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How To Buy The Best Digital Camera For You

What type of digital camera should you buy? The answer to this question depends on what exactly you will be doing with your camera. It will be the base of the rest of your camera buying decisions.

If you're only interested in sending pictures by e-mail, or posting them to the Internet, you won't need to buy a high resolution camera. In fact the picture quality of camera phones has developed to such an extent now that you could buy a good camera phone if that is your primary purpose for a digital camera.

However, if you want good quality prints of your digital photos you'll want to buy a higher resolution camera, whether used or new.

A professional photography print shop will most often print pictures at about 300 dots per inch. You will most likely be disappointed with any photos that are lower than this standard. At 300 dpi a 4x6 photo will need to have an image with about 2.8 million pixels. A digital camera with a rating of 3 megapixels will give you good quality printed pictures at this size.

More megapixels means you can maintain the quality of the picture at a larger print size. A camera with more megapixels (and equal lens quality and image sensor) will allow you to print bigger photos. With more megapixels you'll also have the option of cropping your pictures, enlarging them as well as maintaining prints that are a standard size.

Now we've got that covered, focus on the quality of the camera lens as wells as the quality of the image sensor.

You can buy both glass and plastic lenses. Glass lens are a better quality and will give you sharper images. Good quality cameras will have lenses that are manufactured by well known companies such as Zeiss or Leica.

Is the lens a zoom lens? There are many digital cameras that come with a zoom function. This function lets you focus closer to the object without actually moving the camera any closer. You can choose from two different types of zoom: a digital or an optical zoom. The optical zoom will alter the length of the lens while the digital zoom will take away the outside edges of the picture and interpolate the image over the entire area of the sensor. An optical zoom is a better choice.

An image sensor is an electronic device that will record the photo images. Two of the most popular sensors are CCD (charged couple device) and CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor). The CMOS will cost less than the CCD but the quality of the images will be less.

No matter what type of budget you have for your camera purchase make sure that you buy one that has a top quality lens as well as a CCD sensor. These two factors will ensure that you get great digital photos.

Digital photography is very affordable for most buyers when you consider the technology that comes along with it, allowing you to take great pictures. The money that you will save buying a used digital camera can be quite considerable. And don't forget the money you will save by not having to develop all those negative from your classic camera.

Digital photography is both affordable and practical, as well as a great way to advance your interest in photography.

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