Cameras can be expensive, and the very best cameras can be extremely expensive. However, if you’re looking for an upgrade from the snapper on the back of your phone, but don’t intend to take pictures for magazine covers or billboards, it’s still possible to get a really good camera without first dynamiting a bank vault.
The compact camera has had a hard time recently, largely because we all carry a camera of reasonable quality in our pockets and bags everywhere we go. To stand out from this, cameras have to offer something more, and this usually comes in the form of zoom lenses - ones that can change their focal length from a wide to (usually) a narrower telephoto view - and larger sensors to capture more light and provide better image quality with less processing required.
