2/02/2012

Let's Get Digital: SLR Photography Basics

By James Helmering


Nowadays , according to psychologists, more and more folks are getting visually inclined. To explain, many of us like to use our eyes!

In what methods do we use our eyes for?

We use our eyes to view things in the environment. Nonetheless thru time, man has created strategies on how to preserve the things we see, whether these are beautiful or not, and one of which is by way of using cameras.

These days, the most important sellers in the camera market are the supposed digital SLR cameras. Nikon digital camera prices are much better than you'll find somewhere else. But...

Precisely what is an SLR camera?

SLR is a short name for Single Lens Reflex. SLR cameras were the tools made for and utilised by pro photographers. Cameras such as these, in a similar way, employ mirror that reflects light entering the lens up into the eye piece or the viewfinder. So, a photographer can determine the way the image or picture will look like. Moreover, a SLR camera uses lenses that are interchangeable. Therefore, this camera can be employed for long distance telephoto photography or close-up macro photography.

A digital SLR or DSLR camera is conditional on lenses and mirror and their optical capacities. However a DSLR camera uses light sensor chips and digital memory cards rather than films, fundamentally a computerized version of the above mentioned camera.

The following summarizes the comparison between DSLR and point and click cameras (SLRs) :

1. DSLRs and SLRs use interchangeable lenses for better resolution.

2. Any picture you take using SLRs and DSLRs is generally crisper, cleaner and fine upon reproduction.

3. DSLRs have a higher speed when it comes to targeting and taking footage

4. DSLRs perform better at low lighting conditions by using ISO speeds. These cameras have lesser granularity.

5. DSLRS provide more pro power over depth of field, light, and responsiveness.

6. DSLRs provide a more instant feedback as they use digital chips or light sensing CCDs that interpret inward-bound light rays into digital pictures.

7. DSLRs and SLRs cost more than point and shoot cameras.

8. DSLRs and SLRs are customarily heavier than some point and shoot models.

Some sample DSLR models are listed below:

Prosumer models:

Canon EOS 10D

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT

Nikon D50

Nikon D70s

Pentax *ist DS

Professional Models:

Canon EOS 1D Mark II

Canon EOS 20D

Fuji Finepix S3 Pro

Nikon D2x

Who actually wants DSLRs? Anyone wants to have crisper and more clear picturesâ€"be it an amateur or a pro photographer can choose a DSLR model. Anyone who will not bother carrying larger cameras on trips in order to bring back top notch photos can use DSLRs.

Like all electronic and computerized gizmos, digital models have a tendency to get less expensive yet better over a period of time. For sure, DSLRs will finally migrate down to customer cameras: ability to take spurts of 10 frames in one or two seconds, fast reply time, higher resolution image sensors, and correct auto focus, amongst others.

The only thing that will remain relentless are the laws of opticsâ€"you will not get the same results from a finger-nail sized lens as with larger lenses utilised by professional users. Also the incontrovertible fact that people don't have enough funds all of the time is the same thru time.

If you plan to take photography as a profession, practice shooting some shots using prosumer models and consider budget and quality of lenses before you say, "Big Cheese"!




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