How Do You Choose a Digital Camera by Dan
Digital cameras have revolutionized the way we take, display and share our photographs.
Camera shops have not disappeared as one might have initially expected when the sale
of film cameras plummeted and online sales grew. The fact that there are so many
cameras to choose from means many people still like to get advice, but where do you
get advice make the buying process easier? See later.
Getting a digital camera with the highest megapixel rating should give you the best
image quality, but this is not the case in reality where other factors count.
The lens quality a camera has is very important and is why most mobile phones fail
to produce the image quality a camera does when both have the same number of
megapixels.
Hence you can see that the number of pixels a camera has is only part of the story
regarding image quality, the lens is as important too. If you plan to enlarge images
to poster size you are going to want as many megapixels you can get, otherwise above
5 megapixels is fine for most home photos.
Although digital SLRs are going to be the most versatile cameras, when compared to
compacts, they can be a lot bigger and heavier to carry around, so sometimes you
might miss a shot as you don’t have the camera with you.
If you are a serious photographer you will want the total control that only an SLR
camera can give you, not least having a choice of lenses. Cameras such as the Nikon
D7000 or Canon 7D are popular among amateurs and semi-professional photographers,
and for those upgrading from earlier models their choice is often dictated by the
compatibility of the lenses they already own.
The range in size of digital cameras is considerable, from the larger and heavier
SLR such as the Canon EOS Rebel T2i to the pocket size camera such as the Canon
PowerShot S95, although neither of these are at the extremes of size or weight, but
are very good cameras of their type.
Also the ability to take video images is built in to many digital cameras, this
might be a useful extra for many people who like to take spontaneous family clips.
For the best results a dedicated video camera is still the best option, the Flip HD
Video Camera is a small and easy to operate camera, that is easy to take along if
you don’t like carrying anything too big. Looking to take more action shots the
Kodak PlaySport HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera can even take underwater shots in
shallow water and is therefore well protected against the rain.
Having drawn up a shortlist of cameras that appear to meet your requirements it
would be good to know how they perform in the real world. The trouble with looking
at facts and figures provided by manufacturers is that they don’t list them in a
standard format, even amongst their own range, to make comparisons easily.
To help you choose which digital camera is going to be easy to use and give you good
results online reviews left by previous buyers is a great way of finding the pros
and cons of various models of cameras. The great thing about consumer feedback is it
is about how the camera has performed in real life situations, where problems or not
usually manifest themselves.
Thinking of buying a digital compact camera such as the Canon PowerShot S95
or Nikon Coolpix L22 see what Digital
Camera Best
Buys has to say about them and other top digital cameras.
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