What you should to know when buying a digital camera

Feb. 13, 2011 - PRLog -- Picking out the right digital camera is enough to drive you batty. With so many brands, models and features available, finding that perfect photo rig is kind of like buying a new car. (And it can feel just as expensive!) To help you select the camera of your dreams – and not get ripped off in the process – we’ve created a list of five questions you should be asking before you pull out your credit card.

Following our tips, we’ve selected some of our favorite cameras on the market right now. Happy shopping, shutterbug!
How Will You Use the Camera?

Yes, we know most people usually consider boring stuff like budgets and price first, but if you don’t know what you’re going to be using your new camera for, how are you going to know how much to spend? First, figure out which type of shooter you are and start looking for the camera to match your wants, needs and sweaty desires.

Strictly recreational — If you’re just keen on taking snapshots of your pals to post on Facebook and or your Tumblr blog but you want better photo quality than those crappy pix you snapped with your cell phone, http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/hp/elitebook-8530w.htm
a basic semi-compact, point-and-shoot camera is probably good enough for you.

Freaky-styley — If you like to hit the town and want to capture paparazzi-like photos of all the celebs you rub elbows with at the club (even if they’re just your friends), a slim and sexy style camera may be the right model to slide in your back pocket.

On the road — If you’re a budding travel photographer but don’t want a big, bulky (and expensive) digital SLR to stuff in your pack, a high-end compact camera with built-in lens with a wide focal range (28-200mm is ideal) is probably worth your hard earned cash.

Play like a pro — If you’ve graduated from small, all-in-one cameras and want to start learning what it’s like to shoot like a pro, a digital SLR and an interchangeable lens (or two or three or more lenses) is what you should be aiming for.
How Much Do You Want to Spend?

Ah, the $64,000 question; though you really should be spending much less than that on your camera. (Unless you’re into 3D astrological/underwater surveillance photography.)

$80 to $100 — If have less than $100 to drop, don’t panic. You can still find some very decent, no-frills semi-compact models in that price range that are stylish enough (think camera-color options but stay away from purple) that won’t get you thrown out of your next house party. And since these are lower-priced models, they’ll have a few less pixels that you actually don’t need, since too many on a small sensor makes your photos look like ass in low light. (More about this later.)

Prime examples: Canon Powershot A495, Casio Exilim EX-Z16

$100 to $200 — If you have between $100 and $200 burning a hole in your pocket, you’re in luck. You can find some pocket-friendly ultracompact cameras with 4x+ optical zoom lenses that are fast enough for candid photography — you know, the shots that aren’t corny and posed — and capable of recording short standard definition movie clips. (Sorry, HD video is still at the higher end.) On the downside, most of cameras in this category have similar designs — a small rectangle body with a lens in the middle — so you won’t win too many style points here.

Prime examples: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP1A, Kodak EasyShare M380

$200 to $350 The sweet spot for point-and-shoots is the $200 to $300 range and if you’re flush enough with cash to hit that $350 mark, you can find a pretty sweet, feature-rich camera that’s still small enough to fit in a pocket of a coat or your jeans. http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/hp/pavilion-dv3500.htm There’s also a wider range of cameras in this price category and along with some severely stylish models with 5x zooms and gorgeous 3-inch LCD screens, you’ll find tough, shock-resistant rugged models that you can take underwater.

Prime examples: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5V, Pentax Optio W90

$400 to $600 — Your options widen significantly, in more ways than one. If you like taking photos of birds or other wildlife, or if you’re just a peeping Tom, you can get a superzoom camera with a built-in lens with an insane focal length. You’ll be able to go as wide as a mountain range (24mm) and get as zoomed in as one of those giant pro lenses (400mm) you see on the sidelines of a football game. This price range can also buy you a pretty good, entry-level digital SLR with an interchangeable kit lens.

Prime examples: Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX5, Panasonic Lumix G10

$600 to $1,000 — You can get a very solid consumer digital SLR, some of which will even let you shoot HD movie clips. If you know a little bit about taking pictures but want to get serious about photography, this is a good slot. Quality DSLRs with a mix of easy-to-use automatic functionality and more creative manual control abound from well-known photo manufacturers like Nikon, Canon, Olympus and Pentax and consumer electronics companies such as Sony. Also be on the lookout for small cameras that use interchangeable lenses but have no mirror as on DSLR. These so-called EVIL (electronic viewfinder, interchangeable lens) cameras from Sony, Samsung, Olympus, Panasonic and others offer the portability of a compact with the image quality of a DSLR.

Prime examples: Canon EOS Rebel T2i, Olympus EP2

$1,000 to $1,600 Aspiring pro shooters should expect to spend more than a grand on an advanced DSLR and a couple lenses. DSLRs in this category are tougher than their entry-level counterparts — most have rubberized grips and are gasketed and sealed to repel moisture — and are made from tough magnesium alloy to withstand unexpected drops. High-end DSLRs are also incredibly fast, capable of firing off multiframe bursts so you’ll know that at least one of your basketball photos is in focus.

Prime example: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Which Brand Do You Want?

Unless you’re shopping for a digital SLR and already have some old compatible lenses, your brand options for cameras are wide open. In the past, the conventional wisdom was that manufacturers with a traditional photographic lineage (Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Pentax etc.) made the best digital cameras. While this still may be true in some specific cases, such as for high-end lenses for DSLRs, it’s not true in a general sense. http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/dell/inspiron-b130.htm  Manufacturers with consumer-electronics backgrounds, such as Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and others, make great digital cameras packed with cool features, such as Sweep Panorama, a function that stitches together wide-landscape photos just by pressing the shutter and sweeping the camera in front of you.

If you don’t know where to begin when it comes to brands, go to a store and lay your mitts on some of the cameras in person. Brand status means nothing if you don’t like the way a camera feels in your hand. Also, test the shutter on a camera and see how fast it takes a picture. There’s nothing worse than a slow camera with hideous shutter lag that makes you miss the shot.

3-D — Cameras that can capture images that can be played back in 3-D are slowly starting to enter the market. Personally, we think this technology is not quite ready for prime time — you still need to wear those dopey glasses and have a compatible TV or display — but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on. Who knows, in five years it could be as standard as HD capture has become.

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