How To Decide Whether You Need To Buy A New Digital Camera

How To Decide Whether You Need To Buy A New Digital Camera

How To Decide Whether You Need To Buy A New Digital Camera

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: How do I decide whether I need to buy a new digital camera?

How do I decide whether I need to buy a new digital camera?

It's time to buy a new digital camera when the camera you have either doesn't work or doesn't meet your needs anymore. What do I mean by 'doesn't work'? With digital cameras today, sometimes you turn them on and they just don't work anymore. It's just done, and it's time to buy a new one. Some people fall in the water, some fall while skiing, and it's time for a new digital camera. If you're not happy with your picture quality, the camera's too slow, it doesn't do what you want to do, maybe your needs have changed. Maybe you started out to buy a camera to take a picture of the kids when they're little, and now they're playing soccer, baseball and volleyball. It's probably time for a new camera, because the camera you own won't do those things. Sometimes you need a new digital camera when the technology changes. Most people are looking for more megapixels, even if they don't need it. You know when you're ready for a new digital camera: if the camera you have doesn't meet your needs. If you want to make big prints, of course you need more megapixels. If you want to go farther out, you need a bigger zoom. You want to shoot more action, you need a faster camera, not a slower one. Those are the things in technology that we need, not just technology for technology's sake. I'm a camera store guy. I love it when guys come in to buy a new digital camera. I also believe in treating my customers right, and not selling you a new camera just because I have a new one to sell.