Does this look like a good camera from these specifications?

best baby video monitor with zoom image

Rebecca

Metrics

Dimensions (WxHxD): 119.1mm x 76.5mm x79.8mm / 4.69"x3.02"x3.14"
Weight: Approximately 390 grams without battery and SD memory card (0.86 pounds) / approximately 499 grams with battery and SD memory card (1.10 pounds)
Optics

Camera effective pixels: 16.1 megapixels
Sensor size/total pixels/filter: 1/2.33-inch CCD sensor/16.4 total megapixels/primary-color filter
Aperture: F3.1â5.8 / two-step (F3.1/F8.9(W) / F5.8/F16.7 (T))
Optical Zoom: 21x
Focal Length: f=4.5â94.5mm (25â525mm in 35mm equivalent) / (27â567mm in 35mm equivalent in video recording)
Extra optical zoom (EZ): 26.5x (4:3/10M), 37.8x (4:3/5M), 48.5x (4:3/under 3M)
Lens: 12 elements in nine groups/(three aspherical lenses/five aspherical surfaces)
Optical image stabilizer: O.I.S. (on/off)
Digital zoom: 4x
Focusing area: Normal: Wide 30 centimetersâinfinity/tele 200 centimetersâinfinity/AF macro/intelligent auto/motion picture wide 2 centimetersâinfinity /tele 60 centimetersâinfinity
AF assist lamp: Yes (on/off)
Focus: Normal, AF macro, macro zoom/continuous AF (only for motion picture)/AF tracking
AF metering: Face/AF tracking/one area/nine area/spot
Shutter speed: Approximately 15â1/2000 seconds
Recording

File Format: Still image: JPEG(DCF/Exif2.3)/motion picture: quick time motion JPEG
Mode dial/mode button: Intelligent auto, P, M, SCN, motion picture, portrait, scenery, sports
Still-image scene mode: Panorama shot, night portrait, night scenery, food, baby (birthday only), sunset, high sensitivity
Continuous-shooting mode: Full-resolution image, 1.2 frames/second
Motion-picture recording (*2): [HD video] / 1280x720 pixels, 30 frames per second (HD/motion JPEG) / [STD video] / 640x480 pixels, 30 frames per second (VGA/motion JPEG) / 320x240 pixels, 30 frames per second (QVGA/motion JPEG)
Exposure: Program AE, manual
Exposure compensation: 1/3 EV step, +/-3 EV
Auto (AE) bracketing: 1/3 - 3 EV step, Max.+/-3EV, three frames
Light metering: Multiple
ISO sensitivity: Auto/100/200/400/800/1600 high-sensitivity mode (ISO 1600â6400)
Still-picture recording: [1:1] / 3456x3456 (12M) / [4:3] / 4608x3456 (16M) / 3648x2736 (10M EZ) / 2560x1920 (5M EZ) / 2048x1536 (3M EZ) / 640x480 (0.3M EZ) / [3:2] / 4608x3072 (14M) / [16:9] / 4608x2592 (12M)
Image quality: Fine/standard
White balance: Auto/daylight/cloudy/shade/incandescent/white set
Color mode/color effect/my color: color mode: standard, vivid ï¼normal only), black and white, sepia
Digital redeye correction: Yes
Self Timer: 2 seconds/10 seconds
Playback

Playback mode: Normal playback, slideshow, category, calendar playback
Thumbnails/zoomed playback: 12, 30 thumbnails/yes
Calendar display/dual-image playback: Yes/no
Set favorites/rotate image: No/no
Show histogram: Yes
DPOF print setting/set protection: No/yes
Resize/cropping/aspect conv./leveling: Yes/yes/no/no
Copy/title edit/text stamp: Yes/no/no
Cut animation: No
Video divide: No
PictBridge support: Single/multi/all
Setup

OSD Language: English, Spanish
Others

LDC monitor: 3.0"(7.5cm) TFT screen LCD display (460K dots) / field of view : approximately 100% / off, power-LCD mode, auto power-LCD mode, high-angle mode
Built-in flash: Auto, auto/redeye reduction, forced on, slow sync/redeye reduction, forced off, / 0.6â6.8m (wide/ISO auto), 0.6â3.6m (tele/ISO auto)
Recording media: Built-in memory, SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card
Built-in memory: Approximately 109MB
Microphone/speaker: Mono/mono
Interface: AV output (NTSC), USB multi
Power: AA battery/Ni-MH battery x 4
Battery life: 380 pictures (AA battery)(CIPA standard)
Included software: Photo fun studio 8.2 LE / Adobe Reader
Standard accessories: Four alkaline AA batteries, AV cable, USB cable, shoulder strap, CD-ROM, lens cap, lens-cap string
It's the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ20K

Answer
Sounds rather bad to me.

Here are the pieces of information that turn me off:

"Camera effective pixels: 16.1 megapixels"
Too many MP. That causes needlessly much image noise in low light situations. MP are NOT a measure of image quality!

"Optical Zoom: 21x
Focal Length: f=4.5â94.5mm (25â525mm in 35mm equivalent) / (27â567mm in 35mm equivalent in video recording)"

Such excessive optical zoon is detrimental to image quality.

"Aperture: F3.1â5.8 / two-step (F3.1/F8.9(W) / F5.8/F16.7 (T))"
These maximum aperture figures are rather poor. This further excarbates any problems in low light situations or to sustain sufficient shutter speeds at extreme zoom.
Low numbers are better here.

Then again, these specs may perhaps be reasonable for a superzoom camera - but that type of camera usually sacrifices image quality for convenience. These cameras offer the worse image quality compared to other point and shoot cameras at the same price figure.

what is a good camera to use as a beauty guru?

Mantha Mon

it needs to be able to focus zoom in and out hmm...take pictures maybe have a remote but its okay if it doesn't great quality takes pics with good quality and does video with good quality...i need like one that give off the right color like if a eyeshadow was light baby blue i want it to look the same on camera as it does in real life....or at least a little like that...and if you can please do a specific one...not just like "the sony brands are goood" not that like a specific like "sony:blah blah blah the naame of camera" and how much it cost were i can buy or a link to were i can buy...thanks!

Answer
Nikon D5000 would do what you want. It is 12.3 MP and will shoot HD video. It has a 2.7 inch fold out vari-angle LCD monitor makes it easier to compose your shots from difficult angles, the ISO range of 100-6400 should cope with most lighting conditions.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond5000/

I use Nikon cameras and have done for years which is why I recommended that camera.
That does not mean that there are not other cameras by other manufacturers that would suit your needs.
You should read more reviews then go into a camera shop and actually handle some cameras to see how they feel to you.

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