I Found The Best Place To Buy A Digital Camera
Where is the best place to buy a digital camera? Some would suggest online stores have the best prices, while others wouldn't dare to buy anything over the internet. It's true that the internet has it's fair share of scam artists ready to take your money and give you nothing in return.
Consumers have a preoccupation with small though. Ever since Captain Kirk said "beam me up Scott" and Dick Tracey started sporting his little video phone wrist watch, people have been fascinated with technology gone small. Digital photography continues to follow the trend, and I can't help but tag along.
The internet is bursting at the seams with information on digital cameras and just about any other product your imagination can dream up. And some you can't 
The biggest problem with shopping online, is condensing and sorting all the relevant information while at the same time filtering out all the superfluous noise surrounding it.
Online is a great place for price comparison shopping. There are literally hundreds of sites, that do nothing buy compare prices for every make and model of digital camera available. Armed with these prices the informed consumer has a definite advantage when they visit their local digital camera store.
There are quite a few to choose from in this category, as all the big manufacturers like to play in this retail sandbox. Canon, Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus and Kodak all have some nice models here. One of the most popular, has to be the Canon SD1000 Digital Elph Camera.
It's been the number one ultra compact with many of the online retailers for some time now. The Olympus Stylus 790SW brings an interesting twist to this niche with a freeze proof, water proof, and shock proof camera. As if that wasn't enough, it's also available in black, lime, blue, orange, and boring old silver. Its not only tough but fun too.
Make sure you get a decent resolution LCD with any camera in this category. 230,000 pixels would be the minimum resolution I'd settle for here. You may want to check it outside in bright sunlight before you buy one as well. Some LCDs have a nasty habit of fading away till they're practically useless outdoor.
I harp on the LCD quality, only because your probably not going to find a viewfinder on many cameras in this category. Manufacturers like to ditch the viewfinder for more LCD size. The downside being, that the LCD better be good, as it's the only way you'll be able to know what your taking a picture of. Side note: be sure to carry around extra batteries . . . big LCDs are battery hogs.
The internet and the real world both have advantages and disadvantages when it comes to buying your next digital camera. The best digital camera store, is really the one your create, by merging the best characteristics of both the bricks and the clicks universe.
As a final note, don't just order a ultra compact digital camera online, without holding one in your grubby little paws. Small cameras especially need to be held and tried out to make sure they feel comfortable and usable for perspective buyers.
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