The Best Frakking Digital Camera Guide

May 20, 2009

by Chris Campbell

Are you looking to get some great underwater shark pictures in your quest to be National Geographics next big photographer? Or maybe you just want a camera that you don’t have to worry about around the boat, beach or pool.

While it’s easy, to find out how great a camera may be, you really need to focus on the negatives as well. Instead of using the camera with the most glowing reviews as a guide, why not focus on the camera with the least negative reviews. You need to consider both sides of the coin, as any honest digital camera guide will explain.

Technical specifications for digital cameras are easy to find, but need to be understood to be relevant. If you don’t know what white balance, f-stop, ISO, or image sensor size mean, then their specifications are useless.

The biggest difference between the two cameras, is that the older 770SW can go be used in up to 33 feet of water, whereas the newer 790SW can only be used in up to 10 feet of water. Olympus apparently decided that the demographic for the 790SW weren’t big deep sea divers. Probably makes sense.

Hands on experience has no substitute in the online world, and can only be truly tested by getting out to the different camera shops. Big box electronics stores can be great for this, as they often have lots of camera models available.

While image sensor size is a strict technical specification, the other factors are not. They will require some research on the consumers part. Read online, talk to a few salespeople, and ask friends and family. Remember to consider though, that salespeople have ulterior motives, and friends and family are unlikely to admit when they have made a bad purchase. Nobody likes to admit when they’ve been scammed out of their money.

Friends of ours recently used their 790SW at one of those indoor water slide parks. They shot a video while hurtling through one of those big blue tubes from beginning to final submersion at the bottom.

Face detection is something touted by a lot of manufacturers, but is really an imperfect technology at the moment. Don’t let that be a deciding factor in your purchase.

Having a good guide for your digital camera purchase can be invaluable. The thing to remember, is that even though you may find contradictory answers, just keep researching. If you read enough, you should begin to see a glimmer of consensus shine through.

Don’t be afraid, to take those prices into a local camera store and see if they’ll match or beat it. They’ve got more wiggle room with their pricing then they’ll ever admit. Follow these steps, and in no time at all you’ll be snapping future Pulitzer prize winning photos, at a better price than most.

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