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Introduction

Long gone are the days of 36 shot films and disposable flashes. The evolution of the age of the digital camera has allowed novice and expert photographers alike to review, edit and improve the quality of their pictures. Be it for the family album pic or the artistic landscape shot, the Ciao Shopping Guide to Digital Cameras gives you overview of some of the major features to look for when making your purchasing decision.


Price + Size

As you would expect, the average price of a digital camera can vary highly depending on the specifications you are looking for. For a camera that provides a basic offering, you can spend as little as £50, but expect the quality of your photos to suffer as a result. While improvements to the number of megapixels offered by cheaper cameras have been made, buyers need to look at many other factors if they want a camera that takes the perfect shot. The lack of a decent zoom, battery life, decent flash and sufficient image and editing features will all have a detrimental effect on the final photo quality. The better you want your camera to perform in these particular areas, the more you will have to spend. Good quality digital cameras will cost between £150 and £200, with the best products starting at just over £300.


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a good quality camera

Advantages: very good for the money, good quality pictures
Disadvantages: doesn't feel as well made as some cameras.

This is a very good camera for taking pictures with easily and of good quality. It is much better than a lot of small sigital cameras, and if you want to take landscapes then the wide angle lens is very useful. The lens is of very good quality, and I would recommend it if you want to take good photographs but with a compact digital camera. It is easy to get the photographs from the camera uploaded onto the computer and also easy to delete from the ...
...to use and so overall it is a very good camera. For this money this a very good camera that will enable you to take quality shots and therefore I would recommend this to anyone who wants to spend this amount of money on a camera. HOwever, if you don't need 10 megapixels, as many people don't, then a cheaper version of the same camera could be nearly as good. ...

jennyb79 17.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Ricoh R8

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The camera I've been waiting for...

Advantages: Handling, quality, seems to take great pictures all by itself! That great 24mm lens
Disadvantages: Sorry, but if you think the price is high, you don't understand value.

I've had my GX100 for only a few days, but already I've realised it's the digital camera I've always dreamed someone would one day make. This is a true photographers camera and unlike most digitals, it looks as if a photographer designed it rather than an engineer. It has a really great feel - solid and easy to use, the buttons are where your fingers naturally sit. It's fast to use. It has a super lens - the 24mm setting is a pure delight. Good pictures ...
...24mm lets you do that. Decent aperture and anti-shake means indoor pics are doable without the dreaded flash. I use the electronic viewfinder all the time and I wear specs. The ability to set up two "My" settings is wonderful - I use both for B/W - one at 80 and one at 400 giving high quality and "tri-x gritty" respectively. This is just so much better to use than my Nikon D40 although for a technically better result the D40 will have the edge - ...

Tipps 29.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Ricoh Caplio GX

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Lens Problems on R series Caplios

Advantages: Features, looks, lens zoom range
Disadvantages: Reliability

...Buyers beware! I think Ricoh have pushed the lens/body ratio a bit too far to the point of serously affecting reliability. My daughter was really upset as it failed 1/3 way into her holiday & it was her pride & joy - she really looked after it! Won't buy a Ricoh camera again - when you spend £170 on a camera you expect it to last longer than 9 months! ...

PaulGBask 06.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Ricoh Caplio R6

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Ease of the compact Ricoh R7

Advantages: Unbeatable value for money, great pictures and cool lense
Disadvantages: cant complain for the price, just chuck it in your pocket and take it anywhere!

...was pushed to buy the ricoh R7 as i do get inspiration from reviews myself and the ricoh had exellent reviews on various sites. The ricoh has lived up to its expectations which i am overwhelmed as i wasted alot of pictures of my baby boy when he was newly born as the compact sumsung was useless at capturing moving subjects, like babies. After purchasing the Ricoh it was more or less a case of figuring out a few settings a then snapping away and producing ...
...wants hassle free photos or maybe even for the slightly more professional, as this camera does also have quite alot of features. the only downfall i can spot is a background noise on the video recordings, which i dont mind as it kind of sounds like one of those old projector screen wheels ground around. ...

fu77yduck 26.05.2009 · Read full review

Review of Ricoh Caplio R7

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Unlucky!

Advantages: I haven't had the pleasure yet of finding any
Disadvantages: confusing menu,

I must just be one of the unlucky ones. I have had to send this camera back to the manufacturers twice and the pictures are still not right. The first time a black splodge appeared in the centre of the screen. When I downloaded the photos the splodge was on that too. The second time the zoom would not go back in, only a few weeks apart. I just cant seem to take an in focus picture and it is so frustrating as I am missing out on so many pictures of ...

aeris_cetra 15.11.2007 · Read full review
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