RE: OT - Digital Cameras

["Ian B" <Ian@xxxxxxx>]

I don't know how it is worked out but zoom ratings are different for SLR to
APS to most digital cameras. Just a little food for thought.

The other thing is digital cameras eat batteries so I would want to make
sure that spare rechargeable are to hand and their cost.

Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Calum Morrell [mailto:calum@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 September 2001 19:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT - Digital Cameras
>
>
> 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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>
> 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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