How long do you wait before buying a new digital camera?

I acually bought a new one on vacation as mine started eating batteries.....so I thought it was time for something new. I bought the same one all of my family has but really liked my fuji better.

I pretty much spend about 2-3 weeks on searching the right camera. I study forums, blogs, sites that show differences between cameras and in the end I chose one.

Since I had a phone with a good camera, I don't have the intention of having a camera anymore. I just bought a few months ago a new phone and it's camera is just enough for the camera I want. It can take really good images. The size is adjustable so I can choose from taking a thumbnail size picture or a computer-screen-sized picture. The memory of the phone is also expandable which satisfies my want to have a camera.

Well my digital camera is probably about 4 yrs. old, and I know what you mean about newer technology coming out all the time. My sister gave our mother a digital camera for mothers day this year, and I like it better than mine, its easier to use and takes better pictures I think. I would like to have one like hers, but don't have the extra money right now to get one, besides my camera still works fine, and I probably won't ever get a new one unless something happens to my old one and it can't be fixed. Usually if the mood strikes and I see something I really want, it takes me awhile to decide if I really need it, and if I would really use it, mostly I end up not buying it..lol.

Whenever I have a few extra hundred lying around...lol. Really, probably when mine breaks. I can't see paying money for another one when mine still works fine...even if it doesn't have all the new bells and whistles.

I own quite a expensive digital camera from Kodak who got different options, + 2 GB Memory card..I've bought this one last year, because my old Kodak camera sadly enough has broken down..It was a shame, because I was using him everyday, and I didn't safe up any money to buy a new one, so I had to do without an camera for over a year! But since last year June I am able to make pictures again! And VIDEOS as well! it's really a beautiful great camera, and I love him!

I don't buy digital camera often. The last one I used was for 4 years and it was broken down, therefore I bought this new one. I tend to do a lot of research on the net when I get a digital device. I want to make sure it's of good quality so that I don't have to buy that often. I don't have a time frame of when to buy a new one, maybe I will when this one falls apart.

I've had my first digital camera when I was in 3rd year college, it has 5 MP and none of those face detectors or image stabilization stuff, heck the battery's not even rechargeable. I spend 200 Pesos for the AA battery every time I'll be using it and that made me decide to get a new one. A more practical digital camera. I think the right time for me to buy a new one is when it's not serving its purpose in a practical way and when the features are way behind. The new one I got has 8 MP and I'm good with rather than the 5 MP that's so blurry.

I'm still waiting to buy my first one, I have camera on my cellular and I have a digital video camera, I don't see the necessity to buy a camera too....for now Nun

I got my digital camera on December last year. It still ok and looks alright, it's functioning very well and the photos in good and clear. But it doesn't look good. So for me, i maybe going to buy new digital camera when it's gonna break and not functioning or i can see a sale cheap but nice and stylish digital camera but as of now i still love my old one coz that's my xmas presents from my hubby. Happy posting.

We got our digital camera three years back and my husband got it from US.Was pretty excited as it was new to me and I havent used any one like that bferore.So whenever we go out I prefer to take them with me so that I can take some good snaps. Regards

We had a fine digital camera before, a Kodak CX6330. It was reliable enough, and we could use AA rechargeable batteries on it. Plus it looked cute, like a toy. Too bad it got damaged two years ago when floodwaters entered our house. So we got a Panasonic Lumix FX-07. We're very satisfied with it, especially since it takes good photos. We're able to use it on everything from family outings to my wife's accessories business. There are a lot of newer digital cameras coming out now with even higher resolutions and better features, such as HD capability. But for us, we're still keeping our FX-07 until the day that it no longer works. That's the only time we'll get a new digital camera.

I guess I typically wait a long time between times that I buy a new digital camera. Just like in the past eight years, I have owned a only two different digital cameras. The first one I ever bought was back in 2000. I used it for six years. Then the battery compartment broke or something and wouldn't stay closed. At least not enough for the camera to be used properly. You would literally have to hold the door or whatever it's called that keeps the batteries from slipping out tight for it to work. Needless to say that got really frustrating. So I ended up getting a much nicer digital camera with a considerable higher amount of megapixels from my parents in 2006 which is what I've used since. It's worked very well for me and still does. So I don't intend on buying a new digital camera any time soon unless something happens to my current one.

I bought a canon A720is in May 2008 for $199 with a case from Amazon.com and I love it. It is a great point and shoot camera and has 8.1 megapixels, IS and FD. I have since bought the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and I love it as well, I just had to read the manual to use it effectively! I bought it just before Xmas in 2008 and paid $649 for the camera and lens kit. If you are comfortable with your camera and satisfied with the pictures it takes, there is no need to change to a new one. When you do buy a camera, there a certain times of year where you find better bargains and you can always buy an older model or a perfectly good used camera for a deeply discounted price.

i usually buy a new camera once my old one seems too pixalized compared to what is out there now. and i always shop around first looking at the deals and the specs of the different cameras. i have never just went out on a whim and bought a digital camera because i feel that they are investments, kinda like the old time film cameras.

I usually buy a new digial camera when my old one just doesn't have the functions i need. A digital camera is only old when it doesnt work anymore, but i wouldn t recomend waiting that long.