Remember the good old days, when buying a digital camera meant choosing between two or three models? That was the year 1995, and there were literally only three digital cameras which had been introduced for the consumer level marketthe Apple Quicktake 100, the Kodak DC40, and the Casio QV-11. Back then, it was easy to get information about each camera and decide which would work best for you. Well, those days are definitely gone. Now, if you want a new digital camera youll have to sort through hundreds of different models and make countless decisions, like how many megapixels youd like your camera to have, what type of media you want your camera to store your images on, and what levels of digital and optical zoom youll need…not easy tasks, especially if like me youre not sure what a megapixel is.
I recently decided that my old film camera needed an update and made the momentous decision to buy my first digital camera. Though Ive always been one of those people who shies away from new technology, friends and family had been telling me for years that it was time to go digital. According to them, the benefits of having a digital camera far outweighed my fear of...