Is optical zoom necessary or will digital zoom do the job?
Which camera should I get - the big one, the smart one, the fast one?
Now - what would actually meet my needs?
It happens to all of us: eventually you'll find an image that, on close inspection, seems to have gotten the freckles (see example, below). No, you don't have bad photosites on your CCD, you have dust on the filter that sits over the sensor.
Which bag to get - the large one, the smart one - which one fulfils my needs?
Do I really need a tripod? Can't I just hold still?