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DEL.ICIO.USFinding the digital camera that’s right for you
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve been shooting digitally for a long time, using a semi-professional digital camera that uses all my old Nikkor (made by Nikon) interchangeable lenses.
It wasn’t hard to abandon film since the costs of shooting are so much less. And even though it is expensive to make prints at home - especially when I crank one out at 13x19 inches on my really nice printer - the actual cost of prints is much less. Nowadays I make very few prints instead of paying a processor to make prints of each frame I shoot. So I save money there too.
Digital photography is old hat now and - to my eyes - good ole hat.
One question I often get from readers - either thinking about upgrading from one of the early generation cameras or buying a first digital camera - is about the megapixel count needed.
Megapixel count is one determiner, certaintly not the only one, of the sort of quality you’ll get as well as an indicator of the size of print you can make.
I’m linking to a really easy-to-use formula from PC World that helps you figure out how many megapixels you need. For instance, if you aren’t interested in big enlargements you may be able to buy a relatively inexpensive camera with a low megapixel count.
But my advice to you is to buy the best digital camera you can afford and to get at least 6 megapixels. As prices have dropped, you will find affordable cameras even within that group.
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