June 30, 2008

Digital Photography Tip - Which One To Follow

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Itching to churn out photographic masterpieces? Then a digital camera is a handy and inexpensive aide to your photography cruises. Digital cameras combine a range of features to ensure that you capture the scenes and moments of life in all their stunning reality. But to expound a popular myth, a frightfully expensive digital camera is not a guarantee to skillful digital photography. Remember the phrase about the sloppy workman who always blamed his tools! Let the tips on digital photography come to your rescue.

Tempting Tips to Dazzling Digital Photography

Seasoned digital photographers are unanimous on one thing: they honed their photography skills mostly by tinkering with the camera and taking a whole lot of trash shots in the beginning. Thus after you have acquired your camera, fiddle with it to your heart’s content and snap at anything and everything under the sun. Tips to increase your digital photography proficiency levels include the following:

- Flip through the instructor’s manual and know your camera by heart. In particular, be aware of its potentials and limitations. For instance, most digital cameras come equipped with different scene modes to complement varying settings. A thorough knowledge about them will help you to come up with the optimum results.

- Pack in a sizeable memory card into your camera. This will enable you to shoot at the camera’s highest resolution and come up with top-notch pictures. Also think of the logic, if you have paid through your nose to get a 8-megapixel camera why on earth should you be stingy about making it go all the way only for want of a voluminous memory card.

- Most tenderfoots with the digital camera have a hard time with keeping the camera still while shooting. The result is pictures where the Leaning Tower of Pisa looks upright while all other towers look inclined and about to topple over. This is especially true when these amateur photographers are using their LCD for composing the photos. The best way to counter this is to take multiple shots with varying angles of a single scene. One is bound to turn out right. Practice will make you perfect.

- For acquainting yourself with the basics of lightning, you do not need to attend workshops and seminars. Just remember that if the sun is behind the subject, the photograph will turn out to be a silhouette and if you intend to capture the shot with the subject facing the sun, be prepared for narrowed eyes and a little bit unnatural looking photograph. An interesting variation would be rim lighting, wherein you can have the sun light up the hair of the subject from a side.

- Let not your flash shots be only flashes in the pan! Make it a habit to take good and discernible photographs in the flash mode and for this you need to stand a bit close to your subject when using the fill flash outdoors (most in-built flashes have a range of 10-feet or less). This way you can ensure an even exposure all the elements in the scene.

- Explore the Macro Mode and add a new, exhilarating dimension to your photographs. But as you maneuver this mode, it is important to remember that you are dealing with very shallow field depths. So focus on the part of the object that you deem most significant and let the remaining parts go soft. Sit back and marvel at the result!

- Be an actual part of the picture you are taking. And for this you need to use the self-timer on the camera, which just happens to be the most slightly used feature of a digital camera. A self-timer is also a great way of ensuring that there is no jerking of the camera while you zero in on the correct exposure parameter.

- Don’t always go by the settings that come with the camera. You will be missing out on a lot of exciting and visually appealing openings. For instance, the white balance setting is usually “auto”, but try adjusting it to “cloudy” when taking shots out in the sun. You will be amazed by the results, more precisely, the warm tones of the image. This is because the “auto” white balance mode leans on the “cool” side.

The road to National Geographic status photography is not easy. But these tips on digital photography will just give the impression that you have arrived on the scene.

Summary of Author: Connie Fillmore is a successful writer and publisher of photography related issues, for more informative articles go to http://www.digitalphotographyguy.com.

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June 29, 2008

Simple Lighting Tips For Digital Photography

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Indoor lighting

When indoors, it?s key to provide as much natural light as possible. That said, be wary of light streaming through windows as it may fill your photographs with harsh contrasts. Don?t have your subject stand directly in front of a window as it may cause a silhouette.

In low light conditions, disable your flash and take advantage of ambient light for best results as a flash can mute color and cast stark shadows. Use a night scenery mode if your camera has one. Be sure to hold your camera steady since there will be a longer exposure time.

If using artificial indoor lighting, try adjusting your white balance for more natural color. Most cameras have Tungsten (for incandescent bulbs) and Fluorescent settings to correct color since Auto mode doesn?t always get it right.

Outdoor lighting

Outdoors, light is sometimes too much of a good thing. Avoid midday sunlight, as it can cast harsh, unflattering shadows. The best time of day for even, complementary lighting is dusk and dawn.

For low-light conditions, the same rule applies as with indoor shooting: avoid flash and use a tripod to steady the camera to compensate for the longer exposure time.

