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Home » Tips Tricks » Family Vacation Guide: Tips on Selecting the Right Compact Digital Camera

Family Vacation Guide: Tips on Selecting the Right Compact Digital Camera

Selecting Compact Digital Camera

Are you lost in megapixel count like most of those first-time camera buyers? Many first-time buyers mistakenly center to the megapixel count of a compact digital camera while higher megapixel does not alone influence the image quality of the camera, rather the image resolution only and how big the photo can be enlarged. Remember than any greater than 10 megapixel will not improve the quality of your photo, rather it would swell photos to occupy more space in the memory card.

Instead of basing your camera buying decision on megapixel feature, you need to take account of what type of vacations and type of photography you are mostly interested in to be able to take a better buying decision.

Basic point and shoot digital camera

The basic compact camera is ideal for casual photographers who look for in-camera automatic settings, basic features and a very affordable price tag. These digital cameras have no intricate camera features and have no room for manual adjustments. However, these entry level compact digital cameras have some good features such as recording high-definition videos, good auto modes and scene modes for novice users. Since these entry-level compact digital cameras have smaller sensors, so they cannot produce a high quality image despite having 16-megapixel sensors. That’s why it is better to avoid these expensive basic point-and-shoot digital cameras.

Advanced compact digital cameras with manual controls

The high points of advanced compact digital cameras are manual control, wide aperture, good alternatives of DSLRs for beginners, manual adjustment of ISO, room of accessorizing with external flashes and these let you shoot at faster shutter speed than entry-level compact cameras. These advanced point-and-shoot cameras is capable of capturing good photos under low-light condition, provide artistic effects to portraits and also some degree of depth of field effects to images. If you mostly take wide-angle, macro and portrait shots, then an advanced compact digital camera is appropriate for you.

Long-zoom compact digital camera

These mega-zoom compact cameras offer outstanding image stabilization and have long-zoom in a portable body that can be fitted to your pocket. With an optical zoom of about or more than 18x, these mega-zoom options are perfect for family vacations when you need to click those group photos and wide landscape shots.

If you are interested in underwater photography, then you can take a look at our waterproof camera recommendations. If you are interested in learning about various camera features, then take a look at various camera features that make a camera perfectly vacation ready.

By Bidisha


Bidisha wanted to buy a new cell phone and her thorough research for gadgets revealed her passion for technology. Gradually, she found her drawn to everything related to technology and her work which involves extensive research and writing on new gadgets, apps, and smarter use of technology. Careful, her mission is to manipulate technology-naïve women to juice up their ordinary lives with use of technology.

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