There are essentially three categories of digital cameras: digital SLR, high performance digital point-and-shoot, and compact digital point-and-shoot. They all have trade-offs and yes we all know there is no right camera for everybody. This is just a pole to get some ideas, hints and feedback from fellow photographers on what they use & why.
As I jumped into the volunteer animal photography area I figured I would just used a cheap point and shoot camera. I loved the idea of putting the camera in my pocket and I quality was fine for the website, but while digital point and shoots offer these advantages over SLRs, there is one place where they are still significantly behind the curve, action pictures, when trying to snag a shot of wild and crazy animals shutter lag is a big problem. Many less expensive cameras can take up to a second or two after you have pressed the button for the picture to actually take, see you may get a photo of his tail . This can make you try to anticipate what your furry friend next move is, causing unpredictable shots with foggy and blurred pictures. You can cut down on some shutter lag by depressing the button on the camera halfway so that some of the wait is reduced, but if your fine speciMINE moves you must let up your finger to reposition your camera and start again. After looking at a few friends SLRs and some of the advantages, I bit the bullet and got a Canon rebel XSi “SLR” Yes it is a bigger camera and somewhat pricey but I can justify it in quality and control. With the SLR class there are more manual operations than the point-and-shoot cameras have. Another advantage is that the SLR cameras can accept interchangeable lenses. This helps you in getting best shots of sports and nature where you cannot go close for taking pictures. You can zoom the lens of SLR digital cameras and take close-ups. The other advantages are long battery life, high-speed continuous shooting, great image sensor and the ability to save RAW images. So for me the Canon Rebel XSI is my choice
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