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In my quest for the perfect digital camera, I have found several
websites which are immensely useful in telling me the good,
the bad, and the ugly about the digital cameras on the market.
They are:
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http://www.dpreview.com/
This is a great website if you really want all the technical details -
their reviews span something like 15 or 20 pages per camera. They also
have a very detailed feature search (there are over 20 options you can search for)
which will allow you to find that camera with the huge zoom and image stablizer
that takes SD media. Very nice.
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http://www.dcresource.com/
DC Resource, like DP Review, has a blog of the latest digital camera news
on its front page. Reviews are thorough, and tend to be a bit shorter than
DP Review's, which might be a selling point for it, as DP Review does
some fairly lengthy stuff. Recommended.
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http://www.steves-digicams.com/
I like the setup of the reviews on this site, which are organized by MegaPixels.
Choosing a resolution then takes you to a nice table where you can see all
the cameras compared side by side. Very impressive for quickly finding
several cameras that match your general specs. Clicking on an individual camera
then takes you to their review.
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http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com
This site used to have a
summary of comments posted on other review sites, which was useful for sifting through the 300 'this camera stinks' or
'this camera is cool' posts. Since I first reviewed it, this site has changed, and while it still has some good stuff
(like the Eight
Pitfalls of Buying a Digital Camera guide), it now reminds me more of CNet,
which is not a compliment.
All have great digital camera reviews with sample photos,
pros and cons of the cameras, and a long list of features. I highly
recommend using them when you are thinking of buying a digital camera.
Additionally, if you aren't entirely clear on this whole 'megapixel' thing, or how many
you should have, head over to this site for an excellent
overview on why you shouldn't assume more megapixels are better.
If you have (or are thinking of getting) a DSLR, you will also want to know about dbreview's new
lens reviews, which are, like the rest of their reviews, very in-depth and thorough.
As for my personal camera, I have used the Fuji Finepix 2800,
the Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3,
and now the Pentax K100D,
which is my first digital SLR. I tend to lean towards the super-zoom cameras, and both the Fuji and Konica-Minolta
did a great job (though both have too low a resolution to print very well - Konica Minolta's
updated DiMAGE Z6, however, is probably an exellent option). I haven't had the K100D long enough
to comment, but so far it seems an excellent camera.
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