Digital Home Thoughts: Digital Camera Buying Guide

"Digital cameras are almost as popular as Apple iPods! That may be a slight exaggeration but by the end of this year over 50 percent of U.S. households will own at least one as another 20 million will be bought in 2005, according to the Photo Marketing Association, a key industry trade group. When digital cameras arrived 10 years ago, photo quality was problematic, to put it charitably. In fact, let's be honest—they were poor compared to film. Not only that, they were very expensive. It also was a pain transferring digital stills to computers in order to make prints. All of this has completely changed—to your benefit. Picture quality is now on a par with film, working with photo files is easier than ever and camera prices have fallen through the floor. And another great benefit of digital photography is the fact you no longer have to run down to the local drug store to pay $10 a roll to develop 24 prints that always seem to end up in shoeboxes."



At first I thought this was just another random guide giving a history of cameras and then recommending a random bunch. Perhaps I almost expected it because of the large number of random buying guides that we read these days. But this one is quite different and actually quite good from what I can tell. It isn't actually recommending a camera but various features and concepts one should keep in mind when buying a camera. This one is a must read.