Digital cameras

I have been using a Sony Cybershot to take digital photos for sharing on my blog and on Facebook for many years. One day the LCD screen broke. It was during Christmas 2012.

I needed a new camera. So I bought a Nikon from Harvey Norman. It was on special for $60. The reason was simple. No body will be buying a digital camera in 2013 because they are using iphones to take a photo and posting it on Facebook instantly. No more down loading the camera to a computer and uploading to FB later.

I decided to buy two Nikons; one for spare because I do not use an iphone! In fact I have not used a mobile phone very much.

These pink Roses were taken using the Sony Cybershot.

This photo on the left was taken using the new Nikon. I can tell straight away that the Nikon has a better lens.

However, this photo on the right was taken using the Sony on [macro] setting. Now I am not so sure which is the better camera. Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the camera settings and use the correct setting for each shot. A setting of around 500 Kb per photo is good for blogs. Recently I have increased my camera setting to 1.2 Mb/photo on the Nikon Coolpix. That could also be the reason why I feel that the Nikon is a better camera. Perhaps it is all in the camera settings?