The other week, while strolling at the new SM Marikina Appliance Store, my husband said, “let’s look for a nice model of a digital camera.” In 2002, we bought our very first 2 megapixel Kodak Digital Camera for 10,000 pesos. The memory was bit low and my boss bought me a memory card as a Christmas gift. I was quite happy with it eventhough it does not work in dim areas but a year after, the mechanism of the battery enclosure was broken and was never repaired.
Today, that camera is sitting in our drawer and useless. Since both our cell phones have cameras, we never thought we’ll have the need to buy a digi cam. Now that our son is in pre-school and is doing great academically, we feel its time to buy a new one with a good resolution and memory to record all our son’s life’s milestones.
If you’re planning on buying a new digital camera too just like me, these are good tips on finding the best digital camera to store our special moments:
- The higher the megapixels, the better the resolution of your picture. A megapizel is actually a million pixels and a resoultion of an image is based on its pixel property. If you are planning to blow-up your picture real big, you should take it with a high resolution camera.
- Consider the size of the LCD. Having a big enough LCD helps in framing a subject and in reviewing pictures taken. If you can afford a digi cam with a 2.5-inch or higher LC, go for it.
- With zoom functionality. My phone cam now has 3 megapixel resolution but it does not have a zoom functionality so it’s not useful for macro or long shots. A tip: a good cam has a higher optical zoom than a higher digital zoom.
- Buy one which uses a memory card that is easy to find and not too expensive. There are different types of memory cards: xD, SD (mini and regular), flash card, etc. Although you may memory cards from outlets like CD-R King at incredibly low prices, you have to make sure that the generic MC card you bought is compatible with your cam.
- What kind of battery does it use? New digital camera models already uses USB plug charger instead of the ever expensive digital rechargeable batteries usually comes in +AA or +AAA.
Whatever camera you choose would in the end depend on your lifestyle and most specially, your budget. 
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