It depends whether the kid is serious about photography.
--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Getting a camera for Christmas > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 1:15 AM > MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > > Was going to get cameras for me and the kids this > Christmas. Saw an > > Olympus 12 megapixel from Target for $99...sounds > good. They had a > > Polaroid 12MP for $79 but were out-of-stock on that > one. > > > > Just wanted to ask if others in the community have > found a great camera > > recently for under $100. > > Hi Michael, > > I have been using a 4 megapixel camera for years. You have > to reduce the > resolution a lot for web posting, otherwise your site will > be too slow. > > Unless the kids are going to be doing a *lot* of Photoshop > cropping they > will not need 12 megapixels. I suggest you find a lower > resolution > camera for kid use, should be a *lot* less than $99. You > could maybe get > *one* 12 meg for use if you are going to do big pictures, > and a couple > smaller ones to toss in the car trunk or whatever. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
