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By Mark SegalClick to Download This SpreadsheetYou Also Require Microsoft Excel or a Compatible Spreadsheet ProgramThere are a number of factors to be considered when buying a new camera. Just a few include – image quality, resolution (pixel count) and price. In addition there is the matter of lens availability, ergonomics, features and much, much more.

Some factors lend themselves to analysis and reading – such as technical specs and feature lists. The many available web reviews are quite handy for this. Other factors such as ergonomics and "feel" are highly subjective and really require a visit to a dealer and a hands-on session.

But it's the first three mentioned – image quality, resolution (pixel count) and price which figure most prominently for serious photographers. How then does one make sense of the relationship between these factors?

DxOMarkprovides a means of objective comparison between between various tested cameras. But, these numbers are irr...

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Mark has been making photographs for the past six decades and started adopting a digital workflow in 1999 first with scanning film, then going fully digital in 2004. He has worked with a considerable range of software, equipment and techniques over the years, accumulated substantial experience as an author, educator and communicator in several fields and is a frequent contributor to the Luminous-Landscape website. Mark developed a particular interest in film scanning and authored the ebook “Scanning Workflows with SilverFast 8, SilverFast HDR, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop” available on the SilverFast website. In his “other life” (the one that pays for the photography), Mark is a retiree from the World Bank Group and now a consultant in electric power development.
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