Researching buying a digital camera, I realized how convoluted and baffling the world of high-tech has become. It seemed like every digital camera review had something different to say, and every week there was some new feature that was a must-have on all new digital cameras. There were digital camera user reviews, written by people who understood the technology poorly and were either hopelessly over-impressed by standard features, or hopelessly un-thrilled because they didn't understand how to use the cameras that they had. There were digital camera pro reviews by professional photographers who had much different expectations than I did, and who were able to notice distinctions that I surely would have missed. In short, there was no way to get information from an expert writing for laymen. Either I would make a blind purchase, or I would have to find another source for my digital camera review information.
What I didn't realize was this: the reason that there were so many digital camera reviews was because there are so few features that are really crucial for digital cameras. You heard me right – I said so few features. Basically, digital cameras need about three qualities. They need to be well made, they need to have high resolution, and they need to have a variety of different lenses available. Everything else is just icing on the cake. Some of the digital camera review websites focus on features like digital zoom, but digital zoom is simply an advertising gimmick. A high-quality digital camera will have optical zoom. If it doesn't have optical zoom, it will have a lens available for it that does. You don't need to look through every digital camera lens review article. You simply have to choose a camera that has been made by a company that makes other high-quality photographic equipment. Usually, all the lenses will come in a standard format that can fit any of their products.
Basically, there is no need to look for digital camera review articles. What you do need to do is figure out what your needs are. If all you intend to do is to take 3 x 5 glossy photos of your family, practically any cheap digital camera on the market will do. If you want to be able to blow up and manipulate those photos, however, you should buy a high-resolution one from a respectable company. If you fancy yourself a serious photographer, you need to buy one that has fittings for new lenses. That's all there is to it!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Digital Technology - Best And Easy Pictures
I am a photo nut, and constantly want to take pictures of everything everywhere. Before the advent of digital cameras, I would go through rolls and rolls of film and spend so much money on processing pictures that would end up being off center or be taken of someone with their eyes closed or with an unattractive look on their face. Now that I have found a great digital camera, I have been able to take thousands of pictures without spending the money on processing photos that are less than desirable.
The wonderful thing about having a digital camera is that you can immediately see if a picture you have taken has turned out. If you take the picture and see on the screen that someone wasn’t looking at the camera, you can immediately take another photo to correct it. Without a digital camera, you would have to wait until the photos are processed, and then the moment is gone. In addition, you can pick and choose which photos you would like to have processed for your photo album, instead of spending money on pictures that will just be thrown away. So while a digital camera may be more expensive initially, you will save hundreds to thousands of dollars in film and film processing costs over the life of the camera.
There are some wonderful digital photo organization programs that will hold all of your digital photos on your computer, most of which are free. These programs allow you to download the pictures from your digital camera memory card unto your computer, where you can then sort through to pick which ones you would like to print and which you would like to delete completely. These programs also allow you to hold onto photos in an album format without having to print the photos out at all. Many programs will organize your digital photos by the date they were taken, so you automatically have the pictures sorted by date rather than having to sort through printed pictures you have thrown into a shoebox like in the past.
If you take pictures at any point of your life, a digital camera is a wonderful investment. There are so many things you can do with the photos, and you will save money over regular cameras. Once you learn how to use them, you will never use a camera that is not a digital camera again.
The wonderful thing about having a digital camera is that you can immediately see if a picture you have taken has turned out. If you take the picture and see on the screen that someone wasn’t looking at the camera, you can immediately take another photo to correct it. Without a digital camera, you would have to wait until the photos are processed, and then the moment is gone. In addition, you can pick and choose which photos you would like to have processed for your photo album, instead of spending money on pictures that will just be thrown away. So while a digital camera may be more expensive initially, you will save hundreds to thousands of dollars in film and film processing costs over the life of the camera.
There are some wonderful digital photo organization programs that will hold all of your digital photos on your computer, most of which are free. These programs allow you to download the pictures from your digital camera memory card unto your computer, where you can then sort through to pick which ones you would like to print and which you would like to delete completely. These programs also allow you to hold onto photos in an album format without having to print the photos out at all. Many programs will organize your digital photos by the date they were taken, so you automatically have the pictures sorted by date rather than having to sort through printed pictures you have thrown into a shoebox like in the past.
If you take pictures at any point of your life, a digital camera is a wonderful investment. There are so many things you can do with the photos, and you will save money over regular cameras. Once you learn how to use them, you will never use a camera that is not a digital camera again.
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