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 Jan 16 2007, 02:18 AM
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Someone I was talking to on MYSPACE had some pictures on of her kids and they are always of wonderful detail. I asked her what kind of camera she had and she said it's a Nikon Coolpix 4600. Now, I looked this up and I see they do not cost that much. My question...what kind of mega pixel do I actually need to get some of that "in your face" detail, I have heard at least 5? Also does anyone else have any experience with this Nikon Coolpix 4600 camera that they should share their thoughts on? Thank You -Cheryl |
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Jan 16 2007, 04:17 PM
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I haven't played with the Nikon Coolpix, but I did have the Kodak EasyShare (CX7310) - and we recently upgraded for the same reason.
The key to good photos is firstly the MP rating, and then the Optical zoom rating. A lot of people get tricked when they talk about 'Digital Zoom' - which from the camera you would already know is just cutting down the view frame without actually improving the image. The best combination is as follows (only from my experience & disregarding digital zoom): No Optical zoom - minimum of 8 - 9 MP 3 x Optical zoom - minimum of 6.5 - 8 MP 5 x Optical Zoom - minimum of 6 - 7 MP 10 x Optical Zoom - minimum of 5 MP. Myers (in Australia) recently had their post Xmas sales, and we picked up the Sony Cyber-shot (with 3 x optical zoom & 7.2 MP) fairly cheap - and it is awesome. You wouldn't believe the difference spending a bit of money on a camera does! The Nikon Coolpix 4600 is unfortunately only 4 MP, so you are really not going to benefit too much, however it does have a 3 x optical zoom, so the quality will be markedly better than the Kodak. I would shop around with those guidelines and try to get yourself the best deal. For example, there was a 10x optical zoom at 6MP which would have taken better piccies than the Cybershot, and it was $AU150-200 cheaper - the reason is that it was not a compact ( which are popular at the moment ). So you really need to figure out also what you want from the camera... Hope that helps!! 
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