Yes, believe it or not there are still a few secrets not unearthed for the dark arts of buying a digital camera. Sure, you could just walk into your favorite Big Bulk Barn Of Electronic Gadgets store, ask the clerk what camera you should buy, and let them do all the thinking for you. I'm sure they'll recommend the best camera for you, the puts the best commission for them into their pocket. Or perhaps, you'll stumble across a genuinely conscientious sales clerk, that will recommend the perfect camera for you that actually comes in $50 under your budget. It could happen, but what's the fun in that.
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Part of the joy in shopping for a new electronic gadget (or any product), is learning something about the product, and eliminating the unworthy contendors. At least it is for me. Plus, when it comes to some with a more technical bent (like digital cameras), those little nuggets you learn in the shopping process, are sure to be beneficial down the road, when your actually using your camera.
The thing about digital cameras, and photography, is you never stop learning about them. At least not if you want to. I like the analogy about sailing I heard a few years ago, when I was first thinking about buying a sailboat. I asked an older sailor at a boating show, how long it would take me to learn how to sail. His answer was very succinct, but has stuck with me to this day, tens years later and nine years of it owning my own sailboat. He said "You can learn to sail in a day . . . . but to get good at it, you'll spend a lifetime learning". Photography is much the same way. Anyone can pick up a camera and snap a few photos. But to take really good photographs consistently, you'll spend your life getting good at it.
One of the keys to photography (or sailing), is to get the right equipment for you. You want a camera that feels good in your hands. You want a camera where the controls feel intutitive, and the menu options seem intuitive to you. Nothing should seem forced. Find a good online site with lots of cameras to choose from, order two or three, and have them delivered to your home. Then, with no sales pressure, you can try them out in a variety of different settings. Take pictures with all of them indoors, outdoors, in bright light, at night, during sunset and sunrise. Take at least a hundred pictures on each camera. By then, you will know which is the perfect camera for you. Keep the best, return the rest, and enjoy a lifetime of taking great pictures.
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