Choosing A Camera

Choosing a Camera is not an easy thing, it took me many months to choose a camera and buy it. There are budget constraint, functional requirements, knowledge constraints also in my case.

Let me share my experiance with you so you could also choose the camera , the one that actually suits you.
I followed elimination method. First thing i needed was manual focus, as the focus at various occasion using an automatic camera does not give the best results.
This limitation put a lower limit to the options available. Next thing which i came to know was that DSLR cameras dont offer a Video recording options i needed this option in the Camera, so all DSLR cameras are out of question. This left me with only very few choices, which have mannual Focus but not DSLR, i came to know such kind of cameras are also called as prosumer cameras.
Next thing came into picture is the Processor , Wide angle lenses, Company , and the model. I had fair bit of confusion with Lumix FZ something, Sony Cybershot and CANON Powershot series.
After fairbit of confusion , i came to know one or two persons who were very happy with the quality of CANON IS series, and S5IS was new in the series, so after so much due diligence , we decided to go with CANON S5IS camera.
In India the camera is very costly so if you want to buy camera , buy it from US , as the price differencial in US and INDIA is upto 100% of price of US.
I will keep posting about the camera and Photography. Do feel free to leave comments.