Are you still stuck in the stone age using an old film camera to take your pictures? You must have a ton of money to burn, what with all the film and developing costs. Not to mention the shelves and cupboards full of photo albums. You could be saving a mitt full of money by breaking down and buying yourself a digital camera.

Choosing a digital camera doesn’t have to be that hard, even for the most extreme technical Luddites in the crowd. Here’s a few simple tips to use as a guide to digital camera buying.

You can’t wait forever for the best camera to come along because the technological process is developing all the time and so are its products. Read the examples below and you’ll understand what I’m saying.

Megapixels refers to the amount of resolution (detail) that a picture can hold. Generally, the higher the better, but only to a point. For the average photographer, anything over 6 or 7 megapixels is overkill, and not worth spending the money on. Check out sensor size, if your really into camera specs, and want to check out something meaningful.

The shutter speeds increases all the time while the startup time and the memory writing period is continuously decreasing. Day by day the image quality is getting clearer and clearer. The battery lifetime is also increasing all the time.

Considering all the above you must think very well before purchasing a new camera. If you have enough money to spend on a dSLR you’re very lucky. With dSLR’s everything is very simple because you can acquire new zoom distances and faster exposure without changing the actual body.

Focal Length: The distance between the camera and the subject was the same in every case, while varying the focal length of the zoom, so we got a similar image magnification and perspective in all cases. We used the Adobe RGB color and ISO 100 as settings. For the TIFF conversion from RAW files, we always used the software delivered by the camera manufacturer. The end result is a photo that truly shows you the quality of the camera.

How Easy It Is To Use: we took into consideration how the controls are placed, the speed from click to click, how easy it is to handle, the quality of the viewfinder, how easy the menu is to read and many other factors.

Photography is fun and the camera is only a tool that will help you capture the best moments in your life.