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ing indoors? This will determine the quality of the flash you need ? Will you be photographing static scenes such as home interiors, or action shots such as sports? This will determine the best viewfinder and lens. ? In the Weather? You may need something robust. Checklist Cont’d ? Will you be photographing wide angle scenes such as landscapes and home interiors, telephoto scenes such as portraits, or closeups such as stamps and coins? ? This will determine the focal length of the lens you need and whether you need a zoom lens, auxiliary lenses, or macro mode. Checklist Cont’d ? Are you a casual user, or a serious amateur or professional photographer? This will help you determine how many manual controls you39。ll want on the camera. ? Will you print the photos as snapshots, enlargements, or embed them in word documents? Or will you publish the images on a Web page, them to others, or include them in a presentation? This will determine the best resolution for your situation. Checklist Cont’d ? What imaging software do you need? ? What es with the camera? ? Do you need more or less? ? Photoshop may be overkill Types of Cameras ? Regardless of how digital cameras look, the market for them is roughly divided into three tiers with blurry lines separating cameras based mainly by image resolution, features, and of course, price. ? At the low end are the fully automatic point and shoot cameras with resolutions of 3 to 4 million pixels or so and prices below $500. Types of Cameras cont’d ? At the next level are those having 4 to 5 million pixels in their image sensors. Costing less than $1000 these cameras also give you lots of creative control. ? $1000 $2020 for amateur and professional photographers. These cameras have 612 million pixels and many are based on 35mm designs and interchangeable lenses. These cameras have the highest resolution, most features, and highest prices. Camera’s – Digital Movie ? With the latest digital video cameras, you don39。re pressed, the more degraded they bee. In many situations, such as posting images on the Web or making small to medium sized prints, the image degradation isn39。 (.2 m – m), Tele: 8 –