Digital images are created by light being focused onto semiconductors. The popularity of digital cameras has been closely linked with the increasing popularity of personal computing, both in terms of making advances features possible and how people prefer their pictures. Digital photography allows a paperless age, where people often prefer to store, view, and share images over the computer instead of printing them physically.

Creativity is highly personal, and it is what drives photography. When planning to get a digital camera, talk to those you know who own one. Extensive information is available on the Internet, so that you don’t make your purchase blindly.

Certain features are invaluable for different types of photography. A large zoom lens is great when taking pictures of the great outdoors. Children move fast, so when taking photos of kids in action you’ll want a fast response time. For indoor photography with people in set poses, you’ll want a model that is good in dim light.

For novices interested in photography, a simple all-around model should do until you learn more about the challenges of taking photos. There are two kinds of digital cameras – the Point-and-Shoot, and the Digital SLR.

The Point-and-Shoot

Most of the settings on the point-and-shoot are automatic. It can adjust to many different environments and lighting without you doing much. If you want to customize there will probably be a mode preset for you to use, with settings tailored for outdoors, indoors, sunny, cloudy, and so on.

Use automatic settings when you want the light sensitivity (ISO) and focal length calculated for you. Read around to find which cameras are best at this.

The compact camera can offer solid features as well as small size, including image stabilization and blur reduction. Some even have face detection. You should also be able to find many compact cameras that offer a large, easy to use LCD screen.

Digital zoom technology crops images and then enlarges them. This can affect image quality and clarity. Optical zoom cameras can give more natural looking images, as they adjust the lens physically. Beginners don’t necessarily need optical zoom unless they take pictures of distant landscapes, or perhaps tiny things like insects and leaves.

The Digital SLR camera (single lens reflex)

Digital SLR cameras are for advanced users – those who want to manage and control what the camera does, rather than just point and shoot. SLRs can offer interchangeable lenses, and have a myriad of manual controls. Many settings can still be automatic, but an SLR is best for those who want hands-on control instead of automatic settings.

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