Here are some tips, There are digital camera’s out there with lot of electronic jargons...Here are tips to keep the matter simple for people who just wish to have a good digital camera...go to a shop ask for a camera which has a lot of optical zoom and some digital zoom...then ask for a camera which has over 3 Mega Pixels of resolution ’’non interpolated’’...if the sales man is good he will not ask a single question and lay down many...many camera’s for you and you can pick one as per you budjet...for added tips that you can look for while buying one...a digital camera with more than 3 Mega pixels gives you a clear and distinct photograph when printed ’’of course these are better’’....optical zoom is where the lens itself pops out and pulls/zooms the picture nearer even before clicking on the shutter and taking the picture...this makes for a better, clearer and sharper picture. while as the digital zoom does not give you that high a resolution and is not so good. Let me tell you about interpolation, , , , in simple terms it means that somehow the camera overclocks itself for more resolution and gets you that resolution mentioned....which is a no no since the camera life is put at the users fate when using the maximum resolution....we want a long life from a camera which is not a consumer elec good which we would not want to spend time on to get one everyday ’’not to mention the money spent of course’’. then there are the other features for example the in built memory....the more the merrier!!!!!! also next comes the connectivity. Some camera’s have direct connectivity to your computer via a USB port and sometimes a TV too ( ofcourse the TV should be a flicker free and then you can see good pictures). these are options for the camera...also make sure that when you purchase a camera you get maximum goodies...a leather pouch to keep the camera in it is a standard and a must give away from the dealer. Take care and happy clicking.......anytime you have questions you can give me a holler...I live next door....LOL..take care..... Also to add to the above information of which I have stumbled lately...are such..the lens also counts (CMOS lens) the best one yet is a Carl Zeuss (or something/someone) one...also when you look into a camera lens around the lens, somewhere around the ring of the optics there are numbers...for example 4-43 or 3-33...the lesser these numbers the wider the image the camera lens can capture, if you still donot understand then take an example of a normal TV and then look at the same image in a wide screen TV...that would help...keep on reading through this section which will be updated very often....I LUV CAMERAZZZ