Tips Buying a Digital Camera

Few Tips for Buying a Digital Camera

When shopping for a new digital camera and buy one that comes with the most "whistles and bells," the highest number of Megapixels, and the longest list of features. However, image quality, camera ease of use, and total costs should remain the three factors that determine when purchasing a new digital camera. We will discuss three additional features that most users either are not familiar with or completely ignore, but they are still quite important:

1. Digital zoom is something that you do not have to take into account! Most vendors advertise their cameras with a list of their Megapixels, optical zoom and digital zoom, and while the first two factors are something you should note, digital zoom is not one of them. Optical zoom is the only "true" enlargement that is equipped with a camera, while digital zoom is achieved with the help of software, which enlarge the image at the expense of their quality. The result is almost always image may not be used and therefore the digital zoom is a feature that you should ignore.

2. Image stabilization feature produce blurry photos for free! If you are a professional photographer, then you might have a tripod, monopod, or other equipment stabilization and use every time you want to take photos sharp and clear. However, the point of purchase is a compact digital camera can easily take everywhere and still can snap high quality photos. If you wish to take pictures or photos of the night in low light, fast action images, and sports photos, then consider buying a camera with optical image stabilization or digital, or both. What these features do is compensate for camera shake - when using slow shutter speed to hold your camera still not an easy task, but a built-in image stabilization will easily compensate for small vertical and horizontal vibration.

3. Built-in microphone is a plus! Built-in microphone is another feature that is easy to overlook, but one that can make little difference. Almost all recent models of digital cameras have a built-in microphone and allows users to record movies with audio, which with some new cameras can even be in accordance with camcorder quality. Other uses of built-in microphone is the ability to add sound to your photos, which is known as a feature Voice Memo or Voice Annotation. This allows photographers to record short audio right after taking a picture, describe where and when the picture was taken, location, opportunity, or other information that they want to add.