There are plenty of point and shoots that can shoot 8x10.

Usually those that are 8mp and up will do the job. The bigger the lens on a point and shoot the better you are off but those cameras are often on the rather big side of a point and shoot.I have an old powershot pro1 that performs well..

I suggest you get the rebel XTi which is a small DSLR that is inexpensive and small...

Channing wrote:.

Is there any point & click digital out there that gives good qualitypictures at 8x10 size, or do I have to buy(and learn how to use) anSLR?.

HELP!.

Channing.

Just about any current p&s will print an 8x10. I've made a few 11x14's with my little 5mpix p&s. As long as it's a clear and focused shot you should have no problem.http://www.flickr.com/photos/djmsmc/..

Ditto on what smcndjm said..

But even with a P&S...you still have to learn how to use it...

ANY p&s will print a8x10 or even bigger; the question is at what quality level are you going to be satisfied? this is not stated in your opening post. if you want 8x10s and you are willing to put up with possible quality issues then get a p&s. please note I said posible quality issues. depending on the circumstances of the shot you may have then you may not. example-take a shot of a small flower in macro mode at high iso and make that a 8x10; and you may not like the results very much. I have taken flowers and butterflys with high iso with my dslr with excellents results, and can do it with ease..

The shot below was taken at iso1600, it has been printed at 8x10 no problem..

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In other words the harder the conditions and the more you push the p&s the less satisfied you will be with 8x10 prints from a p&s. if, however you do not take shots in difficult conditions then you can probably get by with a p&s. on the other hand the dslr will take pics under any and all conditions with proper technique and equipment and get excellent results...

I guess it would depend for what kind of use. For outdoor photography during the day where you have plenty of light, there surely are many acceptable point and shoot digital cameras able to print 8x10 ( most good quality 6Mp+ cameras should do the trick )For indoor use, I would have to let someone else answer!..

I've printed out some great 8 by 10s and 8 by 12s with my 5pm powershot S60 - yes, compared to my 350d pictures they are not as clean, but if you're looking at them from a normal viewing distance you wouldn't be able to tell the difference..

I also have an A640 (mainly for macro work) which I have heavily cropped from, and still produced a good 8 by 10. I remember reading one review of this camera that stated it has no problems even at printing 16 by 20 inches. (at low ISOs though)..

You may have to decide what part of your photo to discard in order to get 8X10. That ratio is 1.25 to 1. It is easier to get an 8X12 from most digicams...

From my Fuji E900. Inches, not centimeters.Rob.

Everyone, everywhere, has to do everything for a first time. There is no failure in failure, only in failing to learn...

Thanks to the joys of photoshop I've printed excellent 30x20 inch images from my previous 8mp Konica Minolta A200 (prosumer).

Simon.

Http://www.landscapephotographyuk.com/.

North Wales photographs - Snowdonia & Anglesey..

Thanks for responding to my very simple question. I have a Canon Powershot S400 and it continues to tell me that there's a memory card error. I've replaced the memory card and it still will not hold a file/picture. At this point, I feel like I should just replace it with something that has more MP (the S400 only has 4MP)..

I plan on using it mainly to photo my 3 (very young) children. They are always moving, so the problems I have with the point & shoot cameras are the following:.

1. Shutter lag (but I understand that you can't really avoid this without moving up to the SLR)2. hard to capture the action shots..

As an alternative to the SLR, I was thinking of the POwershot S5 IS. Any thoughts on how this camera will address the 2 problems above? This may be hard for some photo-pros out there, but with 3 small children, I simply don't have the time to be switching modes, and exercising all the functions on my camera. I need to get the shot, fast. ANy recommendations?.

Thanks...

RE>usually those that are 8mp and up will do the job.<.

Or, those with 3MP and up..

BAK..

By going to a dslr hutter lag becomes a thingof the pat. with shutter lag being gone taking pics of kids or any other action/moving subject is a fairly simple process..

All that is needed is to put the dslr in full automode and note if the resulting shutter speed is ok(high enough). or, put camera in shutter prioity which locks the camera shutter speed and shoot the pics..

