Don't Choose The Wrong Digital Camera!
This article was written by a lady who was pregnant and wanted to start a scrapbook when her son was born and take pictures throughout the babies childhood. Because this could have become very expensive with a 35mm she decided to get some advice on buying a digital camera. A couple of weeks before my son was born, I took the plunge and bought my first ever a digital camera. You see I wanted to create a baby book for him that would include not only his first year milestones, but also photos to capture his physical growth over the first few years of his life. I didn't really have a clue what I needed or which camera would be best so I decided to go to Best Buy and talk to a sales representative. He explained a liitle about what resolution is and the difference between optical and digital zoom He then helped me sort through the features and select a digital camera that would be best for my particular project. If you happen to be a technology freak, you've probably owned a digital camera for years. But for a novice like me, making the switch from old fashioned traditional photographs to this new digital format involved a real leap of faith. It's not that I don't like technology, I just wondered how good the pictures were likely to be be from a digital camera when I compared them to my trusty 35mm. So anyway, I bought the camera that I narrowed down from a selection at Best Buy, got it home, and started snapping pictures. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. Above all the advantages, the one feature about a digital camera I love is the ability to see the pictures before saving and printing them. You can take a whole series of photos and then choose the best one without worrying about wasting film. So, what about the quality the quality? This is of course one of the most important aspects in a digital camera, and I have to say that I was very impressed with my camera's ability to turn out even better pictures than the ones I had taken with my 35mm. Like everything that involves technology, digital cameras have come a long way over the last few years, and have evolved so much that their abilities astound me. Now you can buy one with so many features that, if you're an amateur photographer like me, you'd never even use, (hey, that sounds like my PC). This is why I think it's important to talk to a salesperson, or a friend who knows what they are talking about when you're buying a digital camera for the first time. This way you can decide which features you actually need and which features you can live without, after all it's not worth paying for stuff that your never going to use. Since I would be mainly taking pictures of my family, I didn't need a digital camera with a tremendous zoom feature. But, because I would be taking photographs almost most every day for over a year, I did need a digital camera with a good battery. These were just a couple of the features I talked about with the salesperson at Best Buy and he was able to direct me away from the high-end professional cameras to the more reasonable ones without all those special features. I did end up spending extra money to get a digital camera with a good long life battery, but it was worth it because I hardly ever ran out of juice during an important event. All in all i'm very pleased with my purchase. I never have to buy film and I can even buy photographic paper and print the photo's myself. Somehow I don't think i'll be going beck to my old 35mm, i'm definately sticking with a digital camera from now on. |
