It might not sound good giving tips about buying a digital camera. But experience shows that many people end up with problem or dissatisfaction after buying a digital camera. So some caution or preparation should be needed before buying a digital camera.

Set your goal
First ask yourself why you are going to buy a digital camera. Is it only for hobby or it‘s for your photography profession. Then learn about your budget. After fixing budget try to know your photographing area. Is it for wild indoor or outdoor or wild life photography? You also should consider length of zoom, stabilization and display.

Mega pixels
Higher Mega pixel is not for everyone. Usually 4 mega pixels is enough for printing normal size photo. If you like to get larger than normal size print then goes for more than 4 mega pixels otherwise not.

Learn about additional features
Before go for buying learn about extra features like Camera Case, spare memory Card,  Batteries/Recharger Lenses and so on . Best way is to surf the internet and learn details about different brand of camera available in the market.

Save some money from your old one
While buying a new digital camera consider about the old one. If you have an existing camera then its memory cards, batteries, lenses, flashes may also work with your new one. So why do you spend extra penny when you have already that.

Go for Optical Zooms
Comparing two types of zoom optical and digital most of expert go for optical zoom. Optical zoom enables to make your subject three times as big that digital zoom unable. So choose optical zoom while buying a new digital camera.