When most people head out to make a big purchase, they think they should go with the “bigger is better” concept, but when it comes to buying a camera you could very well be dooming yourself to horrible pictures.

Photography is one of this talents that everyone seems to feel they have. “Oh, how hard can it be?” they think, and then they run out and buy some crazy complicated cameras with more buttons and settings on it than a rocketship. They quickly learn just how hard it can be and the camera gets put in the back of the closet never to be seen again, and their bank account is just that much lower.

If you do not have a lot of photography experience, before you go out and drop hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on a high end DSLR, why not get a higher end point and shoot that allows you to do some of the settings yourself?  If you learn to customize just a few settings, then it won’t be so overwhelming when you do move up a more complex manual camera.

On the off chance you do decide to go for a nice manual camera right off the bat, then we highly suggest you do sit down and actually red the instruction manual.  Most people don’t ever bother to look at the instructions, but its better to do so than getting constantly frustrated because your pictures don’t turn out.  You might even want to see if there are any photography classes or clubs in your area where you can go and learn from others.

Having a nice camera can be a fantastic thing, but if you only end up using a small percentage of its features, was it really worth it?

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This entry was posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 11:08 am and is filed under Camera Purchasing Help, Cameras.