Buying a digital camera can cause great anxiety. Hundreds of cameras available at both online and retail stores range in price from just less than $100 to many thousand dollars. How can you know what model will suit you best? What features are must haves and what features are just 'eye candy'? In this article, I'll cover some of the digital camera basics to help you choose the camera that will suit your needs the best.
Finding just he right digital camera for your own needs will require you to understand more about the features you see listed on every camera advertisement or marketing piece. Things like Zoom, magnification and type of exposure will help you create just the right image. Simplifying the dizzying array of choices is the aim of this article. Look for other articles in this series to help flush out your knowledge.
Whether buying a high end SLR or a point and shoot digital pocket camera, automatic exposure control is a fairly standard feature. But what does this mean exactly? "Old school" photographers, that is anyone who's taken a photo prior to say, 2002, may be used to manually setting the shutter speed, or "f-stop" also known as aperature. Automatic exposure control adjusts both of these according to light conditions. Some cameras will have settings that still allow you to select your own shutter speed, automatically adjusting f-stop or vice versa. Know what features are important to you. If manual override of exposure settings is something you want, be sure to check the feature list of your camera.
A zoom lens is actually several different lenses or lens elements. With multiple lens combinations, the focal length can be varied resulting in bigger or smaller images appearing on the film or digital imaging surface. A zoom feature can help you frame a shot to make it appear artistically unique, and it also brings you closer to your subject. With a good camera zoom, you can quickly switch from a wide angle to a close - up shot without changing your location. A standard focal length is typically about 35mm. This gives you a generic "snapshot" view of your subject. Common zoom ranges of 3x will take that focal length up to 105mm. This range is suitable for most hobbyists or casual photographers. However if you need even more zoom, or would like to do wide angle photography, look for ranges of 24 or 28mm on the low end, to
If you are wondering what the difference between optical and digital zoom is, it's pretty basic. Optical zoom will actually give you more detail about the subject matter when the zoom is employed. The lens elements bring you closer to your subject allowing more detail to enter the camera's lens. With digital zoom, however, the image that arrives is enlarged, but no additional information is being gathered. if you want the best detail or are interested in having larger format prints made from your photos, always be sure to take your photos using the best optical zoom available to that frames your subject well.
Understanding the many features available on digital camera will help take the anxiety out of choosing the best one for you. A good approach is to make a list of the features that you will find most important and allow the others to be optional. Don't get caught up in spending more for features that you may not need or use.
Finding just he right digital camera for your own needs will require you to understand more about the features you see listed on every camera advertisement or marketing piece. Things like Zoom, magnification and type of exposure will help you create just the right image. Simplifying the dizzying array of choices is the aim of this article. Look for other articles in this series to help flush out your knowledge.
Whether buying a high end SLR or a point and shoot digital pocket camera, automatic exposure control is a fairly standard feature. But what does this mean exactly? "Old school" photographers, that is anyone who's taken a photo prior to say, 2002, may be used to manually setting the shutter speed, or "f-stop" also known as aperature. Automatic exposure control adjusts both of these according to light conditions. Some cameras will have settings that still allow you to select your own shutter speed, automatically adjusting f-stop or vice versa. Know what features are important to you. If manual override of exposure settings is something you want, be sure to check the feature list of your camera.
A zoom lens is actually several different lenses or lens elements. With multiple lens combinations, the focal length can be varied resulting in bigger or smaller images appearing on the film or digital imaging surface. A zoom feature can help you frame a shot to make it appear artistically unique, and it also brings you closer to your subject. With a good camera zoom, you can quickly switch from a wide angle to a close - up shot without changing your location. A standard focal length is typically about 35mm. This gives you a generic "snapshot" view of your subject. Common zoom ranges of 3x will take that focal length up to 105mm. This range is suitable for most hobbyists or casual photographers. However if you need even more zoom, or would like to do wide angle photography, look for ranges of 24 or 28mm on the low end, to
If you are wondering what the difference between optical and digital zoom is, it's pretty basic. Optical zoom will actually give you more detail about the subject matter when the zoom is employed. The lens elements bring you closer to your subject allowing more detail to enter the camera's lens. With digital zoom, however, the image that arrives is enlarged, but no additional information is being gathered. if you want the best detail or are interested in having larger format prints made from your photos, always be sure to take your photos using the best optical zoom available to that frames your subject well.
Understanding the many features available on digital camera will help take the anxiety out of choosing the best one for you. A good approach is to make a list of the features that you will find most important and allow the others to be optional. Don't get caught up in spending more for features that you may not need or use.
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