Digital Camera Buying Advice and Tips (part 2) 4. Optical Zoom is King Not all ‘zooms’ are created equal. When you’re looking at different models of digital cameras you’ll often hear their zooms talked about in two ways: Optical zoom Digital zoom Optical Zoom is king, the digital zoom will simply blow electronically the pixels making your picture look “noisier” and pixelated. If you’re looking for a zoom lens make sure it’s an optical zoom (most cameras have at least 3x ) ‘Super zooms’ coming onto the market at up to 21x Optical Zoom) but the price will increase accordingly. If you are into serious photography always remember that the best “zoom” ever is your feet, buy prime lens and use your feet to “zoom in and out”. Primes will offer you always tack sharp images, less colour fringe and way less barrel distortion………… 5. Keep in mind the ‘extras’ Keep in mind that the camera is not everything what you need for successful photography. There are varieties of other “extras” that you might want (need) to think about including: Camera Case Lenses (if you are getting a DSLR) External Flashes Memory Cards Tripods/Monopods Spare Batteries/Recharger Filters (and other lens […]
Digital Camera Buying Advice and Tips (part 1) Buying a new digital camera? There are a few questions to keep in mind when making the decision of which digital camera is best buying for you and what are the factors that you should keep in mind. 1. Determine what you need A mistake I see some digital camera buyers making is that they get sucked into buying cameras that are beyond what they really need. Some questions to ask yourself before you go shopping: What is your budget? What do you need the camera for? Will you largely stay in auto mode or do you want to learn the art of photography? What experience level do you have with cameras? How important is size and portability to you? What type of features are you looking for? (long zoom, image stabilization, large LCD display etc) What type of photography will you be doing? (portraits, landscapes, macro, sports) What conditions will you be largely photographing in? (indoors, outdoors, low light, bright light) 2. Megapixels are NOT everything One of the features that you’ll see used to sell digital cameras is how many megapixels a digital camera has. In the old days […]
