What type of digital camera do you use?

I'm using a Kodak EasyShare M883 digital camera. It's 8.0 Mega Pixels. It's nothing overly awesome but it is awesome? Does that make any sense?

So, I was wondering what everyone else uses if you own one? If so, please let the community know! Do you use it for taking pictures, videos, or even both like I do! Lets us know!

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Permalink Reply by Tim Brazer on October 6, 2008 at 7:19pm: I use a Sanyo S600. I use it for taking pictures. It's a piece of crap. That is all. 8^); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dylan on October 6, 2008 at 7:29pm: I use a Canon Powershot SD750 and 7.1 mega pixels; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Greg De Santis on October 6, 2008 at 7:57pm: Olympus Stylus 800 All-Weather 8.0 Megapixel for still pictures especially macro close up photography.
HP Photosmart 320 2.1 Megapixel for still pictures for general point and shoot. I know it is an older low megapixel camera, but the pictures in high quality 1600 x 1200 resolution are exceptionally clear / in focus.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Erez on October 6, 2008 at 8:22pm: Black Samsung something lol, can't remember the model but it's 7.3MP; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RM on October 8, 2008 at 3:29pm: This is a honest piece of advice... I been shooting for a living for 18 years full time. Please please for all those that have the ability to listen. Cameras are only a tool.. nothing more... They can not make a better photograph... In the right skilled hands any camera can out do a better camera in unskilled hands. So many beginners start out reading every forum or manuel and Manufactures spec sheets. They mean little in the big picture. Most important thing is to develop your skills as a photographer that is about 80 percent of the equation. So many make this big mistake that more mega pixels means better photos or images. Not soo.... A cheap camera with bad glass and bad chipset and bad processing software will never out do a lower pixel camera that is better in those items. The mega pixel thing is something that is or was created by manufactures and is often cheated or very slanted in order to make sales. "Garbage in Garbage out" when it comes to starting with a weak image or quality pixel image. Remember this. I am sure if you practice and use your Easyshare camera to its "Full Potential" You will come out with some outstanding images regardless of the Name brand or type of camera you use. Hey I created the image for Chris's T-shits and the imfamous girl with the laptop Lockergnome sticker using a 6.3 megapixel camera.. Forget about name the specs on the camera thing and focus on the "Skills" behind the camera. You will leave the others in the dust.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tyler on October 8, 2008 at 6:17pm: Sorry to point this out, but you might want to re look the part where you are talking about Chris's "shirts".......; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RM on October 8, 2008 at 10:09pm: I dont understand your point?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tyler on October 9, 2008 at 2:00pm: You spelt shirts wrong..... you might want to change it; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by moo on October 8, 2008 at 3:31pm: i use a Nikon d80 for my side job (johnperezphotography.com); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Grant on October 8, 2008 at 4:09pm: When my old Canon powershot A60 (2 mp) bit the dust @ a year ago, I picked up a Canon powershot S5 IS (8 mp)

The A60 was a nice little unit that took nice pictures. I was very happy with it, and would still be using it if it still worked :)

The S5 IS also takes nice shots, but you really have to be careful to use the correct settings to get nice results. Definitely not as carefree as the A60 was.

The S5 IS works great as a little movie camera. The video it takes is pretty impressive considering it is just a point & shoot camera.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill on October 8, 2008 at 5:00pm: Pentax K10D with several new and older K-mount lenses. It's about 10.2 MP, I think. The main thing is the size of the sensor. You can cram more pixels into a small sensor, but you end up with more noise because each px is so small it can't gather light well.

Generally speaking, in small cameras, the LOWER the MP count the better quality image (although that can vary a lot with the software and how it deals with the data).

I agree totally with RM. You can have a thousand-dollar gold-plated hammer, and it won't drive nails any straighter. Learn the camera you own until you have wrung all you can out of it and yourself using it. Then think about moving up. Photography is art, not science, and you don't master it with numbers. Any idiot can learn to "capture images." It takes practice, skill and experience to make photographs.

Go here for some good tips to start with: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips; ▶ Reply to This