In a traditional camera, the lens was king. If the lens delivered a decent image, exactly that image would be recorded on the film. As the original image size was limited by the film size (35mm having become the standard), you would then have to enlarge it to get any size of print. If the original was at all blurred this would be exaggerated by the enlarging process. The more light the lens let in, the ‘quicker’ it could take an image - hence filter press supplier expensive traditional cameras had wide lenses. What electronic cameras have done is to downgrade the importance of the lens. Computer software can supply the missing light, and sharpen the image. What you need instead is memory. A 1 megapixel image enlarged to 6x4, is barely acceptable. Above that size, it is a waste of print, but, funnily enough, can be viewed at larger sizes on a computer screen with little loss of quality. A 4 megapixel image can be enlarged to A4. So, here are the rules. You will see that, as with most electronic purchases, it is very important to analyse what you want to do with the camera. For example I saw a neighbour‘s new system with which she was so pleased, but I was not impressed. There were so many things ‘wrong‘ with it, in fact, her ‘camera‘ was the primary motivation for writing this article. The quick answer Hydraulic Pressure Filter Press is: If you do exactly the opposite to everything in this article, the result would be you buying the camera she did - designed to be as small as possible, so, although expensive, it had too little power, too little memory, an inadequate lens, and fiddly to use. If you want to buy the right system for you; Don‘t just go out thinking the sales assistants can help you, they may well have pleasant and helpful manners, but most won‘t know much about anything, do your research first noting the following pointers: 1 Pixels: - If all you want to do is to post images on the internet, the pixel count becomes less important, 3 megapixels is perfect. - If you want to print images to 6x4 or 8x10, however, go for 4 megapixels at least. - If you have a computer and are prepared to use photo editing, pay extra for additional pixels, and don’t bother with the features that replicate the computers ability to manipulate your photos. - If you will rely on printing your images direct from the camera, make sure it comes from a manufacturer who links to a good lens maker (eg Kodak, Canon, Olympus, etc.). 2 Export/Printing: Next, how do you get your pictures out. There are 2 ways - taking the memory Mechanical Compress Filter Press out of the camera, and slotting it into a print device, (either a home printer, card reader or a machine at a photo printers), or by way of a cable. If you are comfortable with computers, either method is straight forward. If you want to be able to do this without thinking, make sure your camera comes with a removable memory card (and upgrade this to the largest size you can,) and buy one with a docking system. It is worth noting that some people don’t even have computers, they simply take their storage media to Tesco or any up-to-date photo processing unit and get their photos printed as they always have! 3 Power: