Best Digital Camera Reviews

Ways to capture images have always fascinated the human mind. The fact that photography has evolved from simple black and white blurry to the present day high resolution photos taken by a quality digital camera is a testament to that statement. Gigantic names such as Sony, Kodak, Nikon, canon, Olympus remind us of the intricate technology that has been brought to bring about this change. This evolution has been so widespread that it is sometimes difficult to choose which camera suits our requirements from almost a sea of options. This is where reviews come handy.

Digital Camera reviews help people focus on their requirements. These are basically the hardcore, honest opinions of the people who have already purchased a specific camera and are already using them. The reliability level of such reviews is greatly enhanced because they come from common users who can be very open about the flaws in a product contrary to the manufacturers. Such reviews are widely dispersed over the internet.

Factors such as battery life, operating functions, photo resolution, zoom, and memory are just a few of the pivoting elements which are easily available in such reviews. Reviews also show that over the past one decade almost the same major companies have been producing the best cameras. Cameras such as the Nikon Coolpix 950, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F505, and Canon PowerShot G1 are the ones that were released around 1999 and were the precursors of today’s advanced models. It is also easily noticeable that only Canon and Sony where the only two manufacturers that have been consistently been available in the competition and have proved out to be great.

Various websites are a testament to that fact denoted by the large number of clicks that have been made to the pages leading to their products. It won’t be unfair to state that Sony and Canon literally are the best in the market which is evident from first hand people’s reviews.

This year a lot of digital cameras have found their place in the ‘highly recommended’ position in reviews with almost equal contribution by Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Pentax, Olympus, and Fujifilm. Sony on the other hand saw its best last year in the shape of the Sony Alpha DSLR-900. The first three positions are justifiably taken by Nikon D300S, Canon EOS 7D, Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1, Pentax K-7, and Olympus PEN E-P1.

Cost-wise PEN E-P1 provides the best option, followed closely by K-7, DMC-GF1, D300S and finally EOS 7D. PEN E-P1 provides the best price for the same number of effective pixels. Nikon, Pentax, and Olympus all provide almost the same number of effective pixels whatsoever Olympus costs considerably less than the other two. EOS 7D has the highest number of pixels i.e. 18.0 mp with the maximum resolution of 5184×3456 and the maximum pixel density of 5.4 MP/cm². Dimensionally Panasonic is the most compact of the five models and also has the edge of weighing the least in the group.

Choosing The Best Digital Camera

Choosing the right digital camera is just like choosing anything else. You have to figure out what your needs are and what you are going to want to have as far as the specifications and options are concerned.
By doing a bit of research, you can see that there are a lot of good quality digital cameras on the market and most of these will do a pretty good job.
But if you want the best for the money you should ask yourself some important questions ahead of time. Make a list of some of the following features:

- Megapixels (at least 5 or 6)

- Image Sensor Size (In this case, bigger is better . . . not megapixels, that's different . . . make sure that the sales person you are talking with knows the difference)

- Zoom Lens (anything more than 12x or 70mm and you'll probably need a SLR) For most people 12x zoom is enough.

- LCD screen (at least 2.5 inches and 230,000 pixels)

- Image Stabilization (this feature is great for shaking hands and slow ISO settings)

- face detection / auto focus ( not essential, but could save a few bad pictures)

- Battery Performance (most cameras give a rating based on number of pictures you can take with a single set of batteries)

- Flash Recharge time (a slow recharge time can cause you to lose a few pictures)

- Camera Size (choose from ultra compact, compact, or extra case need just for lenses)

- SLR or point and shoot ( pros vs amateurs)

- ISO settings (if your into manual settings)

- Built In Camera Editing (things like removing red eye and custom flash settings)

- Macro Lens Function ( for photographers that like to take pictures of really really tiny things)

- Memory Cards (some take CF, some take SD, some take both . . . if you already own one or the other, that may help you decide)

If digital camera sales were any indication of what the best brand was, then according to Amazon.com, Canon would be a top choice for sure. As I write this, Canon manufactures 18 of the top 25 bestselling cameras on their best seller list. In addition, Canon holds 9 of the top 10 spots, with the top 3 being the PowerShot A570 IS, the PowerShot SD1000 Digital Elph, and the PowerShot SD850.
These three camera models have nearly out-sold the rest of the entire market.

Then there are the ultra compact digital cameras which are the smallest ones made. Many are quite good and sometimes a little more expensive than most and the quality can sometimes suffer due to their smaller size.