What you must looking for when you buy a digital camera? megapixel?not just megapixel; size, shutterspeed, battery life, film speed and ease of use will all influence how much you enjoy your camera.
It all depends on you and what you want from your camera and how you plan to use it.
below is a link to a guide that talks about all of these topics, that i used when I chose my first and still my only digital camera, four years ago.
I got a canon powershot s30, and there are faster, smaller cameras out there now with more megapixels but I can not justify getting rid of it because it still takes great pictures. So I am waiting for it to break, and it will not.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Digital_cameras/... The higher the megapixel, the better the camera is. I have kodak 5.1 megapixel and it takes great pictures. I can blow them up to poster size and they look good. Megapixel 5.0 or better is what I like to go for. And make sure that it has optical zoom, not just digital. Good Luck! If you just want happy snaps (small prints) 3 megapixels is fine. If your looking a enlarging then you would need to go higher. To keep it simple. The more pixels, the more accurate the picture will come out to be. A 5.1 MegaPixel digital camera is good at taking very crisp pictures. Are you still happy with your camera? So what if Mr. Jones next door has a hot, slim new many-megapixel version. If your old camera works well and does what you want it to, you don't have to replace it just because there are newer, flashier versions out there.
Is the image quality too low? It cost many more dollars to be way fewer megapixels a few years, even a few months, ago. You will probably be able to get a better model now for less than you spent on your old camera.
Is it too big and heavy? If you find yourself green with envy when someone pulls out a lighter digital camera, it might be time to shop around. While some cameras are still a bit chunky, many inexpensive models are much lighter in weight than they used to be.
Would you like to do something new? Maybe you always shared images by e-mail, but wish you could make some prints. Perhaps you wish you could shoot faster action, and find the old camera's lengthy delay between shots irritating. You may want to look for newer models that have extra features that were pricy or hard to find a few years ago.
Is the camera acting up? If the LCD screen looks crappy (or has gone out entirely), or the flash has a nasty moody streak, maybe it's time to replace the ol' girl with a less quirky newer model.
Are you doing more with your camera? When you first got it, it was a novelty and you used it from time to time. Now, you're a digicam junkie. Invest in your passion and get an upgrade.
Are you uncomfortable tossing out a perfectly good camera? Who wouldn't be. If your old camera still works, but simply isn't up to the level of your current needs, give it to a younger family member or friend. You can donate it to Goodwill or to a local domestic violence shelter. Best Buy stores even offer to buy your used electronics. There is no need to relegate the old camera to a drawer or the trash. Most of the newer cameras these days are at least 6-10 MP.
I would not buy a new camera that has less than 6 MP.
Optical quality is the most important thing in a digital camera...as well as its features and controls.
Canon are THE most well known and biggest selling brand due to their high quality optics.
You might have to pay more than other cameras...but you sometimes really DO pay for what you get. Brand. Certain brands are just not as good as others (by objective measures). They might get the color wrong, or tint the background or get the contrast, saturation or even exposure wrong. You simply won't have these problems if you stick with Canon, Sony, Pentax, Nikon, Olympus. Caveat Emptor if you start looking at some of the others. |
