What should I be looking for when buying a digital video/still camera?

by memoflores

I want a digital camera that can also shoot video with fantastic clearity, and that can be place onto the computer.

I have no thought what Megapixels are, and what they do, or even if they matter, so if someone could tell me what megapixels are that’d help me a lot.

Also, how much memory should i be looking for? A lot of camera’s that hold mp3s, videos, and pictures say they hold 16MB, that’s not much memory, is it?

Also, my price range is $ 150, just incase you want to post some cameras.

Thanks in enhancement!

Answer by michaelmoss30054
Megapixels are how excellent the resolution of the camera is.I Iike optical zoom.for instance I have a kodak digital with a 5.o megapixel and a 12x optical zoom cost me $ 420.00 but it is a fantastic camera.

Answer by 1232girl
my camera is an olympus. it has 4 megapixels. megapixels are the quality of a picture. it takes excellent still images and pretty excellent movies. i got it for $ 145. i reckon pretty much all cameras come with a usb cord. a usb cord downloads pics to the computer. my camera can hold about 100 pictures.
hope i helped!

Answer by geeksquad
unless you are wanting to print any pics larger than 8 X 10 inches then 2.0 meg. will be all you need and as far as the zoom goes dont get a huge digital and no optical. optical is the actual lens zooming and digital is just the camera enlarging the image

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I have a JVC Digital Video Camera and im trying to get the videos i take to go on the computer. It takes tapes for the video, but it uses a memory card for the “stills”, or pictures it takes. (it has a USB port for the memory card)

Delight Help..Thanks

Answer by Glenn
Video requires a Firewire cable. You capture from within the editor.

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