"Compact Camera and DSLR"

Who loves to take pictures? Do you have a camera? And do you know what kind of camera you are using?

     If someone goes to an outlet to buy a digital camera, it can be disorienting. There are hundreds of cameras available and there are so many different types of camera

    Digital cameras, both compact and DSLR, are made in a wide range of sizes, prices and capabilities. Professional photographers use larger, more expensive digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLR) for their greater versatility and many amateurs use compact cameras for the simplicity.

     Compact cameras are designed to be taking causal and simple snapshots. They are really tiny and portable. They are easy to be used and the quality of the picture is more compact and simple because the compression of the picture can be only stored by JPEG.  Most compact cameras have a built-in flash.  And because of that, it limits the motion picture capability. This camera has zoom lenses but the range is less than DSLR cameras.

     Generally, a contrast-detect autofocus system, using the image data from the live preview feed of the main imager, focuses the lens.Typically, these cameras incorporate a nearly silent leaf shutter into their lenses.

     Digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs) are digital cameras based on film single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs).  With an DSLR camera, you see what the lens sees, which means the

 

"Light passing through the lens is reflected by a mirror and brought to focus on a ground glass. The mirror causes a reversal of the image seen on the ground glass, but the addition of a pentaprism mounted over the ground glass allows the camera to be used at eye level, with the image seen upright and in proper left/right orientation. An instant before the exposure is made, the mirror swings upward, and the shutter is activated. A single control cocks the shutter for the next exposure, advances the film, and returns the mirror to focusing position."(from The Digital SLR guide)

     You can change the lens for different occasions. There is a variety of the lens and this makes it produce high quality photos with large image sensors and there are no limitations for action photography.

     Knowing your camera is the first step  to take pictures but do you remember what I said at the end of my post last time?  I met Dave Labelle and asked him about what kind of camera is good?

     And here is what he said. “People look at my camera and say, ‘ah, that’s a great camera, I bet it take good pictures.’ And I say, ‘No it does not. I take good picture.’ The kind of camera that you use is not nearly important as the subject matter that you choose take and your motivation.”

     Like he said, you are the one who is taking pictures. If you are a good photographer and nevertheless follow your heart and not your lens, you do not have to worry about what camera you are using. Know your camera, but know your purpose and reason to take pictures too.