Digital Cameras - What You Should Know

Digital cameras were a breakthrough in technology. In the past people had to rely on cameras that worked exclusively on film. The film had to be bought after careful consideration and then brought home and loaded into your camera. Sometimes it was hard to load while other times it went in no problem.

If the film didn`t load properly it was either discarded or you could take your chances that it would turn out because of possible long exposure to light. And after all that you had the option of a roll of film suited for 12 pics, 24 or 36, that meant that you could not take more than that amount of pictures. When your roll was up, you had to take it to get developed. Digital cameras put an end to all that inconvenience.

Digital cameras work by inserting a memory stick into the camera. The camera then takes pictures and the pictures are stored on the memory stick. Depending on how big the memory stick is, decides on how many pictures can be stored. Most memory sticks allow for at least a hundred pictures.

When the memory stick is full, it is simply loaded to an online photo store where you can then pick up the pictures from that store when they are ready. The other option you have for your memory stick is taking it out of the camera and into a store where they have a photo machine. There you stick your memory card in and the pictures come on to the machine`s screen. You can select which pictures you want or simply select all of them and have them printed out.

There are many different kinds of digital cameras you can buy. Some are fairly cheap as they have come down in price since they first came out, while others hold more features and can be pretty expensive. You can find a camera in any color, size and style. There are digital cameras that can be hidden in the palm of your hand or can be quite huge. Some digital cameras offer both digital and regular use of film right from the same camera.

The features that can come on a digital camera include, smile shutter technology which is supposed to take a picture when you are smiling and not before or after. Face detection is another option on some digital cameras, it allows you to focus on up to eight faces and give extreme detail. Anti-blink options are there to ensure there are no pictures with closed eyes. Some digital cameras offer a touch screen feature where you can just pick your options and photo style with the ease of a huge screen. You can also find features such as self-timers and Smart AUTO, which makes the complexity of picture taking easier.

Digital cameras offer several options for the type of pictures you would like to take. If you purchase a camera that has fewer than 7.9 megapixels, then it will be great for underwater shots, kids to use and use as an everyday camera. If you buy a camera that is 10.0 megapixels or up, you are going to take pictures that are detailed and blur free when cropped or blown up.

When you buy your digital camera you will absolutely love it, there are lots of camera accessories and camera bags that will fit your taste and style.