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Choosing a Camera

Choosing a Camera. Area 2 CAT group 18 October 2012 Presented by Derek Southern. Decision tree. How will you use your pictures? What subjects will you photograph? How ‘techie’ do you want to be? How often will you use the camera? Is portability important? Other questions….

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Choosing a Camera

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  1. Choosing a Camera Area 2 CAT group 18 October 2012 Presented by Derek Southern

  2. Decision tree • How will you use your pictures? • What subjects will you photograph? • How ‘techie’ do you want to be? • How often will you use the camera? • Is portability important? • Other questions…

  3. How will you use the pictures? • Post on internet eg Picasa, Flikr, Facebook etc • Prints – size? • Photo-book • Exhibition or selling images

  4. What will you photograph? • Landscapes • Family groups • Children in action • Sports • Close-ups • Nature • Movies • Low light

  5. Special subjects • Under-water • Astrophotography • Microphotography • Panoramas • etc

  6. Types of cameras • Smart phones (including iPad, iPod) • Point & Shoot • Bridge (superzooms) • Compact System (CSC) • DSLR (decreasing portability)

  7. Smart phones (inc. iPad, iPod) • Small, easily carried cameras for reasonable stills and movies • Casual photos of family and places • Easy to upload pictures to social sites • BUT when battery goes…

  8. Apple iPhone, iPod, & iPad The iPhone 5 has a refined version of the 8MP camera in the iPhone 4S, while the iPod touch gets a serious shot in the photographic arm with a 5MP autofocus camera. Both devices also get a backside-illuminated, 1.2MP, 720p FaceTime HD front-facing camera and a new automatic panorama shooting feature in the Camera app.

  9. Point & Shoot • Easy to use • Wide range of options • Can have wide zoom range • Image quality somewhat better than smart phone • Constant flow of new models • Fits in pocket

  10. 3 P&S for 2012

  11. Compact System Camera (CSC) • Interchangeable lens • Better quality than high end P&S • Good low light images • No mirror so uses electronic viewfinder • Doesn’t fit in pocket, but smaller and lighter than DSLR

  12. Mirrorless (CSC) cameras

  13. Bridge, or superzoom cameras • Wide range zoom, often 18X – 42X • Needs optical stabilization for long zoom • LCD viewing + electronic view finder EVF • Full range of controls

  14. 24 – 42X zooms

  15. Digital Single Lens Reflex • Superior quality images • Huge selection of lenses • Can be controlled by computer • Big & bulky • Steep learning curve • Very fast response

  16. Most popular DSLRs

  17. Cameras and your subject

  18. Why?

  19. How ‘techie’ are you? • NOT! Smart phone or P&S • Somewhat: CSC, Bridge, entry level DSLR • Very: DSLR, CSC

  20. How often used? • Rarely: smart phone • Sudden need: smart phone, P&S • Planned events: P&S up • Special events: CSC, DSLR

  21. Other considerations • Megapixels (MP) – usually unimportant! • Budget! • Extras • Batteries • Memory cards (8GB minimum) • Case • Tripod

  22. For emergencies • File recovery program in case you delete some files or even accidentally reformat your memory card!!!

  23. Megapixels are unimportant! • Internet images can be quite small, for example 800x600 pixels (0.5MP) • A 4 x 6 inch print at 300 dpi is 1200x1800 pixels (2.2MP) • An 8 x 10 inch print at 300 dpi is 2400x3000 pixels (7.2MP) • 8.5 x 11 inch print at 300 dpi is 8.4MP

  24. 4000 x 2667 pixels (10.6MP) 10,600 KB

  25. 1800 x 1200 pixels (6 x 4 inch) 2300 KB

  26. 800x600 pixels 500 KB

  27. 200 & 400 pixels 59 KB 151 KB

  28. 200 pixel enlarged

  29. Some suggested ‘best’ cameras • http://www.photographyblog.comupdated Oct 12, 2012 • www.dpreview.com

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