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Old 25-02-2006, 9:42 PM   #1
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camera for taking shots in bathrooms

Looking for a simple digital camera that will be lying around in a van and would be able to take a decent pic of a bathroom with all the problems associated with it (indoors,lights etc.).
The photos will be on view on a web site or printed off at approx 6 x 4.
was looking at this but don't know

Medion Electronics 3.1 MP Digital Camera MD85173
https://www.medionshop.co.uk/


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Robert
(reason for the question is i upgrade bathrooms and would like to take before and after pics)
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Old 26-02-2006, 5:04 PM   #2
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I would think the biggest problem you would encounter would be the lack of wide angle view of the lens, which you would REALLY need given the average size of bathrooms.

I don't know the marketplace well enough to offer any suggestions in that regard unfortunately. Maybe others do.

Good Luck.
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Old 26-02-2006, 5:18 PM   #3
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Thanks for the advice
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Old 26-02-2006, 8:39 PM   #4
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wideangle lens would be of great benefit, something with good white balance control would also be very useful, not too much info on that site you gave. Did you have a budget? i see this medion camera is fairly cheap. Could you spend more? Looks like this has no optical zoom either which means, should you want to zoom in you will be losing quality off of 3mp which is very bad news

If you cant find a cheap enough wideangle camera, look for something with an LCD monitor that you can flip and swivel, it means you dont have to stand directly behind the camera to use it.

My Canon G5 lets me hold it at say 90 degrees to my body and still be able to look straight at the LCD (in short terms you can jam the camera as far into the corner as possible and still be able to see what the camera sees!)
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Old 26-02-2006, 10:06 PM   #5
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will there be women in this bathroom?if so can you tell us the web address.
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