If a picture is worth a thousand words, a digital camera is worth 10,000 pages of jargon, double-talk and indecipherable optical gobbledygook, as you'll quickly discover when you start shopping for one. This quick guide will help you zoom in on the camera that's right for you.
Resolution determines the photo's clarity.
This high- end camera has 3.3 megapixels, while good quality models have around 2.1. High-resolution images take up a lot of space, and you want to make sure the camera can hold what you shoot. The camera ships with a 16-MB card. That works for most people, but pros find they need more. Most use reusable, removable storage like the SmartMedia flash memory card or IBM's Microdrive.