10 tips for buying a digital camera

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How to take care of your lenses?

Dirt, dust and fingerprints impact the performance of your lens. And believe it or not, there is a right way and a wrong way to clean a lens. Do it right and you’ll maintain peak optical performance. Do it wrong and you could scratch an expensive piece of photographic equipment.

Carefully blow off any dust or dirt, using a blower brush or (very carefully!) compressed air.
Place a drop of lens cleaning fluid on a clean piece of lens cleaning tissue, or blow gently on the lens so that moisture condenses on its surface. Gently wipe the lens surface from the edges toward the center of the lens, with a lifting rather than rubbing action. A micro-fiber cleaning cloth is a good alternative to lens tissue, and requires no lens cleaning fluid.

Eg : Canon Lens Cleaning Kit.

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What can you do with the images you have taken?

a. Store it in your PC - Digital cameras comes with a USB cable for connection to PC. A .jpeg file is the most common way to send images because they are "compressed" and load faster.

b. Send it to your friends via email - Make sure your recipient uses an e-mail program (like Microsoft Outlook) that allows him or her to view attachments. Then scan your "best" photos. Limit your attachments to 1 or 2-they will load faster.

c. Store pictures in online PC-based albums There are many online photo albums, some offer free storage, while others charge for rental space. Check out these sites:

• Yahoo
• photopoint.com
• BizHat.com

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Olympus Mu 9000 (slim camera) comes with 12 MP, 10x optical zoom, 28 mm wide angle, 2.7" LCD screen, 1600 ISO, CCD shift image stabilisation, Face detection, Li 50 B battery, Movie with sound, 185 g. Rs 18, 000 in India.

Olympus Sp-590 UZ (Semi professional Digital camera) comes with 12 MP, 26 x Optical zoom, 26-676 mm focal length, 2.7" LCD screen, 6400 ISO, CCD shift image stabilisation, Face detection (16 faces), 4 AA batteries, Movie with sound, 435 g. Rs 26,000 in India.

Canon Powershot SX1 IS (Semi professional Digital camera) comes with10 Mp, 20x Optical zoom with CMOS sensor, 28 mm wide angle, 0 cm macro mode, 1600 ISO, Digic IV image stabliser, Wide veri angle LCD monitor, Full HD photos in jpeg, HD quality video (1920*1080, 30 fps) in .mov format, 585 g, 4 AA batteries. Rs 34,000 in India

[sikorime]

tnx very mach

[maggieashanti]

very nice thanks

[meitalClips]

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thank's a lot

[shlomih]

raelly helpfull,ty

[unprece]

good idea!

[monsternevern]

thx for your advise

[lovelytyagi]

Always remember to carry camera bags to protect your camera from rain, dust water etc.
Vanguard is the brand that provides the camera bags. If anyone want to purchase that can purchase from SafetyKart.com, I also purchased from the same and that too at huge discounts.