I have five cameras, two older Fujifilm’s that I no longer use, but I used to learn, a Fujifilm Polaroid, an Olympus Camedia, and my newest camera, a Nikon Coolpix B500.

All three very different cameras, three different purposes!

For me, the polaroid is usually for social events, for example an evening indoors with friends, or before a night out. This camera cannot capture landscapes, or if you was to go to a gig, it would not get very clear images of a stage, but for selfies, group photographs or to make a photo look more artistic, the Fujifilm is perfect, and prints for you straight away.

The Nikon B500 has a 40X optical zoom, and is perfect for shooting a range of different photographs. You can capture an up close image with the macro setting, portrait photos with the portrait setting, active shots with the sports setting, and so on and so on. The Nikon Coolpix has an incredible zoom, and for me, i got to try this out on the sports option when I took photographs of my boyfriend kitesurfing.

The screen also moves out of the camera so you can avoid a light glare on the screen, and you can get images of things that are in awkward positions. With a screen like this, flash, and a variety of settings, the Nikon can be used anywhere! on any landscape or scene, an up close or distant image, I would have faith that the Nikon could capture the perfect image.

Another option is the creative mode, where the camera records one picture with no effect and four copies, each with a different effect. So if you want a reasonably easy camera, with a variety of modes, the Nikon is wonderful.

The Olympus Camedia is a camera I use for events, nights out, away from chargers, so festivals, anything which you will want to capture lots of photographs at! As it runs off batteries and it is very small in comparison to the Nikon and the Fujifilm, a camera like this is exactly what is needed when you want to take photos on the go. It has all the same, well similar settings as the Coolpix, just way older.

The Olympus has 12X zoom, flash, macro, and a variety of portrait and landscape settings. Unfortuanetly, this old generation camera can deliver a good image, but not a high clarity image, but for me, that’s fine! If your phone half like mine, your phone does not last a whole event and you wake up in the morning gutted you did not get many images, so if you’d want to change that, the Olympus is a must have!