If your camera allows for ISO adjustment, set it low?in the 50-100 range?for finer details in low-light conditions. If you don?t have a tripod, set your ISO higher to make your camera more sensitive to light, allowing for shorter shutter speeds. The trade-off is the risk of visual ?noise? and grain to your photos, but at least you may get a shot you might have otherwise missed.

Daytime shooting

A common question comes up when shooting pictures of people in sunlight. Where do you position the subject relative to the sun for best results?

The best condition outdoors for shooting pictures is an overcast day. Bright sunlight can wash out color. But when the sun is beating down, position your subject with the sun to their side. If they face the sun, they?ll squint, and if it?s at their back, you will have lighting issues, such as silhouetting.

Here are some other daytime shooting pointers:

  • The passage of the sun results in a series of dramatic changes in color and shadow. Keep on the move, experimenting with different angles and shots.

  • Use fill flash to eliminate harsh facial shadows. Fill flash is a feature included on most cameras, and provides enough flash to fill in areas of a picture that would otherwise be too dark. Another way to soften shadows is by using a sheet of white paper held below the subject?s face, angled up but out of view. This can also compensate for bright backlighting, evening out the front and rear.

  • Lens filters can really help with outdoor shooting. A skylight filter will give you richer, bluer sky tones, a polarizing filter reduces reflected light, and a graduated neutral density filter can help on sunny days by allowing less light in.

  • For varied light conditions outdoors, use you camera?s specific Beach, Snow, or Sunset modes to compensate for abundant light.

  • Shade your lens with your free hand or lens hood to avoid lens glare.

  • Never point camera directly at sun. Not only is it bad for your eyes (remember what your mom always said?), but direct sunlight can damage light sensing chips.

Nighttime shooting

When the sun sets, your opportunities for taking striking photographs are just beginning. Here are three things to remember when photographing at night:

  • Disable your flash. Instead, draw out details using long exposure (start with about two seconds) and a tripod to avoid blurring. Use your timer to avoid moving the camera when pressing the trigger.

  • Set your ISO low (50-100) for finer details at night. Also, without a flash, shutter speed must be slower to gather enough light. Select the Tv (shutter priority) or M (manual) shooting mode to adjust shutter speed.

  • Early evening and morning hours provide some light in the sky, allowing faster shutter speeds and reducing the chance of blur. Late evening provides stronger contrasts, requiring longer exposure times. City scenes, though, often produce plenty of light, allowing for faster shutter speeds. Still, for best results use a tripod if possible.

Dale Basye, part of the Curiosity Group (http://www.curiositygroup.com) in Portland, Oregon, writes frequently about digital photography.

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June 28, 2008

Digital Photography - File Formats

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Understanding file formats and knowing the correct one to use will save you a great deal of time in the future. Some file formats should only be used for web images, where others are ideal to get the perfect print.

Here is a list of the most popular ones and the file formats that you should consider.

JPEG: stands for Joint Photography Expert Group, and is a file format based on a data-compression system that reduces file size to as little as ten percent of the original size without any great loss to the image quality. This is an ideal format for web use.

When saving your image as a jpeg you can control the quality standard by selecting different settings. If the image is needed for large reproduction work a large setting of 9 or 10 should be selected. If the image is for web use only use a setting of 3 or 4.

GIF: stands for Graphic Interchange Format. GIF is also compression format and is special designed for use over the web. GIF consists of a standard set of 216 colours. This format is suitable for photography because of the loss to image quality.

TIFF: stands for Tag Image File Format and is the best choice for images that are going to be reproduced as prints. A TIFF image can be compressed, but takes forever when trying to open.

PNG: stands for Portable Network Graphics and is mainly used for web images. Experts say that this will become the standard for web images - replacing GIF as the standard.

Your digital photo software may support other formats, such as Photoshop, but it?s best to use the standard ones. Photoshop is becoming very popular and is a great tool for editing digital images. Most photography companies that are looking to digital images won?t accept a format that is not widely used and looses image quality.

Whenever you need to save a digital image, it?s best to use a format where you can hold as much quality as possible. TIFF is the best choice for images that are going to be use in print.

My choice is JPEG for web images and TIFF for large reproductions. If you are unsure of the format to use - use TIFF. Images can be reformatted to a different file format at any time.

TJ Tierney is an award winning Irish Landscape photographer. For more tips you can visit his photography site. To view his images visit his on-line gallery of flower pictures or see his travel site.

