Aldy Way

1 Do not be fooled by a digital camera pixel counts
small point and shoot cameras are the number of pixels of the war years and give the impression that more pixels is better. The problem is that all these little point and shoot (except very expensive professional ones) are small CCD sensors with all those pixels crammed on board. You can compare the pixel counts with a camera and expensive process seems to be the same, but nothing could be further from the truth. DSLR (digital single lens reflex cameras), does not necessarily have more pixels, but better pixels.

2 Consider my interest in photography and now a few years from now.
If you sit the family are all you need then you can get great photos with almost any brand name item and shoot. If you want to move up a little then the new Canon G11 is an excellent camera. Think you might want to sell some pictures for extra money? Get a DSLR kit from big box stores for a great price. Want to use your camera on vacation to an exotic location? If so camera SLR could be sealed to protect it from the weather and some other things in the camera.

3 Think about speed cameras or time delays.
Point-and-shoots are one to two seconds, the time lag between the time you press the shutter release button and the time is captured.

the highest point and shoot too slowly taking a picture after pressing the trigger to be worth a hoot for photographing fast children. Some of them are getting better, but for the most part is a full second between shots. How fast is the expression of a happy smile? low-end SLR to shoot 4 pictures at this time.

4 Image Quality
The picture quality on the average point and shoot 8-12 mega pixels is quite good enough for the baby and family pictures as long as some of the other problems do not interfere with getting a photo in the first place. For example, poor natural light or fast sport can be a problem because of the small sensor size and the trigger time and slow auto focus lens. There is a vast difference in quality and more importantly the ability to get a Photo with low-end DSLR.

5 Image stabilization.
This is a great feature for quick family and sport. This should be a must-have option if you do not want to blur or haul around a tripod.

6 Low-light capability
Low-light capabilities regardless cameras with high ISO sensitivity (ISO 800 or more stars) will be better able to capture

7 Face Detection for automatic detection and capture the smiling faces of the Nikon Coolpix P90 is available, along with flash-proof ability to take two shots of smiling faces, and then selects the one in which the subject's eyes are open.

8 Movie clips
Film clips are great and you'll be glad you have them. Some have a fantastic new DSLR movie mode in high resolution that can be copied to a DVD and play it on your HDTV. Point and shoots also have a short film, way. These short films can be used to attract people to your web site to earn money or to make a name for themselves.

9 Zoom
Most small compact point and shoots have a small 3x zoom. It is not long enough for all types of sporting events or photos. Look for a longer zoom range of at least 5x.

10 Point and shoot build quality
mali quite small, shirt pocket metal body is easy to carry around and will fit in shirt pocket. These cameras cost about $ 200 - $ 300 or more and little things are tough, but do not take better pictures than ordinary point and shoot. You can pay extra for a compact size. However, these cameras have some problems do not need, for a little more money you have really a better camera.