SLR="single-lens reflex" Fancy-pants camera type used by people who Do Photography, rather than just taking pictures. Finding further details is left as an exercise for the student.
Mpixels="megapixels"=10^6 pixels, i.e. what is the maximum resolution the camera is capable of (more pixels per image=>better resolution). For reference, your typical computer monitor is 1064x768 pixels.
You're clearly just looking for recommendations of cameras to look at (see, this is a problem w/ asking nerdy people for technology advice, they want you to be all specific about what you want, so they can advise you about the most intimite details of the devices), so here:
My camera (Canon power-shot digital elph s110) is several years old now, but is sufficient for my needs. It's served well, is fairly sturdy and small, takes decent photos, but doesn't do much in the way of on-board image processing (which is fine, because I just do all that on my computer). It's more recent incarnation (which is undoubtedly much swizzier) costs in the $200-$300 range.
I have a friend who uses some version of the Nikon Coolpix, and likes it. I'm not sure which model, though, one of the mid-range ones, which is probably beyond your budget, but the low-end models might also be good.
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Re: English, please?
Date: 2005-07-30 02:22 pm (UTC)Mpixels="megapixels"=10^6 pixels, i.e. what is the maximum resolution the camera is capable of (more pixels per image=>better resolution). For reference, your typical computer monitor is 1064x768 pixels.
You're clearly just looking for recommendations of cameras to look at (see, this is a problem w/ asking nerdy people for technology advice, they want you to be all specific about what you want, so they can advise you about the most intimite details of the devices), so here:
My camera (Canon power-shot digital elph s110) is several years old now, but is sufficient for my needs. It's served well, is fairly sturdy and small, takes decent photos, but doesn't do much in the way of on-board image processing (which is fine, because I just do all that on my computer). It's more recent incarnation (which is undoubtedly much swizzier) costs in the $200-$300 range.
I have a friend who uses some version of the Nikon Coolpix, and likes it. I'm not sure which model, though, one of the mid-range ones, which is probably beyond your budget, but the low-end models might also be good.