quality camera

[Aaron Snyder]

Can anyone lead me to a quality dig camera that can take high quality senior pictures type photos for a reasonable price. Even an older one that is discontinued would be ok. I want to be able to take high quality photos of my kids and have them developed like the actual senier pics. I know that I can find what I want for under a grand if I can get some advice. Pic quality is my key concern. Thanks
Aaron

 

[Aaron Snyder]

I'm not lookin for absolutes here, I'm just lookin for some starting point in the quagmire of dig cameras. As I'm sure all of the pro's (many of you) already know, There are hundreds of such cameras available on ebay or elsewhere. Just need a starting point.
Thanks again

Can anyone lead me to a quality dig camera that can take high
quality senior pictures type photos for a reasonable price. Even an
older one that is discontinued would be ok. I want to be able to
take high quality photos of my kids and have them developed like
the actual senier pics. I know that I can find what I want for
under a grand if I can get some advice. Pic quality is my key
concern. Thanks
Aaron

 

[Aaron Snyder]

OK people I know your in here. I'm sittin here suckin down a natural light awaitin all the replies to my very first forum question and I know all of you are just sittin there comin up with some terribly confusing response to it. SO... Let me have it... Break the silence on my computer and don't make me pay attention to my kids anymore tonight...PLEASE!!! Thanks again Aaron

Can anyone lead me to a quality dig camera that can take high
quality senior pictures type photos for a reasonable price. Even an
older one that is discontinued would be ok. I want to be able to
take high quality photos of my kids and have them developed like
the actual senier pics. I know that I can find what I want for
under a grand if I can get some advice. Pic quality is my key
concern. Thanks
Aaron

 

[Karl H. Timmerman M.A.J.D.]

Ok, Ok Aaron .... any of the 4 megapixel cameras out there will do the job.. I have a D1X and I bought a Canon S40 to carry with me on my bike ... you might be able to find a G2 .... (bought one for my father for CHristmas ... $499.00)
Karl
Karl H. Timmerman M.A.,J.D.
http://www.karltimmerman.com

 

[Aaron Snyder]

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Ok, Ok Aaron .... any of the 4 megapixel cameras out there will do
the job.. I have a D1X and I bought a Canon S40 to carry with me
on my bike ... you might be able to find a G2 .... (bought one for
my father for CHristmas ... $499.00)
Karl
Karl H. Timmerman M.A.,J.D.
http://www.karltimmerman.com

 

[Kevin King]

How large would you like to make the prints? 8x10? Larger? This will give a good starting point as to the "minimum" you can get away with as far as resolution.

For 8x10, you need at least 200 pixels per inch for an acceptable print. (No arguments here... yes, 300 dpi is preferred, but I've used photoaccess.dom to do prints before, and they print a MAX of 200 dpi and I think they look flaweless, and I'm fairly pickey).

So for 8x10 you need a camera that puts out 2000x1600 pixels, or a 3.2 Megapixel camera.

That's a start, though it doesn't stop there. The quality of the image sensor and the quality of the lense and the quality of the internal digital processing makes all the difference in the world on final product. Also consider how advanced the lighting and flash system is. You'll likely be shooting indoors with artificial light of some sort right? Better get something that can take an advanced off camera flash that offers bounce lighting... otherwise you'll have really sharp images with that "deer in headlights" look.

Hope that's a start for you. Good luck.
-Kevin

Can anyone lead me to a quality dig camera that can take high
quality senior pictures type photos for a reasonable price. Even an
older one that is discontinued would be ok. I want to be able to
take high quality photos of my kids and have them developed like
the actual senier pics. I know that I can find what I want for
under a grand if I can get some advice. Pic quality is my key
concern. Thanks
Aaron

 

[JoeR]

Can anyone lead me to a quality dig camera that can take high
quality senior pictures type photos for a reasonable price. Even an
older one that is discontinued would be ok. I want to be able to
take high quality photos of my kids and have them developed like
the actual senier pics. I know that I can find what I want for
under a grand if I can get some advice. Pic quality is my key
concern. Thanks
Aaron

--You have a lot to choose from.

Sony f707, f717
Canon g2, g3
Minolta 7i
Fuji 602

Just to mention a few. Go to links and check out megapixel. I like there rating system.

JoeR