HOW TO FIND THE BEST DIGITAL CAMERA

Nearly every week, manufacturers come up with the latest digital cameras to entice potential clients. And it's just not working for us!

After spending sizeable amount of time at the mall figuring out which is the best digital camera for us, we finally have enough money to buy for that eye-popping, 9 mega pixel, 12x digital zoom, bright red, 512MB expandable memory, etc. etc.

We proudly march to the mall armed with our life savings, when ... out of nowhere we spy a new display - an even bigger, better, and BADDER camera. Sigh. The producer of this amazing gadget claims that this is the best digital camera yet out in the market. Since we only want the best, we fork over our life savings and a credit card to buy the "best digital camera."

But that doesn't last long. A few weeks later there's another "best digital camera."

So what went wrong? What makes The Best Digital Camera?

Well, there are certain objective factors to consider when searching.

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 to finding the best digital camera is to find one that best fits you and your lifestyle. Don't just buy the latest or the one with the best (ie. most expensive) features. You wouldn't want to buy a DSLR and use it with your home activities or family outing and have to lug it around!

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