{"id":895,"date":"2007-06-06T20:12:30","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T01:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/06\/06\/my-digital-camera-guide\/"},"modified":"2012-01-28T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T21:34:44","slug":"my-digital-camera-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/06\/06\/my-digital-camera-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"My Digital Camera Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other people are better with how to use<\/em> digital cameras than I am – but I have had some experience in picking them out, both for the avid amateur photographer (like me), and for the casual user (like, say, my mom).<\/p>\n

Towards that end, I made a guide for picking out a digital camera. I called it “A Consumer’s Guide to Digital Cameras<\/a>.” Yes, I know, not a very fetching name, but at least it’s descriptive!<\/p>\n

In the spirit of sharing, I’m making this guide publicly available here, as a PDF. I hope someone finds it helpful. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve made a guide for non-professional people trying to decide on a digital camera. I hope it’s helpful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,388],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-photography","tag-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-er","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":885,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/05\/21\/digital-photography-tips-from-johns-adventures\/","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":0},"title":"Digital Photography Tips from John’s Adventures","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From the very same person who brought us that wonderful, simple, elegant John's Background Switcher comes John's Photography Tips. 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