Digital Cameras for Teachers

 

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Lesson 1 Assignment: Answer the following questions about choosing a digital camera:

 

1. Who will be using the camera?

 

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2. What do you plan to do with your images?

 

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3. How much do you want to spend? ________________________________________________

 

4. What size camera? ____________________________________________________________

 

5. Do you want to be able to zoom in or out? _________________________________________

 

6. What about taking short video with sound? ________________________________________

 

7. Do you want to be able to turn flash on or off? What about red-eye?

 

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8. Do you plan to take high speed action shots? _______________________________________

 

9. Are rechargeable AA batteries ok? _______________________________________________

 

10. What about memory cards, or CD or DVD (Sony Mavica)?  

 

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11. How will you get the pictures into the printer or computer?

 

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12. Do you have a certain manufacturer in mind?

 

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List 3 cameras that could be possible choices for you:

 

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