as a digital camera owners, this scenario probably applies to you. After visiting the camera shop, talking with friends, read reviews, or maybe shopping online, at one time you bought what you thought was the perfect digital camera for your needs.
After purchasing this digital camera and using it for several weeks and later visited the same store, browsed the same website, or scanned through the latest issue of the same magazine, and guess what? Newer, "better", faster and cheaper digital camera is now available, making your current camera seem 'uncool', agonizingly slow and outdated. I can definitely say the above scenario happened to me - way too often. I have purchased five digital cameras in recent years and have friends who have been through much more. Instead of constantly burning a hole in your wallet so you can buy a digital camera that will remain cutting-edge for years to come?
Welcome to the sad truth is - inevitable obsolescence with digital cameras, just as with cell phones, computers, television sets and other electronics. No matter how much time you are researching digital cameras, no matter how much money you spend, sooner or later, the new model will be released, you will rue the day you bought the 'old' camera. You May be thinking: "I am ready to buy a new digital camera. I need to spend money now and buy a camera, or wait several months until something better comes along? Once I am interested in purchasing may become obsolete before ."
My advice: if you're still very happy with your current digital camera, and absolutely know the new digital camera models will soon be available, go ahead and buy the best camera you can find. When I mean "best" does not mean expensive, or even a digital camera with the most "bells and whistles." I think the camera with the best combination of features and value for your budget. Life is short - very short. Can not wait, looking at the camera after camera issues, and think, "I'm smart. I'll wait for a better digital camera there." Although you technically May to save money in the long run, the greater are the costs you are running - and enjoy the opportunity costs does not have the right equipment for your needs while waiting for
.If you are still awaiting the latest offering from the digital camera that will be released, you can very well wait forever. Digital cameras continue to progress in technology, with no end in sight.
* MP: I remember when one megapixel cameras were all the rage. Now, twelve + megapixels is not uncommon, but if you read this article years from now, who knows what will be the norm.
* Focal length: My first camera had no zoom at all. My old prosumer camera has a 7x optical zoom, I have a digital SLR with a 28mm - 300mm zoom lens and other camera and lens on the market even longer focal length
.* Speed: Expect constant increases in exposures, and reduces startup time and memory write. And if you have a digital SLR, the newer and faster lenses will be released on the market.
* Image Quality. The new lenses and image sensors will continue to produce clearer, more accurate replica of your subjects in digital form
* Battery Length: think your digital camera may not last but a few dozen or a hundred images before switching batteries? Even that will change.
You constantly have to worry about obsolescence, or have some other options:
* Plunk down more money and buy a digital SLR camera instead of the prosumer or compact camera. Unless you are familiar with the DSLR, you May have to spend some time getting to know the controls and techniques, but cameras have several advantages. Digital SLR can have a faster boot times, and press reports. Since DSLR lenses can be changed, you can acquire various zoom distances faster and exposure without buying a new camera. And if you do later buy a new camera body, if you buy the same brand of camera you May be able to back up your current lenses.
* Are you sure that you read your manual and take full advantage of your current digital camera? Did you learn about setting ISO sensitivity and exposure to faster exposure, white balance settings to make pictures look truer to life, and bracketing, so you can better experiment with all these features?
* As the New York City are prone to say: "Fugitaboutit"! Great photography requires more than just great equipment and great images can be made without a top-of-the-line electronics. Remember that even with first-class digital camera, if your band is boring and dull lighting, the results will show the same.
the old adage says that "the only thing constant is change." This is true with the development of digital cameras. Do not let life pass you buy while waiting for the perfect digital camera that will never become obsolete. That day can not come, at least in our lives. If you're in the market for a digital camera, buy the best for you, enjoy shooting photos, and not always be concerned about the new 'better' digital cameras. In the end, you can upgrade (again), but for now, just relax, enjoy the hobby, and get all you can from your camera.
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