In todays world the continuous development and change in electronics is so fast that once you buy an electronic device often a year and in some cases 6 months down the track it is already out of date. Devices that often top the list in the fastest changing are computers, cell phones, DVD player and the list goes on. This too many people means that they have to continuously go out and update there electronic devices, but is this really necessary, do we really have to do this. What I mean is do we have to go out and buy the latest and greatest products?

In todays world the continuous development and change in electronics is so fast that once you buy an electronic device often a year and in some cases 6 months down the track it is already out of date. Devices that often top the list in the fastest changing are computers, cell phones, DVD player and the list goes on. This too many people means that they have to continuously go out and update there electronic devices, but is this really necessary, do we really have to do this. What I mean is do we have to go out and buy the latest and greatest products?

One of the best examples of this is in the digital camera. Most people of today have converted from the old days of analogue film and now own a digital camera, I own one and I am a huge fan of them. However do we need to go out and buy the best one on the market? At the moment some digital cameras have the ability to take pictures at well over 10 mega pixels, this is great and can be of large use to many photographers, however does the everyday holiday maker and person really need a 10 mega pixel camera.

No not at all, it depends on what you are going to be using your camera for. For example if you are planning to go on vacation somewhere and need a camera to take pictures, the primary feature of it will be that it has to be compact and light weight. You do not want to have to lug a massive camera around and have to take it out of a bag and set it up to use, you want a small compact camera that can fit easy into your bag or pocket and be ready to go as soon as you grab it. Small compact cameras still come with capabilities of 7 to 8 mega pixels which are more than enough.

Another thing to note is do you need to buy a camera with all the built in editing features. In my opinion editing of pictures is far easier and better on a computer where you can quickly get things done. In built editing on a camera is hard to use since you have to judge the editing you are doing on a small LCD screen and the editing power that you have is not very much. Often features like this are unnecessary and mean that you will pay for features you do not want. In my opinion dont judge a camera by the bells and whistles it has but by its primary objectives and how well it carries them out.

What is important to remember here is what are the features in piece of equipment are we going to use and what are the features that we are going to disregard and not use. Lets be honest here, most of use never you the full power of our computers and electrical devices, we hardly even get close too either. So why pay for it, If you are not going to use all the extra features that are provided to you in an electronic device dont get the extra features. Just pay for what you are going to use.