Things to know before buying a digital camera

Digital cameras come in many sizes, colors, brands, zooms, resolutions, playbacks, etc. There are so many features and qualities that are being placed in the devices that buyers especially first timers become overwhelmed and dizzy with these outstanding arrays of gadgets. This is even without including the various advertisements and different ratings that are used to promote these products.

So what are the things to look for if you want to buy digital camera? To be able to answer these, there are 2 sets of information you have to know before you can decide. The first type of information is defining what YOU need and want in a digital camera. To do this, you can ask yourself the following questions:

1. What do you want to take with your digital camera?
2. How much is your budget?
3. What are you resources?

After answering above 3 questions, the second set of information you need to know before you buy digital camera are the features that you need in the device. These are:

1. Resolution.
2. Built-in memory.
3. Look and feel.
4. Battery life.
5. LCD.
6. Special features.

With these information, you can now figure out what you really need and want before you buy digital camera. If you want to see ratings and rankings of these devices based on price, resolution or other features, check out various websites that have these information in the Internet.

-Elson Tan