With a digital camera all the pictures you make are stored digitally, which means you can instantly view a picture after you have taken it and take as many pictures as you like, without having to buy new films all the time. It is easy to download the pictures from your camera to your computer, either at home or at the shop and edit them before printing. Once they are on your computer, you can easily share your pics with the rest of the world by putting them on-line, or e-mailing them to friends.
The perfect cameras for snapshot photography. 3.2 - 5.1 Megapixel image capture Up to 3X optical zoom Compact, lightweight and easy to use
Specs
Alternatives
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Picture quality
Megapixel
MegaPixels: The number (in millions) of light-sensitive picture elements, or pixels, actually used by the camera's image sensor (CCD) to record light, and which are reflected to the final number of recorded pixels stored on the memory card.
5.24 MP
Data compression
JPEG
Image quality
2592x1944
Lens system
Optical zoom
Indicates the optical zoom capacity, the number of times that the picture can be enlarged with the optics of the camera.
3 x
Image sensor
Sensor type
CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, Analog sensor that converts light into digital information.
CCD: Charged Coupled Device, Digital sensor that converts light into digital information.
CCD
Memory
Internal memory
The amount of memory measured in megabytes installed in the system's hardware
32 MB
Compatible memory cards
Memory Stick PRO
Display
Display
The display technology. Flat screen technologies like Liquid Cristal Display (LCD) and Thin Film Transistor (TFT) active matrix technology are the trend.
In TV technologies one can notice FST (Flat Screen Tube) technology, and ARASC (Anti Reflexion, Anti Static Coating) or AGARAS (Anti-Glare ARASC) or simply AGC (anti-glare coating). The old tv and screen technology CRT means Cathodic Ray Tube. MLA = Micro Lens Array. p-Si=Polycrystalline Silicon. a-Si=Amorphous Silicon.
LCD
Connectivity
Interface
Interface ports to connect pieces of equipment. USB (Universal Serial Bus) has become the most popular wired interface to connect peripherals. USB 2.0 supports speeds up to 480 Mbit/s (USB 1: 12 Mbit/s). The wireless interface FireWire is also known as the IEEE 1394 standard. Enhanced IDE (EIDE)is sometimes referred to as Fast ATA, Fast IDE or ATA-2.
