I want to buy a digital camera, and the price is around 1800. How should I choose?

Market price: 2000 yuan

Sony has always been fashionable, and P73 is no exception. Slender body design and silver fashionable body color continue Sony's tradition. P73 adopts 1/2.7-inch CCD image sensor, with a total pixel of 4.23 million pixels and an effective pixel of 4.06 million pixels, which can shoot still pictures with a maximum resolution of 2304× 1728, and supports shooting dynamic short films. P73 uses a triple optical zoom lens. When the lens is converted into a 35mm film camera, the focal length is about 39mm- 1 17mm, and there is some loss at the wide-angle end. The maximum aperture of the lens is F2.8 to F5.2 from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. Sony designed a 1.5 inch LCD screen with 67000 pixels for P73, which lags behind the mainstream products in size and pixels.

Advantages of P73: 4 million pixels, stylish design.

Disadvantages of P73: 1/2.7-inch CCD is small, the wide angle of lens is too small, and the LCD screen size and pixels are small.

Olympus C-460 zoom

Market price: 1900 yuan

Olympus's C series is the entry-level model of Olympus. This C-460ZOOM is designed with a cover, which can not only protect the lens, but also be used as a camera power switch. The CCD image sensor of C-460ZOOM has a size of 1/2.5 inches, a total pixel of 4.2 million and an effective pixel of 4 million, and can shoot a still image with a maximum resolution of 2288× 17 12 pixels. C-460ZOOM has a built-in triple optical zoom lens. The focal length of the modified 35mm film camera is about 35- 105mm, and the maximum aperture of the lens from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end is F3. 1 to F5.2. There is a 1.8 inch LCD screen on the back of C-460ZOOM, which can display 85000 pixels at the same time. C-460ZOOM has five built-in scene modes, making shooting very convenient. C-460ZOOM adopts the expensive XD-Picture memory card, and supports various power supply modes such as CR-V3 lithium battery pack, AA Ni-MH battery and AA alkaline battery.

C-460ZOOM Advantages: 4 million pixels, sliding lens cover can better protect the lens. When shooting in low light, CAMEDIA C-460 ZOOM's brand-new camera anti-shake system will automatically improve ISO sensitivity and automatically select the best shutter speed and flash excitation settings, which will help prevent image blur caused by camera shake.

Disadvantages of C-460ZOOM: slow processing speed, obvious time delay and expensive xD card.

Fuji FinePix E500

Market price: 1760 yuan.

Fuji FinePix E500 is the cheapest wide-angle camera on the market. E500 has a 3.2x optical zoom lens with a wide angle of 28mm. The built-in 1/2.5-inch CCD image sensor with a total pixel of 4.23 million and an effective pixel of 4 million can shoot a still image with a maximum resolution of 2304× 1728 and an audio short film with a maximum resolution of 640×480 for 60 seconds. Another outstanding point is the 2.0-inch 1.54 million pixel low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD screen on the back of E500, which is almost unique in this price model. E500 uses xD memory card as storage medium and is powered by two AA batteries. Its weight is 176g.

Advantages of E500: 28mm wide angle, 2.0-inch LCD screen, 154000 pixels.

Disadvantages of E500: There is no SuperCCD image sensor, xD memory card is expensive, and the body is heavy.

Canon PowerShot A75

Market price: 1800 yuan.

Canon's A series has long been famous all over the world. As an entry-level model with the most complete manual functions, A series has always been favored by many users. Although the A75 we launched this time has only 3.2 million pixels, it has a variety of manual shooting modes including M manual file, AV aperture priority file and TV shutter priority file, as well as rich shooting settings. The A75 adopts a CCD image sensor with 3.2 million effective pixels of 1/2.7 inches, which can shoot still pictures with a maximum resolution of 2048× 1536, and supports shooting dynamic short films for 3 minutes. As for the lens, the A75 is converted into a 35mm film camera with a focal length of about 35mm- 105mm, and a 1.8-inch 1 1.4 million pixel low-temperature polysilicon color LCD screen is designed on the back of the fuselage. A75 supports CF TYPE I memory card, which is powered by four AA batteries.

Advantages of A75: powerful manual function, 1.8-inch LCD screen, built-in Canon DiGiC digital image processor, and support for exposure histogram display.

Disadvantages of A75: The fuselage is heavy, and the weight reaches 200 grams after the battery is installed, and the pixel is slightly lower.

Nikon COOLPIX 4600 (reference price: 1650 yuan)

In terms of appearance, this Nikon COOLPIX 4600 is similar to the same series of 5600, and still continues the consistent design style of Nikon COOLPIX series. It has a slightly retro but modern appearance, and the streamlined design makes the camera look simple and generous. The humanized layout of its buttons makes the operation easier.

Functionally, this Nikon COOLPIX 4600 is fully functional. It uses 1/2.5 inch 4 megapixel CCD, and the maximum resolution is 2592 x 1944. It has 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. It also has underwater shooting mode, function menu supports 1 1 language, and can display names or pictures. 16 scene mode and scene capture function can reduce red-eye phenomenon instantly.

Comments: This Nikon COOLPIX 4600 has a modern appearance, a fashionable and generous overall feeling, complete functions and good performance. It was originally priced at 1850 yuan, and now it is only sold at 1650 yuan. It is a digital camera with high cost performance.

Nikon COOLPIX 5600 (reference price: 1850 yuan)

In terms of appearance, this Nikon COOLPIX 5600 continues the consistent design style of Nikon COOLPIX series. It has a slightly retro but modern appearance, and the streamlined design makes the camera look simple and generous. Reasonable layout of buttons and protruding parts of the fuselage give users a high degree of hand-held comfort, and all the designs are very humanized.

