What is really the best point and shoot camera of all?

The best point and shoot camera of all is that camera you have in your hand after you decide what to get! Far be it from me to make that decision for you. I will however guide you through the decision making process.

Besides, by the time you read this page, all the cameras I put here will be old and new ones will replace them. But – the way I present the information contained here-in will be valid nearly indefinitely.

Remember the old saying!?

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life!"

It’s time to find your best camera. When I did my first search I almost made a huge mistake. I almost bought a professional camera. Fortunately one of the sales guys asked the right questions and I learned that I should stay with a high end consumer camera, saving myself several thousand dollars just in the body cost!

Thank you Josh! Needless to say he became my trusted advisor.

I also changed the way I look for a camera. I was doing a search and comparison of all the technical information, thereby completely overlooking the real variables in choosing my best camera.

The way I now conduct my search includes little actual technical studies. You’ll notice the lack of in depth technical information on my site.

There is lots of technical information everywhere you look. When you read the technical information you are still left with the chore of deciding which is the best of the best of the best of all! With technology that so closely matches the competition how can you ever know you are making the BEST choice? And what if you choose the one that is a little lesser? Is that really a mistake?

Thus, using technical information how do you arrive at the one and only camera that is best suited for you? I'll treat you like I'm your friend standing at your side in order to guide you to your own personal “Best Point And Shoot Camera” choice. Not the choice of those with the most convincing words.

Rather than technical comparisons, I will point you in the direction whereby you can make your own choice. How's that?

The other thing you’ll notice about this page is its simplicity. It actually is a rather simple matter to choose the one camera that best suits you! I’ll step you through it.

If you have read my home page you know that quality of picture is seldom an issue when deciding on the right camera for you.

There are those who say a given camera produced less than satisfactory results. But, unless there are a good number of people who say the same thing about the same camera, I take it with a grain of salt.

I am combining ultra compact and point & shoot cameras on this page. I will be giving you some principles to guide you through your choice of camera.

You will not find all the in depth technical, critical analysis on my site. When one is comparing apples to apples, so to speak, the technical information gets so technical these days as to seemingly get in the way most of the time.

I do my best to keep this site simple. There is so much information out there that I always start my own search by seeing what others think. From there I decide whether I like what they like or something else.

Let me explain. When I start a search, most of the time I come to the starting gate completely ignorant. That means with all the information available I could spend literally weeks researching. I have learned that when others search many will ultimately find the "best of the best of the best" in any given instance.

In other words the masses will lead to what is most popular. From there I just decide which of these I want.

This is how I write my site for you. That prevents information overload!

This is a category that I think one can just “point and shoot” so to speak, to get the best point and shoot camera. Canons dominate the point and shoot category for popularity. There is good reason for that. Canon offers benefits that people like and want. If you ultimately decide to buy a point and shoot based strictly on popularity I don’t think you can go wrong.

Different Canons are listed as the most popular depending upon who you ask. Each site or store you visit will show a different camera as most popular, but Canons easily dominate this category as well as the advanced point & Shoot category.

My best suggestion for finding the best point and shoot camera for you is search online for those features and benefits you want. I start by looking for what is most popular. I choose a few of those and look deeper into them.

I decide which benefits are what I want and how much it will cost to get those benefits, then decide which one to get. Again, the worst thing you can do is to hold out for the absolute, perfect, bestest camera of all time and history!!

If you start comparing everything under the sun you will end up inundated with information, confused and conflicted. You may just decide to get nothing which, in my opinion, is the biggest mistake of all. You are much better off getting a camera that is not quite right than having no way to capture those most precious moments of your life.

Sony, Fuji and Panasonic seem to consistently have a camera or two that hit the most popular list as well. Nikon, my first choice, doesn’t seem to be so popular in the smaller cameras. Go figure!? Why doesn’t everybody want my camera of choice? I don’t get it.

So, as of right now, I would not recommend a Nikon Point & Shoot for most people. The DSLR camera however. Now that's a horse of a different color.

The next thing to notice is that when one goes by most popular, none of the smaller point and shoot cameras make the grade. It seems many people choose to step up one category into the “Advanced Point and Shoot” and still more choose a “DSLR.” Don’t be dissuaded if you need a small camera. Stick to your guns. You will be happiest that way.

The little ones take great shots. Just know and remember the limitations of the little cameras. Those limitations being mainly the speed at which the smaller cameras get ready to shoot and the speed at which you can take pictures.

The bottom line, if you do a little homework and don’t let yourself get caught up in having to know everything about everything there is to know about everything, you will get the best point and shoot camera for you personally.

When it is time to step up to an advanced point and shoot or a DSLR you will know it. Even if that time is now, as you study and search.

You will undoubtedly want to get some camera accessories with your camera. Be sure to read this page to help make those decisions.

Never forget to figure about $99 for your copy of Photoshop in to your budget.

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