Go to the bottom of this page to see the Cameras we recomend !
Hi - my name is Rhod - welcome to my Recomended Digital Camera pages . Below you will see 6 small pictures of the Digital Cameras that i think offer the very best in terms of performance & value for money in the main price / use brackets .
Deciding which are the best Cameras is not an easy one to make because there are so many available ... but i have a huge advantage in helping me make my choices ... i have the benifit of having seen the results of Steves tests on just about every Camera he can get his hands on . Steve has tested over 600 Digital Cameras over the last few years so knows what is good & bad - i doubt whether there are more than a very few people in the UK that have tested as many Cameras as he has & even less who have had the opportunity to test them both in the UK & Abroad .
Steves tests are not the types you will find in many Magazines or Internet sites - he does not use complicated charts or set conditions because he feels that the Cameras should be tested in the same way & for the same purpose as the person who is most likeley to buy the Camera would use it . There is no point in trying to take Pro type pictures with a pont n shoot Camera ... equally so there is no point in using a Digital SLR for just snap shots ... Steve tests them for what they are ! . He then prints the results to A4 or A3 size so we can show our Customers in our Shops exactly what they will get from that Camera .
By clicking on any of the mini pictures of the Cameras below you will be taken to a web page that gives Steves full report on that Camera along with one or more pictures taken with that Camera .
Now to remind you of things you should think about when you are deciding which Camera is best for you ...
- Forget the Make of the Camera - many Cameras from famous names such as Olympus are not made by that Company - the Camera may be made by another Company you have never heard of for Olympus etc .
- The more Pixels the Camera has does not allways mean better pictures . The quality of the Lens matters at least as much as Pixels . Cameras with 8 million or more Pixels can suffer very badly from Noise ( Noise is where the pictures can seem very grainy or out of focus ) - smaller Cameras are more prone to this .
- Beware of Cameras with just a Digital Zoom . Optical Zooms are where the Camera uses its Lens to zoom in & zoom out - Digital Zooms are where the Camera uses its own built in Software to crop in on an image so you loose quality big time with a Digital Zoom .
You should also consider what else you may need to buy when you get your new Digital Camera ... - For cameras that use AA batteries you may need to get a set of AA Nimh Rechargeable Batteries . Costs £10.99 for the Charger & 4x AAnimh Rechargeable Batteries that can be charged via normal plug socket or in your car
- Most Cameras do not come with a Case . We sell Cases from just £3.99 to around £10 for compact Cases .
- Modern Cameras come with Internal Memory so you may need to get a Memory Card . Cards for SD type Cameras cost £5.99 for a 1 gigabyte Card - £9.99 for a 1 gigabyte XD Card - £9.99 for a 1 gigabyte Memory Stick Duo Card
All Cameras come with a very good Software CD & USB leads to connect Camera to your Computer .
You should also check out our incredible low prices for Digital Memory Cards - as low as £5.99 for a high quality 1 gigabyte SD Card . Click on " Memory Card Prices " to your left for more details .
If you would like any advice about Digital Cameras other than is on our web site then why not give us a call on ... 01978 264242 ... we are here from 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday . Or email us at ... wrexcam@btopenworld.com ... we will get back to you very quickly . You may also like to visit our sister company - Vostro Cameras - where you will find a small but high quality selection of goods you can order online at incredibly low internet only prices - click on the Vostro Cameras logo below !
The chart below shows the approximate number of pictures you can take on a 1 gigabyte & 2 gigabyte memory card using the amount of pixels / video mode shown to the laft of the chart ...
| PIXELS / VIDEO MODE | 1 GIG | 2 GIG | | 10 MILLION PIXELS | 300 | 600 | | 8 MILLION PIXELS | 380 | 760 | | 7 MILLION PIXELS | 430 | 860 | | 6 MILLION PIXELS | 480 | 960 | | 5 MILLION PIXELS | 600 | 1200 | | 4 MILLION PIXELS | 750 | 1500 | | 3 MILLION PIXELS | 1000 | 2000 | | 1 MILLION PIXELS | 2800 | 5600 | | 640x480 15fps VIDEO MODE | 15 MIN'S | 30 MIN'S |
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