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June 27, 2008

Digital Photography Book You Will Need

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Ben got interested in photography back in college. That time, students still had to load the camera with film and develop the pictures in the dark room.

Ten years later, things have changed. Professional and amateur photographers have shifted to digital cameras. Since Ben was slow in terms of welcoming new technology, this individual decided to do some research first to know more about it.

The bookstore will surely have a lot of books on this topic. After searching through the second shelf, there it was, publications on digital photography.

Ben noticed that most of the books were written at the turn of the century. This is because manufacturers only released a complete line of these products after Y2K.

There were publications available talking about digital photography in general but people who want to know more should get specialized ones.

The specialized ones will teach the individual how to shoot at night, how to achieve black and white color prints in the digital age, infrared photography, how to set up a digital studio and proper lighting in taking each shot.

There are pictures as well as texts so that the person can read first then apply the techniques illustrated in the book.

Famous photographers who have worked for major magazines and newspapers wrote. Be it for money or to spread the word about this art, these are really worth knowing for those who have done this as a hobby or are just starting.

Some other books will also teach the person the different kind of digital cameras that are available in the market. This proves there are pros and cons in choosing one brand over another and how the systems used are very different.

There are other sources aside from books to learn about digital photography. There are people who write articles on the Internet or have websites that have an open forum for those who enjoy this as a hobby.

The main reason why the demand for digital photography is high is because of its affordability. The individual can choose from a wide range of brands that costs less than $500 a piece. The price will be higher for the more high tech versions that professionals will need.

It is one thing to read the book and another to put it into practice. People who decided to get a digital photography book should apply everything that is written to be able to be just as good as those who have been doing for many years.

Low Jeremy maintains digital-photography.articlesforreprint.com .This content is provided by Low Jeremy. It may be used only in its entirety with all links included.

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Digital Photography Equipment - What’s HOT Now!

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Remember that 3.2 megapixel digital camera you bought back in 2000 or 2001 and paid real good money for? Today for almost that same kind of money, you can own hot digicams (short for digital cameras) in 10+ megapixels, or small point-and-shoot models with killer zoom or digital SLRs (single lens reflex) cameras, with a bunch of options.So if you think you’re ready for a new digicam…you’ll really be impressed with these!

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A100

This was Sony’s first digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, with 10.2 megapixel APS CCDimage sensor, and supports a total of 19 Sony lenses + most Konica-Minolta Maxxum mount lenses, according to specs. This camera isn’t cheap. At last check, just the body cost in the vicinity of $1100. or around $1500. with the DT 18-70mm, F3.5 to 5.6 lens + 75-300mm telephoto lens.

If you like great head shots, telephoto lens are ideal. Actually with a reverse ring, I was able to use my old Nikon lens as a macro. This camera also features a two-part anti-dust system, which makes sure that those dark spots caused by dust deposits on on the sensor when switching lens, don’t show up on your photos.

Fujifilm FinePix F30

Reasonably priced, approximately $500., this camera is a 6.3 megapixel which works great in low-light situations, thanks to its full resolution ISO speeds up to 3200. If you’ve forgotten what this means already, travel back to the home page. Combined with a smart i-Flash system, and3x optical zoom lens, you’ve got yourself a great pocket-size camera.

Sony’s Slim DSC-T10

At 89.7 x 54.9 x 20. 6 mm, this is one small camera. But don’t let its size fool you. At 7.5 megapixels, the Cyber-shot is Big with its Super Steady Shot optical image stabalization, which helps prevent blurring caused by motion and low-light conditions. It comes equipped with a 3x Carl Zeiss-Tessar optical zoom lens, a large 2.5 inch LCD (liquid crystal display) screen, and its battery, can deliver up to 250 shots per charge. The price is around $450.

I’m A Nikon Man - The Nikon D80

Again, this is not a cheap camera by any means. The body alone sells for approximately $1250. But this camera is designed for those who demand professional quality. At 10.2 megapixel CCD imaging sensor (meaning yielding pictures as detailed as 3,872 x 2,592 pixels), it also features a 12-bit image processing engine, as well as instant 0.18 seconds start-up time, with a very fast shutter response, and get this…a high efficiency rechargeable battery that can deliver up to 2700images per charge.

What About Canon? The Power Shot SD700IS

This well rounded, point-and-shoot digital camera, with image stabilization (helps prevent shaky and blurry images) sells for about $600. It’s a 6 megapixel with a 4x optical zoom lens, with an ISO rating from 80 to 800. It also has a bright 2.5 inch color LCD screen.

