Tech Review

I suppose I could learn more about cameras, but I just don't feel the need to at this point in both camera technology and my own development. So, I very rarely adjust the white balance, change the ISO speed or do anything else to the camera except shoot in auto mode, adjust the resolution, and, for close-up shots, use the macro.

All cameras can do the above just like all printers can print text and pictures. What distinguishes cameras for me, then, are its number of megapixels, its zoom, the quality of the photos, and how it fits into my lifestyle (what distinguishes printers isn't really that much different).

Megapixels:

It so happens that my favorite camera of all time, the lost-by-my-wife (I still love you, honey) Nikon Coolpix 3700 was only capable of capturing 3 million of those little buggers. The SD1000 can have 7.1 million of those tiny dots on any one picture, which is more, but I think I'd still prefer the Nikon. Don't get me wrong; it's better to have a camera with seven than three if everything else is equal, but often everything else isn't equal.

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