stephanie_droman Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 We are starting a business where we will be posting a lot of pictures online. We are looking for a camera with a good flash and good zoom capabilities. Our customers are more non-technical than me and are looking for a camera that has a docking station for transferring the pictures as well as a recharger, aka like a palm pilot dock that allows you to recharge and sync up. This camera will be used only for posting on the net so it doesn't need all the bells and whistles. Any suggestions? Thank you, Stephanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_m1 Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 What are you posting pics of? Do yourself a favor and buy a card reader that you can slide your memory or flash card into. It will speed things up dramatically vs. uploading pics from the camera to the cpu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bell Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 I think you can meet all of your needs in the $300 range for the camera. I would say something like a Canon a80 or its replacement (I think the A95 as they are not number linearly.) Also, many Nikons, Sony's, etc... are in this range and should work equally as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_elek Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Buy the least expensive name-brand 2MP-3MP camera you can find. That will be sufficient for Web use. Regarding recommendation, they all seem to offer similar range zooms, similar features and similar ease of use. Kodak seem to have docking stations, as do some of the HP cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieris_berreitter Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 You mention flash. Getting a separate flash unit will improve the quality of your pictures more than what camera you buy. Otherwise things will be washed out, have weird shadows, or (if it's people), red-eye. Just make sure that the camera you buy works with the flash you buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmanthree Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Is there any chance that you'll be doing anything with the pics in the future? Will you ever need prints? Do you need a zoom with a long tele? One with a very wide angle of view? Remember that needs can and do change, and future needs may be impossible to anticipate. Any decent camera will suffice for web shots, so your choice may be based on the subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clives Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Unless someone already mentioned...buy a digital camera with an OPTICAL zoom (or both), versus a camera with ONLY a digital zoom. Dig zoom is effectively pointless for anyone with a simple photo editing program that will crop images. You likely have some sort of photo editing program anyway--comes with Win XP home ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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