for £299
on
>> www.digitalfirst.co.uk if anyone is interested)
>>
>> It is described as having 2x optical zoom and 3x digital... now
the
>> optical zoom bit I understand, but the digital...
>>
>> Will this be viewable when I take the picture (presumably only on
the
>> LCD not through the viewfinder?) (by my calcs this will should
allow
>> me to have a focal length of 210mm - lens is 35mm) - the same as
my
>> SLR.
>>
>> and will this be noticeably different in the quality?
>>
>> Anything else I should be looking out for?
>>
>> Thanks for the patience.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
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