Digital cameras are getting cheaper by the day. Nowadays, for just RM500, you can get an 8 omigod million eye-ball popping pixel snapper, really. But before you run off and get yourself one, check out my must-haves based on my compact digi cammy eXperience (the capital ‘x’ is used just because it looks cool), because in the end, there’s no substitute for quality.
Image Stabilization
You need this, trust me - unless you’re a micro-surgeon. Hand-shake is inevitable. Especially when you’re holding something light and small.
Wide-angle Lens
My current cammy doesn’t have this. And how I WISH that I have it. 28mm lens make a LOT of difference. 35mm, now that wide-angle is available, is downright cruel and should never have started life.
Fast Start-up
This is the BIG prominent gulf between cheap and expensive camera. A good camera should take ~1.2 to 1.5 second to boot-up. Cheap 8MP camera will take 2 years to do so. And next thing you know, by the time you’re ready to shoot, the subject has grown beard.
Fast Operating Time & Shooting Speed
Another big difference. This is where some cammy makers applaud themselves with their 3rd-Gen Venus engine or Digic ver 2.4 processor in their multi-million ads – when nobody actually cares or understands. But, truth is, cameras must be fast – be it moving on from function to function or snapping hysterically. Try deleting a picture. If it takes 2sec to do so – it’s a crappy camera.
External Controls
The more buttons it has on the outside, the better. 3 most important buttons that you need externally is Delete, Flash and Movie to Still. Ya, the less buttons it has, the better looking it is. But, some practical standpoint, I’d rather have all photographic functions to have dedicated external buttons.
Battery Life
Check the reviews in the Internet (you cheap-skate!) and pay a special attention to this. Buy only if the battery could snap-up ~150 to 200 pictures on a single charge, and that the battery only requires ~30mins to be fully charged.
Well. I’m no pro in this. But hope this helps. It's 2am, and to hell with typos and grammar mistakes. Ka-chow!
2 comments:
Bukan tempat aku utk mengangkat falsafah luddism (wiki tengok buat yg tak faham), tapi pergantunggan terhadap barangan teknologi utk mengembirakan jiwa bila kesorangan adalah punca manusia hilang tenang. Telipon adalah telipon , dan utk bunuh masa waktu menunngu kapal terbang dari KL ke LAX ke Pheonix ke Alberqueue (ahemm!) aku syorkan buku himpunan hadith (ahem!), buku himpunan puisi Rabinath Tagore(ahemm!)dan kalu bisa aku tambah, cerita Jeneral2 Soviet di bawah kuasa Stalin (ahem!)
Good for people to know.
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