It was not my choice to get into digital. My conclusion was that digital was "not ready for prime time." However, my husband decided he was going to get a digital camera. Well, I couldn't let him do it without researching the issue myself, so I did. Interestingly, we both independently concluded that the right digital for us was the Sony Mavica 91. It arrived just days before we left for Sandals St. Lucia. Of course I took the Canon as well, but I never touched it. The Mavica stole my heart. And I will come back to this later too (in Slide film vs print film vs digital).
In the discussions that follow, I use cameras that I have owned as examples. This is not necessarily a recommendation to you. First, technology is constantly changing, so anything that I own today is not necessarily what I would buy tomorrow. Second, my needs and desires may be quite different from yours.
Many photographers are very ready to tell you exactly what camera to buy. Without even discussing with you what you want to do with a camera, they tell you what the very best camera is. And after you do get a camera, other camera owners of all types are also ready to tell you that you were stupid to buy this or that camera, that the "right" camera is brand x, model b.
I believe this approach is wrong. Before helping someone choose a camera, or suggesting how they might go about choosing a camera, it is important to understand what the person wants to do with the camera. Just as an expensive sports car just might not be the car for you if you have three young children, even though it may by some metric be the "best" car available, their camera choice may not be the right one for you.
In the discussions that follow, I use cameras that I have owned as examples. This is not necessarily a recommendation to you. First, technology is constantly changing, so anything that I own today is not necessarily what I would buy tomorrow. Second, my needs and desires may be quite different from yours.
Many photographers are very ready to tell you exactly what camera to buy. Without even discussing with you what you want to do with a camera, they tell you what the very best camera is. And after you do get a camera, other camera owners of all types are also ready to tell you that you were stupid to buy this or that camera, that the "right" camera is brand x, model b.
I believe this approach is wrong. Before helping someone choose a camera, or suggesting how they might go about choosing a camera, it is important to understand what the person wants to do with the camera. Just as an expensive sports car just might not be the car for you if you have three young children, even though it may by some metric be the "best" car available, their camera choice may not be the right one for you.