The Best Digital Camera This Year is Surprising

What is our fascination for getting the best of everything? It's part of the reason why top ten lists are so popular. While the best digital camera for someone else, even a professional photographer, may not be the best digital camera for you. The trick in buying digital cameras, or anything else for that matter, is determining what features, options, bells and whistles are important to you.

With all that in mind, there are a few digital camera tips that are bound to help you shorten your search for the ultimate digital camera. One criteria that can help out, is to settle on one brand of digital camera you know to be good. Canon would be a good example. Perhaps you have a friend that likes their Canon camera, or perhaps you've had good luck with Canon digital cameras in the past. Either way, it's an approach that has pros and cons. One con, is that the better known brands are likely to be higher priced. Another is, that by limiting your choice to a specific brand, you've eliminated a lot of good digital cameras.

While it may seem strange to suggest, that a high tech industry like digital cameras is becoming a bit of a commodity market, it's true. When I say commodity, I'm suggesting that the technology has evolved to the point, that it doesn't really matter which brand you buy. The technology is stable and mature enough that camera brand is more about advertising then actual performance.

Just do a little searching online for Canon fan-boys, or Nikon fan-boys, and read some of the arguments they make for why their favorite brand of camera is so much better. It's sometimes hard to tell if they're arguing for their camera, or their opponents.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend, that you buy whatever camera your online camera store has for sale. Chances are it's a pretty good camera, with more features than you'll ever use, and you will save a bunch of money.

If this isn't your first digital camera, then you may have a better idea of what specific features and functionality is important for you. One final tip, don't be afraid to venture away from the traditional point and shoot compact cameras. SLR cameras are a hot item these days. The newer ones aren't really much more complicated than a cheap point and shoot, and the prices on these puppies are dropping fast.