Photography is the good hobby and one of the best pastime of every person. We often go to tourist spots or even visit cultural festivals to relax ourselves from the daily hectic life. Therefore, we often wish to capture the happy moments of our life in a camera for future reference. The captured photos and videos remind us about our past activities as well as deceased relatives. These photo capturing gadgets were always prevalent in the past to cater to the nostalgic sentiments of humans. However, the problem was in the technical part of things. Most of the these old devices were big, heavy and had a complex operative system. The old SLR cameras, which were prevalent among everyone was difficult to use, as it had everything manual. Therefore it was difficult for non professional users to manually set the aperture, depth of field, Zoom, lens angle, shutter speed etc. To operate such complex devices it is necessary to have proper knowledge about the functions of these options.

However, with the advent of Digital Cameras the age old SLR's have almost become extinct. The SLR Digital Cameras are high mega pixel cameras that provide excellent picture quality. In fact, it also has special options like self cleaning sensors that cleans dust and airflow system to remove dust from the sensors. You are no longer required to clean it manually. Other than this, almost all latest SLR Digicams have d-lighting options, stop motion recording as well as expeed image processing concept. The expeed option helps in better image processing. It is much more user friendly and has less buttons to assist easy operations by novice users. Infact some SLR's have also come up with enhanced technology that has both manual as well as automatic options. Now, you can get full experience of both professional photography as well as easy automatic operations. What makes it unique is that it can be used by both general users as well as photographers. It does not limit your creativity and opens a wide array of options for you to experiment with your skills. SLR's are best suited for wildlife photography to capture fast movements with better high resolution zooming effect.

Other than the SLR's, there are various other latest digital cameras that have proved very user-friendly for non professional users, who may only require to capture festival celebrations, a summer trip etc. For such activities, an above average camera with automatic features are best suited. All you need to do is click the button and everything else gets set automatically. These devices save time as well as energy. The users need not worry about the light condition or the aperture of shutter speed. However, the bitter side is that, these cameras limit the users creativity. With these devices, you would never come to know the actual meaning, the essence and the passion behind photography. Most of the latest Digicams are small in size and have come up with smaller batteries. Hence it has become easy to carry them. They are supported by high quality batteries like AA, CR-V3, CR2 and AAA.