Digital Cameras
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what you want to get is a digital camera with at least 2.1 megapixels. Between 2.1 and 3.3 should be perfect. Besides that you want a good memory card. But you can buy that later. Most come with 8 mb that hold about 30 pics. You can buy 8,16,32 or 64. A 32mb will cost you about $60 americian.
If you plan on taking pics from far away you will need a good zoom. The 2x and 3x ones are crap. thats what most have. What you need is a good 6x to 10x zoom. You can be several blocks away and zoom right in on someones face.
For $200 you can get a good 2.1 megapixel with 8mb card and 3x zoom. Try a web search.
If you plan on taking pics from far away you will need a good zoom. The 2x and 3x ones are crap. thats what most have. What you need is a good 6x to 10x zoom. You can be several blocks away and zoom right in on someones face.
For $200 you can get a good 2.1 megapixel with 8mb card and 3x zoom. Try a web search.
If you aren't going to print many of them, even 2.1 megapixels is kind of overkill. 2.1 megapixels is 1600x1200, and unless you have a 19" monitor the chances of a picture actually being as small as your screen (in terms of pixel count) is negligible.
I have a 1.3 MP Canon PowerShot A10 (1.3 MP is 1280x1024) that I got from Staples for $330 CDN. It has 3x optical zoom, which you don't need if you're just going to take casual pictures of people and scenery and stuff like that.
Henry's, an Ontario-based retailer, stocks a pretty wide variety of new, used, and refurbished cameras - I was looking at Fuji's FinePix 1300 there, which they had (refurbished) for $190 CDN. It's 1.3 MP, comes with 8 MB of SmartMedia if I recall correctly.
I think that HP's PhotoSmart 2xx series can be had for inside $250 CDN these days. Check out Staples or Henry's to see what they've got in stock. You should be able to get a 1.3 MP camera with decent image quality (Fuji's cameras are well-known for their excellent image quality even in the low-end models) inside your price range.
Best of luck, fellow Canuck!
(That rhymes?!? Geez. Now I just sound lame.)
I have a 1.3 MP Canon PowerShot A10 (1.3 MP is 1280x1024) that I got from Staples for $330 CDN. It has 3x optical zoom, which you don't need if you're just going to take casual pictures of people and scenery and stuff like that.
Henry's, an Ontario-based retailer, stocks a pretty wide variety of new, used, and refurbished cameras - I was looking at Fuji's FinePix 1300 there, which they had (refurbished) for $190 CDN. It's 1.3 MP, comes with 8 MB of SmartMedia if I recall correctly.
I think that HP's PhotoSmart 2xx series can be had for inside $250 CDN these days. Check out Staples or Henry's to see what they've got in stock. You should be able to get a 1.3 MP camera with decent image quality (Fuji's cameras are well-known for their excellent image quality even in the low-end models) inside your price range.
Best of luck, fellow Canuck!
(That rhymes?!? Geez. Now I just sound lame.)
Now that I can't help you with, unless you have a Mac (I have a Mac). Apple's iPhoto is free and beats the snot out of the software that came with my camera, but that doesn't do you any good.
I really have no idea on the Windows front, sorry.
I really have no idea on the Windows front, sorry.
