Learning from those that have gone before you, is always a smart strategy. For, as they say those who ignore the past, are doomed to repeat it. That goes for mountain climbing, nuclear war, and buying digital cameras. A strange combination of endeavors to be sure, but a universal truth is indeed universal. So, if your looking for the best digital camera you can get, it makes perfect sense to consider what those who came before you decided to purchase.

Why not benefit from their wisdom, research, and decision make acumen? The nice thing, about have the internet around these days, is how easy it is to come up with these kinds of statistics for just about anything. It doesn't have to be digital cameras, it could be anything. As well, it's pretty easy to come up with fairly current information as well. Amazon for instance, lists the top selling items from a number of their product lines, and digital cameras is just one of them.

As of the time of this writing, the top ten selling digital cameras in order from one to ten are the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, the Canon PowerShot SD750, the Norcent DCC 725, the Canon PowerShot SD870IS, the Canon PowwerShot A590IS, the Canon PowerShot SD850IS, the Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5, the Canon EOS 40D, the Canon PowerShot G9, and the Canon PowerShot SD1000.

Now, don't start accusing me of showing favoritism towards Canon, I'm just reporting the facts as I see them. And yes, Amazon does sell others cameras besides Canon. They do as a matter of fact sell just about every camera manufacturer you can imagine. That includes but, not exclusively Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Panasonic, Kodak, Sanyo, and Sharp. There are more, but I think you get the picture.

Canon is simply a very dominant player, when it comes to camera sales at all levels. Levels, and types actually. They simply see to have a larger model line then anyone else. That includes compact cameras, ultra compact cameras, underwater cameras, SLR cameras, cameras lenses and so on and so on. These guys know cameras. So, if your going to base your buying decision on previous best sellers, then you'll likely do pretty good with Canon. They make something for just about anyones budget.

That's not to say the others don't make fine cameras, because they do. As a matter of fact, another manufacturer may be a better choice for you. Some manufacturers prefer to specialize in a certain niche. Kodak for instance doesn't manufacture any SLR cameras. So, if your looking more for a compact digital camera, Kodak may have more to offer you.