Before Buying Your Digital Camera Find Out Which are The Best Buys For You

By David Peters

Digital, digital and digital. Looks as if everyone wants to go the digital way. With the digital revolution and digital technology penetrating itself deep into our daily lives, we often land up confused about which product should be the best buy. Same is the case with digital cameras.

Today almost every camera company has launched digital cameras, and it has become really tough to choose the best among the very best cameras. Every camera has some or the other unique feature which seems more interesting than the other. But if you remain a little careful and identify your actual needs of a digital camera, you would certainly land up buying an appropriate camera for yourself.

There are six important factors which you need to consider while choosing a camera for yourself and getting the best out of it. These six factors are your budget, battery life, megapixels, exposure control, zoom lens and user controls. Let us discuss each one of these aspects which play a major role in buying a perfect camera for your needs.

Budget

Before buying a digital camera it is essential that you understand your budget, the limit of your budget indeed. The limit of budget implies that extent to which you can spend money for buying a digital camera. You must be amazed at the cameras which offer 8 megapixel and have 8x optical zoom and many additional features. You would certainly like to buy them, but then you need a camera for general photography and your budget is $500. So it is essential that you look out for a camera which is available within $500 and serves the best for general photography. Knowing your budget would definitely narrow down your search for digital camera.

Megapixels

The cost of digital cameras is determined due to a number of megapixels they offer. Today you can find a digital camera ranging from 2 megapixels to 12 megapixels. Obviously the quality would be very different, but then each camera is made for a specific use. Suppose you want to send or transfer your photographs over the net and you need a digital camera for that, your purpose would be solved by a 3 megapixel camera. On the other hand if you want a camera for high professional photography, a 7 or 8 megapixel cameras would be best suited for you. So deciding on the megapixel is an essential aspect for the best digital camera buys.

Zoom Lens

Now zoom lens plays an important part in the overall functioning of a camera. There are two types inbuilt zoom in a digital camera. The first one is an optical zoom. Optical zoom refers to the zoom when the lenses physically move forward to zoom on a subject. The other type of zoom is digital zoom, wherein the image is digitally magnified within the chip. You should always look for a camera which has a higher optical zoom, because the quality of image with digital zoom is not so good. Moreover you should also decide the range of the zoom lens you want in your camera.

Exposure Control

If you are a professional photographer, it is advisable that you choose a camera which offers manual setting options for shutter speed and aperture speed. It is essential because the manual setting can provide you with the best quality images. There are several cameras which offer 1/4000 shutter speeds in 2 seconds or 1/10000 in 6 seconds. Choosing a camera with various exposure controls lets you capture lifetime photographs.

Battery Life

Considering battery life is the least option that people would look for in a camera. But in the long run, battery life proves to be very worthy. You should always verify that your camera doesn't drain your battery faster than you expect.

User Controls

A good digital camera is one, which provides you easy usage and easy handling. If you are a beginner, you should look out for a camera which has easy controls, and provides easy accessibility to the user controls. There are various user controls like flash, exposure, macro mode and resolution. You should make your self comfortable with all these options in the store itself. As for professional photography, you would certainly like to have more detailed options and features for effective results. But you should also ensure the accessibility to these options is easy.

Considering all these options, you can certainly find the best buys among the available plethora of digital cameras.