This article has been put together to help you choose the right digital camera type. Today there are many different types of digital camera’s on the market but generally speaking they can be broken down into four distinct categories. The category?s are listed as follows–

Ultra compact digital camera

The ultra compact digital camera style proves to be a very popular choice today as they are small, lightweight, easy to use and nice and convenient to carry. Due to the recent advancements in photographic technology these cameras are now more than capable of taking decent quality images. Choosing a ultra compact digital camera would be likely to cost around ? 80-?180 ($100-$270) depending on the make and required pixel quality. Pixel quality relates to the amount of colored dots, or pixels that are used to make up your digital image. Digital cameras today generally have a range starting at 7 Mega pixels, which is fine for an ultra compact camera, but you can purchase as high as 20 Mega pixels, more suitable to the very high end digital cameras.

Compact digital camera

The next camera category would be the compact camera, which is perhaps the most well known type, and certainly the most popular type of digital camera that is chosen today. These consumer-level digital cameras are as the name suggests compact, easily portable and perfect for standard point-and-shoot type photography. It is common-place to find that these digital camera?s have standard features that include automatic and varying scene picture modes with an option to