Looking To Find The Best Digital Camera?

By: Peppie La Puer Click author's name for more of his/her articles

Well the next day we went back to the camera shop with all the cash we could muster up and with a sense of relief we had made our decision , then overnight they had set up a new display - which entaled an eight mega pixel, up to 1G expandable memory, with built it mic and stereo surround, video playback capable, with 22 scenic modes kind-of-camera. We stould in amazement at this recently released camera and the shop owner went onto make these amazing claims that this is the best digital camera to arrive on the marketplace to date.Well we could have throttled him as we found it hard to come to the decision we had made but seeing as we always want to have newest and best,thats available at the time we then with that cash we had together with a bankcard we now had to also produce to get this sale, we we just wanted the latest on the market available to us at the time.We ended up buying this newest digital camera .When we got home it then dawned on us that it doesn't take too long, after two months or so,that another new digital camera will be out to take its place.
As you could imagine it confused us for awhile over the whole episode. Then a brainwave hit us what makes a digital camera, the best digital camera on the market and what are the requirements or standards to say which is the best.

Well, there are certain factors to consider when looking for the "best digital camera".

MEGAPIXELS. One of the most important features of digital camera to make it into the best digital camera category is its mega pixel property. The higher the mega pixels the better the actual photograph will come out. A mega pixel is equivalent to one million pixels. The resolution of your image is based upon the mega pixel property of your camera. This means that as you enlarge the picture, you would get more detail and less blurry colors.

LCD SIZE. The best digital camera will always have a large LCD to help you frame your subject without having to squint to the viewfinder. This is also helpful when reviewing your images, some cameras enable touch up and editing features with its LCD. A 1.5-inch display is average, a 2-inch LCD display is good, but the best LCD size would be 2.5 inches or higher.

ZOOM. Most digital cameras have both digital and optical zoom. A higher optical zoom is always better than a higher digital zoom. Digital cameras are usually furnished with optical of between 3x to 10x. The better the optical zoom, the higher it climbs up to the best digital camera category.

MEMORY CARD. Always make sure that your memory card is the right one for your digital camera. There are different types of memory card like the xD, SD, Flash card and the likes. And these types of memory cards go with certain types of digital cameras. of course memory storage is also up there in choosing the best digital cameras. Choose the size of memory that you need, if you're a photo junkie, you might need more than 32MB. Memory cards can go up to 1G.

The key point to find the best digital camera is to find one that will best fit you and your lifestyle. Don't just buy the latest or the one that claims they are the best digital cameras out in the market. You wouldn't want to buy a DSLR and use it with your home activities or family outing and have to lug it around?! Or you don't want to buy the latest point and shoot camera when you're serious about being a professional photographer. (Of course, you can use this for starters, but if you're not a novice photographer anymore, you wouldn't want to get this kind of camera.)

Actually, the best digital camera is the one that you will enjoy and use. Not the type that you'll just leave rotting in its box or after a few weeks of usage or so, up there in the attic.