Digital cameras are getting smaller and smaller every year. People seem to have a fascination for very compact gadgets. Remember how bulky mobile phones used to be? I remember lugging around a bag phone the size of a woman's purse and much heavier. Now they have models that are as small as a chapstick.
Best Small Camera
Since digital cameras are one of the most popular portable devices on the
market, a lot of people are looking for the smallest digital camera they
can find. If you find yourself scouring the internet and your local
electronics stores with that goal, just keep in mind that one way to
reduce the size of a digital camera is to include fewer features. Don't
sacrifice important features just for a smaller size.
After all,
what good is a small digital camera if it only has enough memory to store
a few shots, or if it is a low-resolution camera that produces grainy
photos?
You need to find the right balance. Find the right
trade-off between small size and the important features. Let's compare
some of the smallest models to illustrate what I mean.
The Blink
by StyleCam is, technically speaking, the smallest digital camera
available today, but it only has a resolution of 0.3 megapixel. It's not
built for serious photography. It also doesn't have any zoom function to
speak of, but at a price of less than $40, it could be considered a good
value digital camera.
Sony's CyberShot DSC-U20 can also compete
for the title of the smallest digital camera, but it's loaded with
features to boot! It comes with a 2.0 megapixel resolution and expandable
memory storage using Sony's memory stick technology.
Casio's
Exilim EX-M2 is probably the best investment when it comes to compact
digital cameras. It also comes with a 2.0 megapixel resolution, but it can
also play mp3 files and record voice conversations. The only thing going
against the Casio Exilim EX-M2 is a price tag of almost $400.
Just
because we're looking at the smallest digital cameras doesn't mean that
they will also be the cheapest models. It can be expensive to shrink the
best features into a tinier package. It also doesn't mean that we should
settle for fewer features. Our investment can go a long, long way as long
as we exercise a little caution and do a fair amount of research before
making our choice of digital camera.
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