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The camera market can be a confusing one to any new comer who has got no idea about the things that make up a good camera. If you are unaware of the factors that govern the picture quality of a camera then you might as well end up getting swayed by the words of the salesman and end up purchasing something that costs a decent fortune but feels unsatisfactory in performance.

There are many factors which go into deciding whether a camera is good or not. Yes, price does play its part but within the same price range, other specifications play a major role. A few of the specifications that you should be aware of before making a foray into the camera market are zoom type - optical or digital, Sensor size, ISO settings, aspect ratios and megapixels. With basic info on all these factors you can make choice and know for a fact that it is the right choice.

First off, megapixel is an abbreviation for the number of pixels or digital photo units that make up a picture. Hence, 3 megapixels implies that there are 3 million pixels in the picture. Basically pixels suggest the amount of detail that can be captured by the camera. The more pixels it has the more detail can be stored in it. However, pixels alone do not make a camera good because if it cannot capture the image well then there is no use of the pixels.

One of the most important considerations to make is the ISO settings of the camera and its sensor size. The sensor in the digital camera plays a similar role to the negative of a lens camera. It is the heart of a picture that defines the quality. If it is small then it can capture less quality. However, that is not all to it. Every camera comes with ISO ratings which signify the level of sensitivity that a camera can capture. Sensitivity plays a major role in challenging conditions such as moving pictures, low light etc. DSLRs have the highest ISO ratings with the largest sensors whereas P&S cameras come with the smallest.

Many people think confuse digital zoom as being better than optical zoom simply because one can get a large amount of zoom with digital. This is completely false. An optical zoom is an all natural zoom that does not crop images whereas digital zoom does its job by cropping and magnifying the image digitally which results in a loss of quality.

Now that you are aware of the various factors that go into making a picture look great, you can survey the camera market and choose the best camera according to you based on your budget and what it has to offer.

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