Sep 13
Digital cameras have been improving at an incredible rate for the last several years. At the same time, prices keep dropping. These days you can find consumer level 5+ megapixel digital cameras for less than $400 (USD).
With these fast paced changes, it really is important to get in-depth information about the cameras that are available so that you can make the best selection. DPreview.com is a well established website that gives detailed reviews that should satisfy everyone from photography beginners to photography professionals.
When you are reading the detailed reviews of digital cameras you are interested in, pay particular attention to the following sections of each review:
- Compared To…: This gives a detailed side-by-side comparison to the camera model’s closest competitor models.
- Conclusions: This gives a detailed list of the Pros and Cons for the camera. DPreview.com also makes solid recommendations here. Pay as much or maybe a little more attention to the details called out in the Cons section which can sometimes include real deal breaker issues.
- Samples: DPreview posts full resolution samples of images captured with the camera being reviewed. This will give you a true feel for the image quality that the camera is capable of. Hopefully you have broadband Internet access. Many of the sample files are very large.