The EasyShare V705

Kodak boast the world’s smallest ultra-wide angle optical zoom digital camera. It’s also a dual lens camera, one lens for regular shots and the other for group shots. This dual lens camera has a 7 megapixel sensor with a 5x optical zoom.You can also shoot VGA video at 30 frames per second with sound. It sells for approximately $400.

All of these cameras can be viewed on their respective websites from the manufacturers. One thing you need to keep in mind when buying a digicam is, what’s your purpose for the camera? Some of you will say to take pictures. Granted, that’s what a camera is for. But, what if your preference is close up shots (the telephoto type), just of your child’s face with a blurry background. You really need to think of your needs, then shop. Not the other way around.

You say “you don’t have time to read about all these little extras”. Next time you feel frustrated about a bad picture becauseyou didn’t find it necessary to know every little detail about a certain camera, remember the litlle details. They’re truly the details that count.

Jon G. Michel is a successful webmaster and publisher of digitalkool.com. To learn more about the next generation of cool digital photography equipment, visit his website. For great deals on digital photography cameras, there’s no better place.

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June 26, 2008

Digital Photography: Unsharp Mask Demystified

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Whenever you resize or edit a digital image, you should consider sharpening your image as a final step. If you sharpen first, and then edit your image further, you are likely to exaggerate the “artifacts” created as part of the sharepening process. Make sure you save your edited image with a different file name, or in a different folder than the original, in case better sharpening algorthims come along in the next few years - I burn my Original images to CD and also store them locally in an “Original Photos” folder. I place the edited versions in a “Photo Editing” folder.

Unsharp Mask There are many techniques for sharpening a digital image, each with pros and cons. The following steps and ideas for using Unsharp Mask apply to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Elements.

Radius: In general, if you have a low resolution image (fewer dpis) then you need a lower Radius - try setting it to 0.3; if you are working on a high resolution image, then you need a higher Radius. To avoid creating coloured halos around edges of things in your image, reduce your Radius. If you make the Radius too high, you may lose detail in light areas.

Threshold: For “busy” images, set this value to 0. As soon as you have large areas of a similar colour (e.g. blue sky), you should increase this setting to reduce introduction of noise in otherwise smooth areas.

Amount: This value will typically depend on the two settings discussed above. To reduce the constrast introduced by sharpening, try setting this value to its maximum (500%) and then find the smallest Radius at which sharpening is adequate (e.g. start at 0.1 and increase slowly). Be sure you view your image at 100% its actual size.

For more photography articles, please visit Jennifer Clarkson’s website at http://www.jclarksonphotography.com. To learn more about the books in her eSeries on Digital Photography, or to promote sales, please visit the following sites:

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June 25, 2008

Digital Photography Made Easy With 5 Professional Insider Tips

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Let?s begin with the concept of digital photography. Digital photography is not much different than the ordinary film photography. The main difference is that in digital photography the camera uses digital memory device much like in the computer. It could be a memory stick, flash memory or other media. Some camcorders even use DVDs to store the captured information.

No matter what memory media you have, the results depend on the quality of the camera itself and other things such as resolution, lenses, brand or technology. However if you want to take better pictures with your digital camera, you have to follow some basic rules of photography.

These rules are not well known by ordinary people, so I hope that this article will help you a lot in the progress of teaching yourself ?How to improve your photos like the pros do.?

1) Use optical rather than digital zoom.

Digital zoom as opposed to optical zoom is just a technological simulation of optical zoom. That means the camera uses special software to enlarge the image, which is the same as if you use your digital software on your computer.

In optical zoom, camera uses the lenses to bring the image closer. And that is the one you should use. You should avoid using digital zoom at all. If you ever need to use digital zoom, better do it on your computer, with your favourite image editing software. At the end you?ll have much better results with your image.

2) Move in closer.

Almost any shot will look better if you take two or three steps closer to your subject. When you do that and fill the entire frame with your subject, it will make a terrific difference to your photos. Why does this work? With less clutter in the image, there?s less to draw the eye away from the main subject of your photo.

If you can?t get close enough when you?re taking the shot, you can zoom in later using photo editing software. Just crop out everything except the subject?s face and see what difference it makes.

3) Take much more shots than you need and erase them.

One of the best advantages of digital cameras is the ability to erase your photos. We?d be mad not to use this feature to the fullest extent. We all know how the professional photographers do their photo sessions. They make shot after shot without thinking and after that they choose the best ones. The average percent of the best shots is about 20% from a hundred shots taken.

