Digital Cameras
Photographic technology and cameras have improved by leaps and bounds in the past 20 years. You can find cameras in all shapes and sizes, for all budgets and tastes. Many camera models allow you to go above and beyond just run-of-the-mill picture taking. Some camera models allow you to capture ... View more - View less
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- from £253
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from £253Storage media: SDHC • Optical zoom: 3x • Sensor resolution: 14.2Megapixels • Weight: 500g • Digital zoom: 4x
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- from £319
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from £319Storage media: SD Memory Card • Optical zoom: 12x • Sensor resolution: 14.2Megapixels • Weight: 239g
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from £89Storage media: Integrated Memory, xD Picture Card • Optical zoom: 3x • Sensor resolution: 7Megapixels • Weight: 160g • Digital zoom: 3x
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from £399Storage media: SDHC • Sensor resolution: 18Megapixels • Weight: 575g
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- from £699
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from £699Storage media: CompactFlash Card • Sensor resolution: 18Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Fixed eye level pentamirror • Weight: 820g
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- from £189
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from £189Storage media: SD Memory Card • Standard supplied memory size: 14MB • Optical zoom: 3x • Sensor resolution: 5Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Digital zoom: 4x
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- from £56
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from £56Optical zoom: 4x • Sensor resolution: 14.1Megapixels • Weight: 106g • Digital zoom: 6x
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from £49Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 16Megapixels
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- from £1,949
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from £1,949Sensor resolution: 22.3Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Fixed eye level pentamirror • Weight: 860g
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- from £380
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from £380Optical zoom: 24x • Sensor resolution: 12.1Megapixels
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- from £350
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from £350Storage media: SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 1.5x • Sensor resolution: 18Megapixels • Weight: 570g • Digital zoom: 10x
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- from £469
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from £469Storage media: SDHC • Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 18Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Weight: 755g • Digital zoom: 10x
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- from £283
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from £283Storage media: microSD • Optical zoom: 21x • Sensor resolution: 16Megapixels • Weight: 300g • Digital zoom: 21x
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- from £457
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from £457Storage media: SD Memory Card • Sensor resolution: 12.3Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Weight: 620g
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- from £318
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from £318Sensor resolution: 24.7Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Fixed eye level pentamirror • Weight: 455g
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- from £1,195
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from £1,195Storage media: SD Card, SDHC, SDXC • Sensor resolution: 24.3Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Weight: 760g
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- from £94
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from £94Storage media: SD Card, SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 8x • Sensor resolution: 16Megapixels • Weight: 133g • Digital zoom: 4x
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- from £1,099
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from £1,099Storage media: SD Card, SDHC, SDXC • Sensor resolution: 20.2Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Fixed eye level pentamirror • Weight: 755g
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- from £259
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from £259Storage media: SD Memory Card, SD Card, SDHC, SDXC • Sensor resolution: 12.2Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Fixed eye level pentamirror • Weight: 495g
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- from £309
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from £309Storage media: SD Memory Card, SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 3x • Sensor resolution: 16Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Weight: 510g
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- from £505
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from £505Storage media: SD Memory Card • Standard supplied memory size: 8192MB • Sensor resolution: 16Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Optical viewfinder • Weight: 690g
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- from £149
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from £149Storage media: SD Card, SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 12x • Sensor resolution: 16Megapixels • Weight: 153g • Digital zoom: 4x
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- from £275
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from £275Storage media: SD Card, SDHC, SDXC • Optical zoom: 42x • Sensor resolution: 18.1Megapixels • Viewfinder type: Electronic viewfinder • Weight: 550g • Digital zoom: 2x
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- from £69
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from £69Optical zoom: 5x • Sensor resolution: 16.2Megapixels • Weight: 114g
Digital Cameras
Megapixels
When you're choosing a digital camera, it's easy to spot the ones with big LCD screens and high megapixel ratings. This tells you little about a digital camera's image quality, though.
To understand why, think about the sensors in these digital cameras. They're about 10mm from corner to corner, but need to measure light at 16 million points. Each pixel is around 1/1,000th of a millimetre wide, and not a lot of light hits something that small. That makes it hard to measure the light accurately. The result is a grainy pattern as the camera tries to hide the noise.
Using fewer megapixels means each pixel on the sensor is a little bigger, capturing more light and measuring it more accurately. That's why enthusiast-oriented compact digital cameras use 10-megapixel sensors. This gives more than enough detail plus less noise than cheaper, higher-megapixel digital cameras. It also helps that these cameras' lenses let in more light. That's indicated by the aperture, such as f/2 or f/2.8, lower figures are brighter
If you're upgrading from, say, an 8-megapixel digital camera, you'll want something that offers a significant improvement. However, while a 16-megapixel digital camera is tempting, quality is generally worse than with 10-megapixel digital cameras.
To understand why, think about the sensors in these digital cameras. They're about 10mm from corner to corner, but need to measure light at 16 million points. Each pixel is around 1/1,000th of a millimetre wide, and not a lot of light hits something that small. That makes it hard to measure the light accurately. The result is a grainy pattern as the camera tries to hide the noise.
Using fewer megapixels means each pixel on the sensor is a little bigger, capturing more light and measuring it more accurately. That's why enthusiast-oriented compact digital cameras use 10-megapixel sensors. This gives more than enough detail plus less noise than cheaper, higher-megapixel digital cameras. It also helps that these cameras' lenses let in more light. That's indicated by the aperture, such as f/2 or f/2.8, lower figures are brighter
Accessories
Tripods
If you're serious about your photography you should invest in a tripod. This will let you avoid shake in low light, as well as helping you compose shots carefully and take self-portraits. If you don't fancy something bulky, consider Joby's Gorillapod range of mini tripods that grip onto virtually any object.
Cases
A case is another worthwhile investment. Digital camera lenses are particularly delicate and a basic clamshell case for a compact digital camera only costs a few pounds.
Lenses
Extra lenses are great if your camera can accommodate them, just make sure the lens fits your camera's lens mount. Those with a Nikon SLR should be especially careful because autofocus doesn't work with some digital camera and lens combinations.
Most kit lenses that come bundled with digital cameras are fine for general use, but others let you specialise: a telephoto lens for shooting distant subjects, macro for very small subjects and wide-aperture for very low light. Wide-aperture lenses (between f/2 and f/1.4) are unable to zoom but their ability to capture lots of light more than makes up for it, and they're ideal for taking flattering portraits too