Functionally, this Nikon COOLPIX 5600 is very powerful. It uses a 5.2 million pixel CCD, 1/2.5 inches, and the maximum resolution is 2592 x 1944. It supports 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. 1.8 inch screen is about 80,000 pixels, CCD sensor, built-in flash, and the range is 0.4-3.3m (wide-angle end) and 0.4-2m (telephoto end). It also has the function of supporting audio short film shooting.

Comments: This Nikon COOLPIX 5600 looks retro but modern. The overall feeling is simple and generous, with complete functions and good performance. 1850 yuan's price has indeed made great concessions to the mass consumers, and it is worthy of being an affordable digital camera.

BenQ BenQ DC C520 (reference price: 1499 yuan)

In terms of appearance, this BenQ DC C520 digital camera has a silver appearance, and the front lens part has a mirror design. The fuselage size is 9 1 x 6 1 x 27 mm and the weight is 130 g (excluding battery). On the back of the fuselage is a 2.0-inch LCD screen with BenQ's logo printed directly below it, which inherits the simple and generous design style of BenQ. On the right side of the screen are the function buttons of the camera. Its four-way buttons have many functions, such as macro, flash, exposure compensation, timing and so on.

In terms of function, this BenQ DC C520 digital camera uses a 5-megapixel CCD sensor with an effective pixel of 5M. The lens has 3 times optical zoom capability, the focal length is equivalent to 5.4~ 16.2mm, the aperture is F2.8/F4.8, and it also has 3 times digital zoom capability. The flash support modes are: automatic, forced flash, no flash and red eye elimination, the flash distance is 0.6-3.0m, and the exposure compensation is–2 -2 ~+2ev(0.3 ev//step). White balance is divided into auto, daylight, incandescent lamp, fluorescent lamp 1, fluorescent lamp 2, cloudy day and other state modes. Exposure compensation–2-2-+2ev. There are four ISO sensitivities: auto /50/ 100/200. The resolution of DCF is 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536,1280x960,640x480, and the macro is 6cm. 50cm ~ infinity.

Comments: This BenQ DC C520 digital camera is simple and generous in design; In terms of performance, 5 megapixel is a relatively high-end digital camera product, which is suitable for demanding home users or photographers.

Kodak Z700 (reference price: 1499 yuan)

This Kodak Z700 is relatively large and tastes like a professional camera. Its size is about 96.8mm×55.6mm×72.4mm, and its weight is 265,438+09 g, which is more substantial in hand. The screen of Z700 adopts 1.6-inch LCD screen with 72,000 pixels, and the image display is relatively clear. In terms of data transmission, Z700 is used now.

In terms of function, Kodak Z700 adopts a 400-pixel CCD photoreceptor, which has the functions of 5x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. The lens adopts Kodak Retinar all-glass optical zoom lens, and the aperture range is f/2.88-5.76 (wide angle) and f/4.9-8.76 (telephoto), which supports continuous shooting function and video recording mode, and can continuously record MPEG4-4 compressed format. With white balance function, including automatic, daylight, incandescent lamp, fluorescent lamp and other functions.

Comments: Kodak Z700 works fine, looks a little professional and has complete functions. 1780 yuan's price is still very good value for this camera.

Nikon COOLPIX 4300 (reference price: 1680 yuan)

This Nikon COOLPIX 4300 adopts the popular silver appearance, which looks more fashionable, but the size is slightly larger, which is more suitable for male friends. The size of the fuselage is 95×69×52 mm and the weight is 230 g, which is more substantial in the hand. Its screen only uses 1.5 inch 1 1 10,000 pixel TFT for color display.

This digital camera is equipped with a 465,438+megapixel CCD with an effective pixel value of 4 million. It can take still pictures with the maximum resolution of 2272× 65,438+0704. The CCD size is11.8 inch, and the 3-fold optical zoom Nicole aspheric glass lens consists of 9 pieces and 8 groups of environmental protection lenses. The effective focal length of a 35mm traditional camera is 38- 1 14mm, which can fully meet the shooting needs of ordinary home users with a 4-megapixel CCD.

Comments: Nikon 4300 is fashionable in design, slightly larger in size, suitable for male friends to buy, with 4 million effective pixels, which can meet the requirements of general family photos and the price is relatively affordable.

Canon A400 (reference price: 1680 yuan)

Canon A400 has an elegant and fashionable appearance. It has four colors to choose from: silver, orange, green and blue, and you can buy it according to your hobbies. 2.2 times optical zoom lens is used, and the lens structure is 9 pieces and 7 groups, including an aspheric lens. In addition, it uses SD memory card as storage medium, which makes the body smaller.

In terms of function, A400 adopts 1/3.2-inch CCD optical sensor with 3.2 million effective pixels. Compared with the previous fixed-focus A300/A3 10 products, it has also taken a step forward in the lens. Canon A400 changed to SD card, with built-in 1 1MB storage space, powered by two 5th AA batteries. It is worth mentioning that this digital camera adopts the high-end technologies used by Canon's professional digital cameras-DIGIC processor and iSAPS, which ensures extremely high photo quality.

Comments: This Canon A400 digital camera has mainstream functions and excellent effects. At present, the price is reduced again, and the price is only 1299 yuan, which is more cost-effective.

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3. Panasonic DMC-FX 0 1: 2750 yuan

4. Samsung digimax i6:2400 yuan

5. Canon IXUS 800 is: 2950 yuan

6. Fuji F30:2650 yuan

7. Casio EX-Z600: 2,300 yuan

8. Kodak V 570: 2900 yuan

9. Nikon Coolpix S5:2500 yuan

10. Olympus μ 700: 2400 yuan

1 1. Pentax Optio T 10:2800: 2800 yuan.

12. konica minolta X 1:2400: 2400 yuan.