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This is the number one question that I receive about digital cameras and I am afraid that it is one that I cannot answer for you. I can try and help all I can. All the knowledge that I have about digital cameras is already on the site.
The reason that I cannot answer the question for you is that whichever one of the wide range of digital cameras that you choose it ultimately has to be your decision. You will find a section of recommended digital cameras on the site and you will also find specifications, consumer reviews and price comparisons.
Please use all of these facilities to help you sort through the wide range of digital cameras and find the one that is right for you.
Choosing a digital camera
The wide range of digital cameras available in the market most of time confuse the buyer, the price attached to them also confuses most of times. No company's motto is to produce the bad quality cameras, but they announce more as compared to the quality vested in their products. These false promises sometimes lead consumers to buy the products, where as the product does not possess the said quality.
Different digital cameras bear different features. One has to analyze his required features before purchase. Buying a digital camera having many features at higher cost where as the features have no uses for you is worthless.
It would be right to say that no camera is perfect as the use and functionality varies from person to person. If a camera having a specific functionality is good for a person that may not be perfect to another one. Although we sometimes talk about 'cameras of the year' or 'top picks', such lists and awards are really of little consequence. The camera that wins most accolades may not be the one that is most suitable for you. This feature will help you to decide, based on what is important to you, rather than to the often arbitrary choices of critics and reviewers.
Most lists of 'best buys' and recommendations fail to take your particular needs into account, and they are in any case often out of date even before they are published, especially in print. In the digital world, new cameras come out thick and fast, and it is difficult even for media professionals to keep up with them. What features your want form a digital camera? This thing you should keep in mind before entering a shop to purchase a digital camera. Basically one should keep this thing in mind before purchasing a digital camera.
How important is camera size
- What are the lens options?
- How do cameras differ in handling and quality of results?
- What type of camera user are you?
- What are the choices for memory - and how much do you need?
- How important are megapixels and what size do you need?
Then you purchase the best one as suitable to you. Even those aspects that can easily be quantified - such as the number of pixels the sensor records - are not always straightforward. For some people a 2 megapixel (Mp) camera may be a better choice than a 4 Mp model.
Even where image quality is important, you cannot assume that a 5 Mp camera will necessarily give better results than a 3 Mp model. You can find the best camera for you by considering a number of factors. Some are questions you need to answer, others information about the possible choices and their significance. In this and the following pages I'll be dealing with:
Another and often more obvious constraint is cash. How much can you afford to pay for a camera, and how much should you pay? One useful exercise that may help you to think about this is to think about the amount you currently spend on film and initial processing of your pictures. I'd expect a digital camera to last for at least two or three years before you decide to replace it by a new model, perhaps longer. When thinking about what I could afford, I added this cost to what I would have been prepared to pay for a film camera, and suddenly a new pro digital began to make sense.
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