Choosing a product for the home or a personal equipment used to be a "Showroom Specific" process a few years back. But these days, with the invent of Internet Shopping and Research the flexibility available of the consumer has grown exponentially. Research - true; you have to research well before you select a product, if you are concerned about the value for money you shell out. Coughing out a few dollars on a gadget should do justice to the money spent, else the whole process of buying and enjoyment there after will be in a jeopardy.Don't have the time to research for a new camera? If you are in a hurry here is some cool suggestions for picking a Digital Camera for your vacation - fast! Read the Author's choice of Top 5 Digitals
Well, now choosing a Digital Camera is quite an important agenda in one's life. Why? - çoz the camera will be your only source of capturing happy moments while you are on a vacation or for an important party/marriage. So choosing a sloppy camera with blotting photo results will not be what you desire. Here are some detailed methods to choose the right camera with the power of Internet, which cannot be compared with a Showroom Shopping. Showroom shopping cannot give you this much power to choose and flexibility.
Digital Cameras are of various types, sizes and features; choosing the one you want is in your hands. You have to decide what you are looking for - Size or Features or Style or Budget or Type or Quality. There are thousands of digital cameras in the market now, with hundreds being introduced in the market every month - thanks to the stiff competition between manufacturers.Decide what Size factor suits your need first. Some people want a camera to capture precious moments in their life, with a good quality but need something that fits in their pocket. Some like the camera to be a bit bulky so they get a good grip and stability while holding it. Some are hard core professionals that look for the best in the market, and know what they want exactly.
Once you make you mind with the size, you have filtered out some other options, and get to the
next important factor - budget. To make life easier, most online shopping carts have a wizard like feature to filter out the unwanted factors, so that you are left with the remaining lot to choose from. Exploit these websites, you do not have to buy online in essence, just use the wizard to make your choice, later compare with your local dealer and decide if to get from the website or not. [I often use this tool from the Popular dpreview.com website]Now you know how to use an online shopping site to choose your camera, but you need to know the quality of the camera - this cannot be made available in any Showroom as far I know. Only with the realm of the Internet checking the output of a camera in an instant is possible.
Flickr is a photo sharing Web2.0 site, where thousands of digital photographs are uploaded by users to share them with friends, relatives and the world. You can exploit some nifty features of this website to see the quality and output of a certain digital camera that you have filtered on. I will explain how to use them in the following section, read on..
I prefer to use Flickr, for it's nifty applications. After choosing models with the help of the above filtering technique, you should have a few models to choose from. The only decision you have to make now is that of the quality of the pictures that these models can produce. To check the quality, you have to make use of "Camera Finder" feature of Flickr. With the help of this tool one can choose a camera, and see photographs taken with that particular model [thanks to the advent of EXIF data]. This is a wonderful application for choosing the right camera model for your vacation!Patiently spend a few minutes with this application to see the results from various users of Flickr community for Quality of the photographs, colors, and clarity. Use the process to find pictures for each camera model you have chosen and compare them manually with a vigil eye. You should be conveniently satisfied with a 1 or 2 of camera models now, and it is you who have to make the decision now. Use your common sense and your budget to choose the final model camera. Run the Flickr application once again and see if you like the photographs taken with them, and you like the quality.
Some tips:
- See the largest possible size to check for Quality.
- Pictures must be less Grainy.
- Lesser the Noise level the better for print.
- See for colors, and check how natural they are.
- Check all the "Now Showing" options of Flickr, like Portrait Photos, Landscape Photos, Night Photos, Macro Photos - this helps you decide on what level of photos you will shoot often.
Go on pick the right one that suits your style and trend., Happy Hunting.
[You might like to read more about Photography, Storage and perfect combo of devices for the On Road Warrior!]
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