I am a surgeon and wanna buy a digital camera to take pictures and make video during surgery?

Question

please guide me about a user friendly and durable camera, which not expensive and is good.

Answer 1

Howdy..There is a bald, overweight,  poor guy I know that can get a good deal on camera's.  He knows of the Canon Elph.  He may just send it to you.  Uh, don't get caught taking pictures in operating room...could be embarrassing..

Answer 2

Hey, i didn't know they allowed cameras in the OR.

Anyway :), i'd love to help you..

Since you're a surgeon, and likely super-rich :), you should get a camera that is at least 329$, that can take videos and pictures in the operating room. I want to suggest the canon powershot s5IS, it's a great camera, and the video quality is beautiful, and can take stunning six megapixel stills, you're not going to be upset with this purchase.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-S5...

that's the http://amazon.com link for the canon powershot s5Is, and i think you should get it from there too, you can save some money, and it's " brand new ".

Let's go over zoom of the perks of the S5IS camera.

1) it has " image stabilization ", when means you can take low light pictures in the OR without having to worry to much about camera shake.

2) it has eight megapixels- to capture the intensity of operations ( with stunning detail ).

3) it has a 12x zoom, you can zoom in and out whilst recording, which isn't common on most cameras.

Regards

Nathan Grammatico.

Answer 3

Is this allowed by HIPAA?

That said, I've always had good luck with the Canon Powershot Digital Elphs.  I've owned 2, I just bought my second one now.  I had my other one for 5 years.  They are inexpensive, easy to use and have excellent quality.  I bought my current camera on Amazon for $160, 7 megapixels and a 3x zoom.  It has a huge LCD screen.  Canon in general is a reliable brand.

Answer 4

I have had good luck with the Pentax Optio. The newer one is the W60. the one I have is an older modal a few years old.

What I like about it is that it's waterproof up to 20ft. I am a web developer/photographer. I have about 10K in my "pro" cameras/lenses, but when I was in Alaska doing a photo shoot for a flyfishing guide client - I used this little $250 camera for many shots. Here are some shots from that shoot.

http://www.kanektok.com/VT-LBC/VT.htm The underwater shot is from the pentax.

It also does video. Here is an underwater video I shot on that same trip. http://youtube.com/watch?v=yh3nuT3qG4Y It's not a great video, but for underwater - not bad.

Answer 5

I know how this works.

Get the most expensive one and let the hospital pay for it. If this is your practice, add it to the fees.