Flickr’s “Camera Finder” feature is a good tool to help you decide on your next camera purchase.

Go to Camera Finder and select the brand and model of camera that interests you. Right away it brings up a screen of 15 of the “most interesting” photos. You can then search across all of Flickr using standard queries, or refine your search by portrait, macro, night, landscape, action, or recent.

By comparing the results from different cameras, you can see how different cameras perform under different conditions.

And if you need that last psychic push to get you to shell out the cash, you can’t help but feel inspired by browsing through all the pretty pictures.

Just make sure at checkout you give proper attribution and linkback. — BEN POPKEN

Flickr: Camera Finder [Official Site]

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