Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Choices In Digital SLR Cameras And Picking What Best Fits Your Needs

By Charlotte Kaycee


In general, choosing a single lens reflex digital camera is not really much different than a 35-mm film version. Unlike point-and-shoot cameras, when looking through the view finder of digital SLR cameras, you see exactly what the lens is viewing before the mirror drops down to take the photo, revealing the image of what your photographing.

With the age of digital cameras, many people feel they are taking better pictures. They are still the same photographers and the quality of their camera may not be very different. But the way it is different in the way it saves an image. Digital cameras produce pixels, each representing color and intensity to a point of light. Pixels are saved on memory cards. It is easy for all most anyone to print from a digital memory card, even without any experience and on a home computer. Film cameras produce grains instead of pixels. The grains are saved on film. Film first has to be processed and then reproduced through chemicals onto paper offering many more variables which can alter focus, color and intensity.

Far more versatile than compact digitals, SLR digitals are like their film counterpart in the ways of optional interchangeable lenses for higher telephoto or wide-angle work. In fact, many lenses from a film SLR can be used on a new digital body.

Most importantly, you need to get a camera that is comfortable for you to hold and to work with while shooting photography. There is a lot of variety in makes and models and handling them first is key to seeing which ones are best for you. You might like something with a smaller reach to various control allowing you to shoot more quickly, versus a larger model that may be easier to hold, but bulkier to use. Already owning lenses for one manufacturer's brand is of obvious importance in cost consideration, rather than starting all over.

There different options with digital SLR cameras than with film. Newer models have things like dust reduction systems and sensor sizing for image quality to consider. Decide whether you need live preview LCD or want auto focusing options as available with film cameras. Everything adds up and being able to reduce the number of options could make the difference in affordability of the camera for you.

You can expect to pay more for digital SLR cameras than a compacts, but you also get more and the camera will probably last longer, too. Prices vary greatly. You will have to decide what options you really need and what fits within your budget. There are many more possibilities for the future of your chosen camera body and as your photography needs or desires progress or change, you can purchase news lenses and additional equipment to meet them.




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