Equipment Digital P&S Camera

Here is an explanation about some of the equipment the P.I.G.S use on an investigation.

Digital Camera 'point and shoot'

A digital point and shoot camera is a must for the paranormal investigator There are many uses and benefits for exam instant review of image, the ability to keep photographing with out running out of film, there are many differ ant types on the market ranging from around £30, 

the differences between the cheep ones and the expensive ones i will try and explain.

  

   Megapixel

Many people get caught  up on the mega pixell number for the camera this is actually pretty insignificant once passed 4 mp (megepixel), all this refers to is the number of pixels that the camera can imprint the image to, however remember the picture will only be what the camera see's so the lenses and lenses size becomes massively important, some cheaper cameras have a perspex lenses while the better quality ones have a glass lenses that give pure image pass through to the digital sensor inside. 

  

   Digital V's Optical zoom

the higher optical zoom will be the closer you can see an object further away, the digital zoom simply makes the picture you are looking at bigger,

imaging optical is like looking through binoculars while digital is like looking at a picture with a magnifying glass.

  

   Power cells

Cheaper cameras will use standard batteries while the better ones will use their own lithium chargeable power calls. digital cameras simply eat batteries while the special chargeable power cells will give you a reasonable usage time.