Life's
certainly not easy once you start thinking about getting yourself a smart digital
camera ...
How many pixels
does a person need?
What help is a digital zoom?
Which battery concept and which type of memory card are ideal?
Do you read tests that describe the features of one digital camera in flowing
technical jargon, only to praise the special characteristics of another model
as the be-all and end-all in the very next breath?
The answers to (almost) all these
questions are nigh! You'll find them in the chapters of this Beginner's Photo
Course, together with tips on sending photos by e-mail, creating Internet photo
albums and, of course, information on how to optimally print your image data
on real photographic paper - after all, even a digital photo needs to be put
on paper.
Why
digital?
Before getting to the 'How?', some
people will no doubt first ask 'Why?' - i.e. why they should get acquainted
with a digital camera at all. There are several good reasons for taking this
step:
The photos can be viewed on the
camera's built-in miniature monitor immediately after you take them. If you
don't like what you see, you simply delete it. And if a photo is too bright,
to dark or even blurred by camera shake, you immediately have the opportunity
of taking the shot again.
The digital photos are available
for sending off by e-mail as soon as you have taken them.
You can creatively edit your photos
on a computer.
If you want prints, you don't
have to get the 'whole film' developed, but print only those photos that have
turned out really well.
Digital cameras also offer a number
of extra functions, such as:
sound recording
video clips
web cam.
One thing soon becomes clear: Even
though digital cameras are still somewhat more expensive than their 'classical'
counterparts, they offer a host of advantages that turn photography into a completely
new experience.
Buying a Digital
Camera
Before spending your hard earned
cash, you must be aware of some of the digital camera jargon:
RESOLUTION
The more pixels a camera has
at its disposal, the greater its ability to reproduce even the finest details
and structures - much like a mosaic with a large number of small tiles as
opposed to a much coarser mosaic with only a few, large tiles. Nonetheless,
you don't have to have maximum resolution all the time. For more details
click here.
OPTICAL ZOOM
Enlarging an image by using
the lens. The quality of the image is maintained. This is normally x2 or
x3 for a mid-range camera.
DIGITAL
ZOOM
The camera computes what an
enlarged image would look like. The quality of the image is reduced as it
is enlarged.
MEMORY
The electronic medium that is
used to store the images, stated as a number of MegaBytes. 'The more the
better' is the usual advice.
Camera Speed
Sometimes it is important to consider
the following points:
After you switch the camera on,
how long does it take until it is ready to take the first photo?
How long is the shutter delay
typical of digital cameras, i.e. the time between pressing the button and
the actual taking of the picture?
How long a 'break' does the camera
take between two shots?
Does the camera permit continuous
shooting? If so, at what rate and with what resolution?
More information
from:
Digital Camera Systems Ltd
Killeshin Heights Co Carlow
Life's
certainly not easy once you start thinking about getting yourself a smart digital
camera ...