Consider Before Buying Digital SLR Camera

Before Buying Digital SLR Camera - Choosing the right Digital SLR Camera is too complicated moreover there are many choices in market. By the end of year 2012 there are at least 10 camera producers around the world (Leica, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sony, Samsung, and Sigma) produced more than 40 DSLR camera types.

Here are non-technical considerations before you decide to buy DSLR camera:

If your father gave heritage lens
 

It could be the consideration, if you have heritage lens from celluloid film era. Some digital SLR cameras compatible with the lens, so bring it to the camera store to get the compatible camera you want to buy.

Your friends' camera
If your friends or your community use Canon, buy Canon. If your friends or your community use Nikon, buy Nikon. It makes you easy to interchange many kinds of lenses freely.

After sale services
You should buy the camera at the camera store where you live. It makes easy if the camera need to be serviced rather than you have to send your camera via courier. And may be the camera store can lend you the substitute camera along the service time that can take several days or weeks. It could be good comparison rather than you buy camera from main distributor far away from your home. The next comparison is how much care the producer hear their consumer complains.

Your budget
Budget is very important when you plan to buy digital SLR camera, because digital SLR system is not just camera body and lens. The system needs some accessories, such as software photo editing, computer, tripod, filter, flash, carrying bag, reserve battery, etc.. You should make priority scale of digital SLR system planning according to your budget. Advice from senior photographer: it is better you have qualified lens rather than having good cameras with bad lens.

Your seriousness
 

Ask to yourself, how serious you want to enter photography world. Professional photographers will need special lenses and accessories. Flash for macro or 600mm lens, for instance, Nikon and Canon should be the producers to be considered. On the contrary, if you use the photography word just for your hobby, the ten producers mentioned above will be the consideration. Where is your position now?