A Digital Camera has become the standard in photography. It's smaller than
film camera, easier to operate, and holds many more pictures. On a digital
camera you can click away as much as you want. If you don't like the
outcome - just delete it. For a non professional photographer it's heaven.
Instead of taking just one picture you can take 10 pictures - with and
without flash, in different modes, from different angles. Later, at home,
you can choose the best one to keep (You will probably just keep them
all).
The problem at hand is how to choose the best digital camera. Here are
some points to consider.
Price
There are cameras at under $100, and well over $2000, the sky is the
limit. How much should you pay? It all depends on your budget and on what
you expect from the camera. Professionals and serious amateurs will not
settle for anything but the latest, best model. The "Sunday photographer",
who just wants to document a trip abroad, would probably not need these
models. To get the best outcome of a sophisticated camera takes knowledge
that not anyone wishes to acquire. Still, I don't recommend taking the
simplest cheapest cameras. The cameras in the mid-price range ($300-$600),
have enough "wisdom" built into them to compensate for beginner mistakes,
and enough simplicity in the human interface for anyone to operate them.
Doesn't matter which digital camera you buy, it will cost less next week,
when the new model comes out. The new model will be better, and will cost
what you paid now. This is always true, and will be true next week and
next month. Accept it. Don't wait forever for the ultimate model with the
lowest price. Make the best choice possible today.
Remember also to check what the price of the camera includes. Usually you
will need budget for some accessories such as extra memory card,
batteries, battery recharger (make sure it works on 110 Volts and 220V),
tripod, bag and anything else you would want.
Mega Pixels
This number appears first on all digital camera data sheets, and it seems
like the higher the better. In a way, this is true, but how high do you
really need it to be?
This number determines the picture resolution. Instead of film, a digital
camera has a grid of electronic cells that read light and color
information. Having a grid that is made up of more "dots" enables finer
details of the picture to appear clearly. This sounds great - why not have
as many pixels ("dots") as possible? First, because it costs more. You
need more of these electronic cells in the camera, and you need to pay for
them. Then, you need to save the information that all these cells produce.
A picture taken by an 8 Mega-pixel camera will occupy twice the memory
taken by a 4 Mega pixel camera.
Do you need such a sensitive camera? Depends on what you want to do with
the pictures. If you are going to enlarge them into billboards, you will
need all the details as fine as you can get them. If you are going to
print the pictures out in standard size, even 4 Mega pixels is much more
than enough. If you are going to look at the picture on your monitor, 4
mega pixels is very good.
Optical and Digital Zoom
Forget about digital zoom!! Ignore it, disable it, and never touch it.
Your camera has this grid we talked about inside. The picture comes
through the lens, and every point of this grid assigns a value of color
and brightness to itself. This is what this points "saw". It cannot "look
closer". Now, suppose you want to zoom in x4. The small processor on your
camera takes 1/4 of the points it really saw, and smears them on your
viewfinder. It has an algorithm that helps it "guess" how it should look.
When you click on your camera's button, the camera saves information that
is made up of a quarter of the picture, and the camera's zoom in
algorithm.
If you don't use digital zoom, you can save all the information that your
camera picked. Later, at home, you can display the picture on your
monitor. Most of the graphic programs on PC will have more powerful
algorithms to zoom in, and with a large view on the monitor you will be
able to control the outcome better.
Optical zoom does matter. A good lens brings good information of a far
view to the cells in the camera. This is actually one of the big
advantages of digital cameras over film camera. The electronics is so much
smaller than a film, that there is no need for huge long lenses. You can
have 10 or 12 times optical zoom from a very small camera.
What is the downside? When you try to take a picture from a distance you
need a tripod, of a good stabilizer in the camera.
Response Speed
When you turn the camera on it takes some time until you can take a
picture. Most times it doesn't matter, but if you think you will need to
draw fast - check this number.
Video capability
Most digital cameras can take short video movies. The length of these
movies depends on the amount of memory you have, normally no more than a
few minutes. The quality of these movies is not as good as the quality
taken by video cameras, and some digital cameras don't allow zoom in or
out while shooting video.
Interchangeable lenses
This is rather new, and now dropping in price. Until not long ago, these
cameras were very expensive. Now, the Nikon D50, for example is coming to
the $500-$600 price range.
Recommended Cameras
New cameras with better features are announced by the manufacturers every
day. A great site that keeps track of all this is:
http://www.dpreview.com/
You can learn about what other people buy these days by checking out
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