How to choose the best camera

Of course, each of us wants to have the best camera. Purchasing it is usually preceded by a detailed study of the market, marketing research proposals through Internet resources, interviewing acquaintances and friends, visiting forums and stores of photographic equipment. Buying a camera is a serious matter and requires special knowledge, a clear understanding of the purpose.

Today, the market offers a huge number of cameras for every taste, color and size. Therefore, by and large, the concept of "best camera" has a somewhat symbolic connotation. First, you need to clearly articulate the purpose of the purchase. Do you need a camera for reportage mobile shooting or for creating photo portraits, is the presence of video essential for these purposes or already there is a video camera, will the pictures be printed out subsequently or are they intended solely for posting on the Internet, in social networks and viewing on a computer monitor. An important criterion is also the price. It is important to consider that if buying a soap box is a one-off investment, then the purchase of a professional camera is associated with constant additional costs for the purchase of accessories, lenses, rings, external flashes, remote synchronization systems and other additional equipment. This question is purely individual. By and large the best camera is the one that ideally suits you in specific life situations. However, there are statistics, sales reports and customer reviews.

According to consumer surveys, the best professional camera in 2012 was revealed. They became a full-format SLR camera Nikon D800. No one already hoped that it would be possible to outshine the model Nikon D700, but the novelty succeeded. The camera has a 36-megapixel matrix, ISO6400 and allows you to do without an external flash.

At the same time, the price of the camera is quite acceptable. This is, without exaggeration, the best camera for professionals in 2012.

In the category "best compact camera" the leader was the camera from Sony RX100. This miniature miracle of photographic equipment has a diagonal matrix of 1 ", a gorgeous lens with a zoom of 28 to 100 mm and a high aperture, a decent rate of fire, excellent functionality and an enviable video quality. The camera is compact, and its menu is intuitive.

The only "but" can be considered the price (about $ 800), but this is fully justified, since having such an apparatus, you can not think about lost class frames and the correspondence of light transmission.

It's amazing, but the fact: in the nomination "the best camera of 2012" managed to get a camera ... a mobile phone. This is an unprecedented precedent, since no camera of the mobile device was one of the top five. It was possible for the Finnish company Nokia with its model PureView 808. The phone itself is not very exquisite, but the camera deserves the title of the most-most. It has a matrix of 1 / 1.2 ", 38 megapixels of resolution, a fantastic rate of fire. Unfortunately, the phone is not equipped with a decent HD display and does not have an android base. That is, the mobile phone itself is not noticeable. But what a camera!

Such they are different, these cameras: babies and giants, hard workers and imposing aristocrats, handsome men and functionaries. There are a lot of them, and they are something like us. But the main thing that we all need from the camera is the ability to convey the beauty of our life.