Quality
The quality of the pictures you’ll get from a digital camera will depend on the amount of MEGAPIXELS the camera has and how good the camera’s LENS is. In general the more megapixels the better. However, the more megapixels you use the less pictures you can store on a memory card! Don’t forget, the lens is just as important as the megapixels. We carry the Sony range which use Carl Zeiss lenses (some of the best in the world) and Panasonic who use world renowned Leica lenses. We also carry Olympus who dominate the digital camera market with their well built waterproof cameras providing a 2 year guarantee.

Memory
Instead of using film, with digital cameras your pictures are stored on a memory card. Depending on the capacity of the memory card, each card can store different amounts of pictures. The capacities of memory cards are measured in megabytes (or MB). MEGABITES DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MEGAPIXELS! To store lots of pictures you need lots of megabytes on your memory card.

Zoom
There are two types of zoom, OPTICAL ZOOM and DIGITAL ZOOM. Optical zoom is much better than digital zoom because digital zoom reduces the quality of the picture. The average optical zoom is about 3x. This means that the lens will bring objects three times closer to you from where they are on screen. You can get optical zoom up to 12x.

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