What are the aspects should consider to buy a digital camera?

Answer 1

The first thing to consider is price range, usually the stores will have their camera's in order by price. The second thing to consider is Mega Pixel, higher the better. The next thing to consider is Optical Zoom, DO NOT worry about digital, Optical zoom means the lens will adjust to move the image closer, digital means that software on the camera is going to make the picture larger and focus into a smaller area - this distorts the image slightly, and it is very hard to keep the image stable without a tripod. Once you have the highest Mega Pixel with largest optical zoom for your money you should look at what type of memory that the camera uses. NEVER rely on the internal memory, a good digital camera will come with little to NO internal memory. your common flash cards that the camera will use are SD or Compact Flash, the SD card is smaller but the Compact Flash card will be cheaper, other brands use other cards though, like Sony has it's own memory stick, and Olympus uses XD cards, both of these formats cost just a little more. Depending on how much you are willing to spend, lens quality may become an issue, for instance if you were to get a higher quality Sony camera you would want to make sure that it has a Carl Zeiss Lens, which is considered a very high quality lens. If you have questions beyond these please speak with a professional camera tech, most of the time your local camera shop will be able to explain each of these with greater detail and make sure that you get the camera that will allow you to take great pictures and last a long time.

Answer 2

1. Price range.
By far and away the most important. Set this BEFORE you start shopping and don't let store clerks or "friends" BS you into overspending. We don't all need $5,000 worth of camera equipment and many of us are perfectly capable of taking stunning photos with much less. Always remember, the camera may TAKE the photo, but the photographer MAKES it.

2. Feature set.
Does it do what you want? Macro focusing? Good zoom range? Do you need a DSLR or will you get tired of lugging it around or disillusioned cause you can't afford $3000 lenses?

3. Sensor/image quality
Megapixels means absolutely nothing if the sensor is poor quality. In the race to 6, 7, 8+ MP some companies have tried to cram more and more pixels into their sensors often resulting in a LOSS of quality as you move up the scale. To avoid this stick with the tried and true camera companies - Nikon and Canon top the list easily, though by many accounts Sony makes more than acceptable stuff too - personally I would never by a Sony camera.

3. Learnability and Usability
How long does it take you to figure out the controls. Are you always fumbling for the right button, even several months after you've owned the camera? Take too much time adjusting this dial or pressing this button and you may find you've missed that once in a lifetime shot. The best way to figure this out is to go into a brick 'n mortar store and play with the different brands, see how they feel in your hands.

4. Does it grow with you?
Photography is addictive. The more you shoot and the better you become, the more you want your camera to be able to do. Look for one that at least allows you to set shutter and aperture manually. Most all of the higher-end prosumer models do this, some of the more compact ones don't.

5. A camera in hand is worth two on the web
"Why are you buying that camera now? The price is gonna drop in 3 months." Or "They're coming out with a better model next month and yours is gonna be lame."

Know how many magical moments you're gonna miss in those three camera-less months? If you're happy with the camera and you can afford it, buy it and start shooting. Who cares if it's not the best camera in the world or if the guy down the street got it $20 cheaper? So what if a new model comes out? Your camera was fine when you bought it, a new model doesn't change that.

I've had my first SLR for over three years. Only recently upgraded because a newer model had two features that I said I wanted all along. Nevermind that about 4 or 5 new SLRs became available in that time. My old one didn't suddenly stop taking photos. It still works fine and is my backup now.

Answer 3

a.Picture quality.
b.Your budget.

other points of interest:

c.Main purpose of that camera or type of photography you wanna do. Maybe you look for something small or maybe the size is not important but you look for macro lenses today and telephoto tomorrow.
d.Is it the first model of that brand or family ? If yes ...wait for next model which will be an improved version or the first one.
d.User friendly.

digital camera class:
1.point-and-shot or compact - average quality, small, user friendly, cheap.
2. bridge or superzoom - good quality, a large versatile lens, everything from compact class plus manual control and 12x optical zoom, you can add optical filter such as circular polarizer.Image stabilizer system lenses. Price...not so cheap.
3.DSLR - high quality, everything from superzoom plus you can change the lens as you need (macro to telephoto). Think about you can have ISO 1600 = indoor with no flash ...

Answer 4

A feature that is often overlooked is lag time (the time between pushing the button and when the picture is taken). This can be large for some camera. On the other hand, the number of pixels is something that is completely over-rated.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

what has most memory
size
number of pixles
how many x/zoom
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