12.1 MP camera... suggestions

[Taylor Campbell]

I'm interested in buying a new camera... willing to pay $300 dollars... I've looked at a few 12.1 MP sony cameras... here are the two links...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218071906335
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218068780216

I was just wondering if you all had any other suggestions... and would a 12.1 MP picture quality be good enough for customers to buy?

Thanks,
Taylor Campbell

 

[John Wetter]

None of those links work. You'll find anything camera related cheaper at B&H or Adorama though. Look to the top of this section in the 'buy from these companies' topic.

 

[Brandon Goforth]

I'm not going to tell you which camera you should or should not buy, but I will tell you that more megapixels does not mean better picture quality.

 

[Tyler Burg]

You don't need 12MP to get good prints. Anything more than 6 is fine, also know that optical quality is very important. I don't have any experience with cameras in that price range, So I can't really help you out. As most here would say, an entry level DSLR is the best way to go but you'd have to pay $400 - $600

 

[Brandon Goforth]

You don't need 12MP to get good prints. Anything more than 6 is fine, also know that optical quality is very important. I don't have any experience with cameras in that price range, So I can't really help you out. As most here would say, an entry level DSLR is the best way to go but you'd have to pay $400 - $600

Yeah, it's less about the MPs and more about the lens...also that $400-600 would be just for the camera body, but then you have to remember that your image quality is really going to come from the lens...so you'd be paying at least that amount again for a decent lens.

 

[Taylor Campbell]

Ok thanks....

BTW, another question what would be the best cheap camcorder to get for streaming? What capabilites does it need to where it can stream? Thanks.