HELP with digital camera

[joedisney]

I recently bought a Kodak DC4800 for $499 at Walmart with a $100 rebate (i.e. cost me $425 including tax after rebate). Be careful though, there are different versions of the same camera and only one has the rebate offered. This was a great price for a 3 megapixel camera.

My BIG NEWS however, is that Walmart also offers a really nice printing service. For 26 cents a print, you can get copies of your digital photos on real photo paper. You can upload your files to at the Walmart web site and either pick them up at a local store or have them delivered. This is a great service since you can pick your best pics and get as many copies as you want in various sizes (depending on resolution). I uploaded several pictures late one Friday night and had the pictures in my mailbox on the following Wednesday. Very nice quality!!

 

[COMPSPEED]

Please take into consideration battery life. Most digital cameras eat batteries fast!. I bought a Sony DSC30 this past January mainly because it has li-on rechargeable batteries that have up to 2.5 hours of life. With the use I have given it so far I figure that what I have saved on batteries alone has paid for more than half of the cost of the camera. No doubt over the life of the camera savings on batteries will easily pay for the camera several times over. All things being equal as far a performance, if you have the option to get a high capacity rechargebale battery, by all means do so!

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Joe Disney,
Just an FYI, some Wal*Marts will print the pictures from your media right there. We do it for 29 cents a print and we can enlarge them also. We can also put your digital images on to a CD or floppy too.
We can do this with film also.
Look for a Wal*Mart with a Frontier Lab. The old machines cannot do this.

 

[Heidi]

I also have the Sony DSC50 digital camera. I had not used it much prior to our June WDW vacation. I feel in LOVE with it there!!!!

 

[We4mickey]

First things first.
Do your homework. Check out Cnet and any other source you can. You may want to buy some mags on digital cameras.I found this one to be helpful (edigitalphoto.com.) Also battires are a number 1 thing make sure you get the best ones you can.You should buy some Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)batteries. Make sure you check there Milliamp hour rating should be between
1200-1800,the higher the number,meaning more power stored.I have a Nikon Coolpixs 950.and i love it..

 

[sixcats]

Viking
I was so glad to read your post. I bought an olympus 1.3 camera in April. It was very easy to use and I was happy with the pictures on my Photosmart printer until I read so many posts about 1.3 not being good enough! I used it for an 11 day trip, took tons of pix and I'm still on the same set of energizers I bought to "hold me over" until the rechargables charged up!

 

[jiminyfan]

I have a 2.1 pixel Kodak and get great pics at 8x10 size and smaller. I love having a digital camera, I get instant photos to show friends and family, but I also have a point-n-shoot 25 and a SLR for other pics. It depends on what you want if a digital is what you shouls buy, I love mine and would suggest that everyone gets one. But, I know friends who hate theirs. A 2.1 will produce excellent pics to a 8x10 size. If you want larger fo with the 3.3.

1.3 will get you great 4x6 or smaller.

Good luck

 

[raammartin]

We have a Sony Mavica FD-87 and have been very pleased with it so far. It's highest resolution is only 1.3, but I never print/develop anything above a 4x6 anyway. Eventually I'd like to get a Sony CD Digital Cam, but it will be a while yet. The selling features for us on the Mavica was the rechargable li-ion battery and the floppy disk memory.

We aren't professional photographers so this suits us perfectly for now.

 

[villainwdw]

this may sound stupid..but what ever you do, make sure you knwo how to use it!!ask questions etc...I bought a digital camera about 2 years ago..it cost me alittle over 900 bucks...and I have had porblems trying to figure it out!! I bought beyond what I know!! that was a mistake! I just got pictures off it that I took 2 year ago!! after buying a sadisk to get the pictures off my smartmedia!!!but they are beatiful pictures!! the qualitly is unreal! and yes a great printer will help! Good luck

 

[TinkerbellRules]

I absolutely love my Kodak DC3400 (2.1, I think). It's my second digital. I have an SLR and a point&shoot, but rarely use them. You really don't need an awesome printer. Just go to Walmart (ours cost 48 cents per print, though) or use Kodak's site www.ofoto.com. It's really convenient! If anyone does, please let me refer you cause I'll get 10 free photos (just email me before you log onto their site)!

They do use lots of batteries. I have two sets of rechargable, but I set my camera to energy save (or something like that) and I've noticed better battery usage. We have a laptop that I use to d/l all the photos when on vacation or out and about. I need to get a better memory card as well. Kodak also has other lens you can get for the cameras. I'm planning on investing in that as well. I also don't have the reader that someone suggested and don't have a problem without it. I might try it though.

If you plan on cropping, be sure the resolution is high or you can't get the larger prints. That's one nice thing about Ofoto, it tells you after you upload them what sizes you can get. You can also make really cool cards out of your photos.

 

[Buzz2001]

I agree with TinkerbellRules. I too love my Kodak DC3400.

Check it out here
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/store/catalog/Product.jhtml?PRODID=6131&CATID=6


TinkerbellRules - check out this bargain at Buy.com. 256mb card for $147.00 after rebate. Thats a lot of pictures
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10265781&loc=14617

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/store.asp?loc=1855

 

[TinkerbellRules]

BUzz2001: Thanks for the link about the memory cards. Have you used any of the extra lens for the Kodak? I was thinking about getting the zoom/close lens.

 

[Bennet]

Deb's has a choosing a digital camera for disney section at:
http://wdwig.com/digital.htm