Beginner Cameras

Here’s a story from The New York Times that I thought might be of interest.
A Camera and an Eye, Both One of a Kind

Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

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By DAVID GONZALEZ
Published: December 31, 2009
FORGET what your parents told you: money does grow on trees. Well, at least for the street photographers who work the [...]

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By Alexandra Savvides on 24 November 2009
The S640 boasts dSLR-like responsiveness and good pictures but is let down by its price and lack of competitive features like HD video.
Editor’s rating:7.8

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Nikon Coolpix S640 Rating: 7.8 out of 10 Alexandra Savvides 24th Nov 2009 The S640 boasts [...]

by Wendy Streater
You may be a beginner photographer with an entry-level camera but you can still take some great photographs. In fact, the cameras available these days are so good you would have a hard time taking a bad photograph.
The ease of photography and the availability of good cheap cameras allow everyone to become a [...]

Camcorder basics
By Derek Fung on 23 September 2009
What is a camcorder?
On the face of it, it sounds like a stupid question, but it really isn’t. That’s because, today, there are many portable devices, from mobile phones and digital cameras to MP3 players, that will happily shoot digital video, but can’t be classed as a camcorder. [...]

The NikonCoolpix 4100 is a great little beginner camera for all the family to use.It is a 4 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom lens.It has 14.5mb internal memory so you can shoot pictures even without an SD memory card inserted.
I do recommend you get a memory card because it gets frustrating to have [...]