On less expensive cameras, like the Nikon Coolpix 990, the Olympus Camedia E100R, and the Sony DSC D770 Cybershot, the pixel quality is only slightly lower, but you are limited by an attached zoom lens that will vary in the range from 28-200 mm. These cameras travel well, and allow you to take high quality photos in places you never thought possible. But don t think for a moment it is all that easy. While the cameras have become easier, the trap lies in outputting what you shoot, because digital photography depends on computers. Therefore it is a given that the photographer must also have at least some basic computer skills.
Most cameras come with a software program.
Fotostation, a Norwegian software, is excellent. There are also a number of shareware programs, including Thumbnailer and Thumbnail Plus. Manipulation software is the next consideration. Anything and everything. It allows correction of under or over exposed images, color correction, retouching and even the blending of two or more images.