And if you think about it, it makes perfect sense because you can?t expect to make a perfect shot from the first time. My advice is in every half an hour of shooting, review your most recent pictures and erase any that don?t make the grade, or you have better versions of.

4) To use a tripod or not?

When speaking of tripods many people don?t like it because they are heavy to care and are pretty big. But no doubt it will help sharpen your photos. When you use a tripod your camera stands still on the top of it. There are tripods with just one leg called monopods. They are not as good as tripods but they are much lither to carry and will improve your pictures much more than if you?re just using your hands.

If you don?t like to carry with you anything except your camera, there is a simple trick that many people don?t know. Instead of a tripod you can use any other horizontal surface that is still. Surfaces like rocks, chairs, cars, anything could do the same work as a tripod. But be careful not to damage your camera, though as cameras have tendency to slip and brake when put on chairs, rocks etc.

5) Why should we use flash during the day?

It is a fact that professional photographers use flash much more often than amateurs. But why is that? Let?s imagine that you want to take a picture in a very sunny day. Most people never think of the flash in such conditions. The truth is they should. The reason is when you try to shoot a bird swimming in the water for example, the water is reflecting the sun. The camera is fooled by the bright surroundings and the subject appears very dark at the end.

That is not the effect we want so by turning flash on you will reduce the shadow areas of the image and make it much more pleasing. You?ll see the difference for yourself, when you take two same shots with and without a flash.

If you are really interested in digital photography, you can visit author’s website, which is dedicated to hand over free information to amateur photographers. Visit http://www.digital-photo-secrets.net

Philip Krasteff - an expert author who dedicated his website http://www.digital-photo-secrets.net to teach ordinary people in the art of photography. You can dig deeply in to this area by going to the author’s website.

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June 24, 2008

Improve Your Digital Photography Skills for Outstanding Pictures

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Once you have a digital camera, you?re on the right track to taking much better photos. But perhaps you?re unsure of how to get the best out of your camera and feel that your skills are lacking. Improving the quality of your photos can be achieved with some fairly basic and simple steps.

Keep a level picture unless you are looking for a special angle: Try to hold the camera level by aligning it with natural horizontal lines, like the horizon. This will give you a classic picture. However part of the fun of photography is experimentation, so take a few snaps of different angles to get an interesting perspective on your picture.

Portrait photos: Avoid putting the subject in the center of the frame. This is a habit most people find hard to break. Remember to move close and put the subject slightly off center. Again take more than one photo with a portrait if possible. Zoom in for a close up of just your subject or make a complete picture a little further away by including a favorite pet or another person. Always experiment with different angles and poses to make your photo more interesting.

Be careful of lighting and exposure with your photos. If indoors, make sure you have a strong light on your subject. If outdoors, be careful of strong sunlight. The best time to take your photos outside is first thing in the morning.

Think about the focus of your picture, when you frame the shot. If you are trying to capture the expression on your child?s face, you can leave out the other children, the swing, the dog, etc. You can do this by zooming in and taking a close up or you can put the background out of focus so that only your subject is standing out. This can make quite an interesting picture.

Always be conscious of the background. Many good photos are ruined by clutter in the frame. Change your position to avoid a messy background.

A small tripod can give you a much better shot, by lending stability. Tripods are not meant only for professionals, as some people think. Using a self-timer can put you in a number of pictures, where you are usually not visible. This is great for a family or group photo.

Get a media card with plenty of memory, so you will not run out of space, at a crucial time. Shoot at the highest resolution allowed by your camera, to get the best results and sharper enlargements. Upload your photos to a picture gallery like Yahoo. You can just send the link to friends and family instead of sending large picture attachments. You can also select the photos you want printed and have them developed within 24 hours.

If you want to find out more about great digital photography, click over to Jackie’s site at greatdigitalphotography.com Get more digital photography tips

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June 23, 2008

Your Guide To Buying A Digital Camera That Matches Your Photography Skill

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For many folks buying a digital camera can be a confusing and bewildering purchase since there are so many models to choose from and so many different kinds of digital cameras too. Unless you are a photography hobbyist you probably won’t be familiar with all of the acronyms and language used to describe the features of each camera either. So here is a general guide to help you know how to buy a digital camera that matches your own photographic skill level.

First of all, there is no one size fits all solution in digital cameras. It would be much easier to choose if that were the case, but it would also severely limit what each person could do with their own photography. And this means that is you aren’t a serious hobbyist, you probably don’t need to spend the extra money on digital cameras that have all the advanced features simply because you will probably never use them. And on the other hand, if you are a skilled amateur photographer, buying a simple point and shoot type of camera will not be a great decision either as it will not let you really be creative enough to satisfy your needs. So here are a few simple guidelines to follow.

