A tripod + lighting (flash helps) is recommended in any case, as elsewhere. The effective resolution of the matrix, though about 2 million dots. pixels (1600x1200, perhaps a little more, in the options there are only 4 million points - there is already too much), with this resolution you can really get detailed photos "at every point" + compact file size on the memory card. For comparison, a good camera phone photo is ~10 at best, it will be able to depict such detail ~ 800x600 (~ 0.5 million points). Compared to any SLR camera, this one captivates with its automation (+ special shooting modes to help), i. E. if qualitative experience with prof. no cameras, then this device will be even better. The cover of the battery and memory card compartment does not fall off, despite the regular rearrangement of the memory card into the card reader. The quality of the LCD screen is high enough so that the received photos can be adequately checked even "in the field". I was pleased with the quality of video recording (not bad sound), even fireworks in complete darkness turned out, and in good daylight - detailed smooth video 640x480 (30 frames per second), a 4GB memory card is enough for about 40 minutes of video.
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