I have a pentax *istD and let it run in full auto LOT of the time. of, I am also looking at the sselected fstop and shutter speed to see if they are satisfactory for the type of scene I am shooting. I do this for every shot. the butterfly shot in my earlier post was done in full auto iso 1600 just before I tripped the shutter I noted what settings were being used THEN took the shot. I have 32yrs of film/slide experience plus 5 more with digital so I know what fstop and shutter speeds I have to have for various scenes. if the setting are wrong I then switch to program and make adjustments..

I have no problems at all in enlargeing my pics to 8x10 16x20 20x30, this includes printing panoramas with my 6.1mp dslr. below is a panorama that was shot with the *istd and printed at 36x16. the scene is the view from my mother's condo. the print was for her..

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As far as the canon 5IS it by all reports is a good camera but it is a p&s though fancy, with all the p&s limitations..

Do not think p&s is forever bad. last summer or last fall a rviewer, of a major website, took a canon 20d dslr and the canon 3IS to hawaii and tried to take as many identical pics as possible between the two cameras. the result was that for 80% of the shots there was NO DIFFERENCE between the resulting pics. it was at the point that if you were not told which was which you could not tell which camera took which. but, on the the other 20% which were difficult scenes or speciality pics of one kind or another there was simply no comparison possible. the dslr wiped out the point and shoot.

The question to ask yourself is how many difficult or speciality pics(macro, extreme telephoto, very high iso, etc) are you going to take? IMO the p&s could not begin to take the butterfly shot due the need to use high iso and still come out clean and noise free..

If you have further questions, please ask. I or someone else on these forums will try to answer them..

Gary...

I printed several 8 x 10 with a three year old Sony P-72 3.2 megapixel camera and they looked great..

Now I print 8 x 10 with my new Fuji s9100 9 megapixel camera and they look even better.Fuji Film S9100s9100/s9600 Flickr Group:http://www.flickr.com/groups/37994085@N00/..

Currently I have an Pentax Optio 30. At the highest resolution, (I'm not sure of lower ones) I can print 8x10 no problem. It's an inexpensive point & shoot. I suggest you check the resolution settings on your camera if you're not being able to printout 8x10's...

My daughter just abought a Kodak Z712, there's "almost" no lag, (.25 sec) and it's a 12mp. She paid less than $300, I've seen it for $249 and she said she got it on sale. So it might have been even less than $249. She gets great shots of her new 2mo old baby!..

Healer wrote:.

There are plenty of point and shoots that can shoot 8x10usually those that are 8mp and up will do the job. The bigger thelens on a point and shoot the better you are off but those camerasare often on the rather big side of a point and shoot.I have an old powershot pro1 that performs well..

I suggest you get the rebel XTi which is a small DSLR that isinexpensive and small..

An XTI is hardly inexpensive.

If anything one would opt for a used Rebel or nikon D40 if cost is an issue..

Hi there,.

Let me start with a technical explaination. The mainstraim of photo's are printed with 300 dots /inch..

So for a 8 x 10 print you need a resolution of 300 x 8 (2400 pixels) by 300 x 10 (3000 pixels). You're ideal cam (for this print format) has a resolution of 2400 x 3000 pixels, wich is a 7,2Mpix cam. This is the ideal when we're talking about resolution. I don't say anything about the image quality of a particular cam. The ideal resolution gives you the best match between camera resolution and print out. This will say, the farther you're cam's resolution get's from the ideal, you get a print out with lesser quality.

The boundaries for decent prints are 200 dots/inch to 450 dots /inch (some use slightly different numbers). This meams that mathematicaly any cam between 3,2Mpix and 16Mpix can give a decent print out for 8 x 10 inches..

That's the technical part. So to answer you're question, no you don't have to buy a SLR to get an 8 x 10 print..

On the otherhand, the total image quality you see in the print is the image quality of you're cam together with the quality reduction like explained above. If you're cam produces an awefull picture, the the final result will never be a good print. If you buy a 16Mpix cam with good image quality, the reduction when printing gets the overhand, which makes a less quality picture..

My suggestions is to get a cam around 6 a 8 Mpix with a decent picture quality..

If I read between the lines off you're writing, I don't think you're familiar with the technical parts of digital photography (excuse me if i'm wrong)..

Let me stated to you, image quality of a dslr is above the point & shoot, and brigde cams. But dslr's are more difficult to handle. So if i'm wright in my statement, buy a good bridge cam. The don't are so expensive like dslr's, but they have a lot of manual controls which gives you the chance to learn before diving into the dslr market..

Chears, Ed...