If you don’t consider yourself a photographer, and you just simply want to take good pictures of family and friends, and maybe some special occasions, you can most likely do very well with a 4 - 6 megapixel point and shoot fully automatic digital camera. This will be the most inexpensive option and so will save you plenty of money initially by not purchasing features that you really don’t need. And the resolution of a 4 - 6 megapixel camera will let you make great prints on up to 8 X 10 or so.

If however, you know a little bit about photography and like to take some control yourself over the camera functions at times to create special photo effects in the composition of the photo, a more advanced digital camera that has fully manual features for exposure control, and allows you to save the image files in TIFF, GIF or RAW formats that do not lose image quality when compressed would be a good choice. Unless you do a lot of enlargements above 8 X 10 you probably can still get by with a 4 - 6 megapixel camera here too.

However, if you consider yourself a photographer of sorts and like to be creative with your photos, you probably should consider buying a digital single lens reflex camera(SLR) that uses interchangeable lenses, has full manual control capability, and advanced features that most serious photographers really appreciate. And if you like to do lots of manual cropping of photos and magnification of smaller parts of your photo images before you print, an 8 - 10 megapixel camera can be a good bet.

Of course, these guidelines and tips are just general suggestions but hopefully they can help point you in the right direction so that you can more easily select and buy the digital camera that will most closely match your photographic skills.

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June 22, 2008

Is Digital Photography Expensive?

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Is Digital Photography Expensive?

 by: Jakob Jelling

Being such a fascinating device as the digital camera, this technological masterpiece is of course a precious and priced possession. And acquiring it also means that one time achievement feeling. Thus a person must also be very careful and at the time quite a little knowledgeable in order to make a good purchase and not lose a good bargain in the maze of soaring prices and mist of exaggerated cost myths. This discussion is again focused to pierce that mist and unravel that myth to reveal the truths and facts regarding the actual and economic cost of a digital camera!

As per recent marketing trends, the conventions has it that there are only two types of digital camera users, firstly the average people who only craves to push the button, and secondly the professional photographers, people who looks for good control over the digital camera and its well carved features and are willing to pay virtually any price. Thus with this idea in the back of the entire process of sell and purchase, diverse levels of resolution for such digital cameras are available that are the real culprits in defining the price range of the cameras. United with such singular features the digital cameras come in a spectral variety of price range for an even varying customer range that are willing to pay anything from 30 to 1,500. The cost of an average digital camera probably lies in the region of 260, however in spite of this a person must be aware of what functionality or resolution that he or she is looking for and ultimate paying for, so that the purchase does not result in too much in exchange of too little of whatever must be desired from the digital camera. A person must self analyze the reasons for purchasing the digital camera before venturing into an expensive rendezvous. He or she must be aware of what the real purpose is, is it only snapping for casual reasons or a serious plan to produce super quality photographs to be printed as art or for professional purposes.

Looking into the price index in a little more detail reveals more facts! SLR (single-lens reflex) digital cameras have attained quite a price shedding with the invention and market release of digital cameras like Canon’s EOS Digital Rebel, an SLR priced below $1000, perhaps the very first of its kind. Even with certain add on into the digital camera that even add to the price a bit more, still the Rebel cost remains about $600 below its flanking competitors. However comvention has it that these standard digital cameras cost around $2500 to $4,000.

In an effort to find out the reasons behind such soaring high prices, research reveals that digital camera sensors are, for all intents and purposes, computer chips. The bigger the computer chip, the more likely it is for errors. The reason remains that a single blemish in the silicon wafer may reduce to rubble an entire chip. Thus the random flaw increases with the size of the wafer. This is the exact reason why costly chips like Intel Pentiums processors are basically not bigger than 20mm square and can be also manufactured in greater volumes. Yet with the reduction in size the prices soar up and this proves the high costs of the digital cameras.

Thus it becomes clear from this discussion that a predetermined mind set is required when approaching for purchasing a device like the digital camera. This discussion provides an overview of the price ranges of good digital cameras, but a person must identify his or her own needs and preferences and have an open mind but with some notion of what a good but should be, and the cost of the digital camera would be a guaranteed perfection!

By Jakob Jelling

http://www.snapjunky.com

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Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.snapjunky.com. Visit his digital camera guide and learn how to take better pictures with your digicam.

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