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Digital Cameras

They are small. They are light. They fit easily into your handbag, backpack, glovebox or on your belt and allow you to snap of hundreds of shots quickly and easily. Yes, the day of the digital compact camera is here.

Back in the olden days you would be required to take a photo - and perhaps one for good luck - then take the film down to the chemist or the film developer to have printed, only to find that the photo you took had too much light, was out of focus or caught someone in mid-blink!

Those days are well and truly over with the advent and constant improvement in digital camera technology. As the pictures are all stored on a little computer chip, you can take as many photos as you like, look at them immediately on the camera's LCD screen, and delete any that you don't want. In the end, your photography is very economical, as you only need to print what you want to keep.

Whilst the size of digital compact cameras keep getting smaller and smaller, it's good to know that the size of the image resolution that these cameras can handle just keeps getting bigger and bigger. And while they are so simple to use with point and click capability, they can also have the power of the big toys like Digital SLR's with a good degree of manual control and scope for adjustments.

When purchasing a Digital Camera look for these features:

  • Built-in flash - for darker scenes a built-in flash allows for a clear, well lit picture without the hassle of adding extra equipment.

  • Choice of lens settings (or zoom) - to allow extra variety for any shot, having a choice of lens or zoom gives the amateur photographer a professional option.

  • Compatible with both PCs and Macs - so no matter what computer you have access to downloading images should not be a problem.

  • Leads and suitable software for your computer included - so you don't have to buy them separately and face the situation of buying the incorrect ones.

  • You don't need to have a computer to get the best use of your digital compact camera. Just bring your memory card in to NDF Camera House or any other photo printing studio worldwide and print out your images.

  • You can also connect your digital compact camera up to your TV, DVD or even your VCR machine, and make slideshows right there on the small screen.